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  • >Availability<
  • Basic Info & Links
    • .. Fig Ripening Order & Short Season Tips
    • … Fig Plates
    • 18 Excellent Fig Varieties
    • A Simple Way To Root Fig Cuttings
    • Basic Fig Flavors, Pulp & Skin Colors
    • Fig Basics: History, Flavor, Growth
    • Fig Breba Crop Ripening Time Examples
    • Fig Flavor by Pulp
    • Fig Flavors, Pulp & Skin Color Examples
    • Fig Flavors, Pulp & Skin Colors
    • Fig Genotypes & Other Maps
    • Fig Main Crop Ripening Time Examples
    • Fig Varieties by Flavor, Skin, and Pulp Color
    • Mountain Figs Are Robust Figs
    • Mt Etna Figs and Mountain Figs
    • O’Rourke and Improved Celeste: 2 Distinct Cultivars
    • Pons Earliest Ripening Figs
    • Pons Early Ripening Figs
    • Quality Breba Varieties
    • The Many Names of the Mt Etna Fig Variety
    • Tips to Grow Figs in Ground and in Pots
  • FIGS BY YEAR
    • 2016 Breba
    • 2016 figs
    • 2017 Breba
    • 2017 Figs
    • 2018 Breba
    • 2018 Figs
  • VARIETIES
    • VARIETIES: A-L
      • Alma
      • Atreano
      • Battaglia Green
      • Bianchetta
      • Black Madeira / Figo Preto
      • Brooklyn White
      • Brunswick
      • Cali Hybrid – Quy’s
      • Calverte
      • Capelas
      • Celeste
      • Coll de Dama Gegantina
      • Conadria
      • Cyprus
      • Dark Syrian
      • De La Gloria
      • De Tres Esplets
      • Desert King
      • Emerald Strawberry
      • Excel
      • Fico Bianca
      • Fico di Ruvo
      • Ficus Aspera / Clown Fig
      • Ficus Palmata
        • pawpaw
      • Filacciano
      • Florea
      • Galbun
      • Garnsey White Seedless
      • GM 20
      • Golden Riverside (UCR 278-128)
      • Grantham’s Royal
      • GT-1
      • Hunt
      • Italian 215
      • Italian 253
      • Italian 358
      • Italian 376
      • Janice Kadota
      • JH Adriatic
      • Kadota
      • Kathleen’s Black
      • Lattarula
      • Lemon
      • Long Yellow
      • Longue d’Aout / Nordland
      • LSU Champagne
      • LSU Gold
      • LSU Improved Celeste
      • LSU O’Rourke
      • LSU Purple
      • LSU Scott’s Black
      • LSU Scott’s Yellow
      • LSU Tiger
      • Lyndhurst White
      • Sweet George
      • Unknown Carini
    • Varieties: M-Z
      • Madeleine Des Deux Saisons
      • Marseilles
      • Martinenca Rimada
      • Mary Lane
      • Mega Celeste
      • Migueleños
      • Mt Etna
      • Negra d’Agde
      • Negretta
      • Osborn Prolific
      • Palermo Red
      • Paradiso
      • Paradiso Bronze
      • Pernette Noir
      • Peter’s Honey
      • Planera
      • Raasti
      • Ronde de Bordeaux
      • San Miro Piro
      • Siblawi
      • Smith / TX BA-1
      • Stella / Dalmatie
      • Sucrette
      • Sultane
      • Trojano
      • Verdino del Nord
      • Violet Sepor
      • Violette de Bordeaux
      • White Triana
      • Wuhan
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May Fruit Developing

May 10, 2021May 10, 2021 TCLeave a comment

Clockwise from top left above: Goumi, Nanking Cherry, Goumi, Haskap, Blueberry, Asian Pear, Haskap, Goji, Peach (center that needs thinned). Clockwise below: Plum, blossoms, juneberry, juneberry, juneberry. Looks like the juneberries will ripen before June. Birds will make quick work of them. Some haskap will ripen before June. And possibly some goumi. Nanking cherry maybe… Continue reading May Fruit Developing

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Good Growing

April 23, 2021April 23, 2021 TCLeave a comment

A Canadian home-grower’s individualized approach to regenerating nature.

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Fruits and Nuts by Seven

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 TCLeave a comment

These six groups of 7 fruit and nut bushes and trees can serve as a handy overview of options for planting and creating diversity. In the first group, elderberry is probably the plant that most needs abundant access to moisture. Mulberry and juneberry typically grow as trees, though pruning and use of the their smaller… Continue reading Fruits and Nuts by Seven

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Figs by Bounty – sheer production

February 15, 2021February 15, 2021 TCLeave a comment

First 7 figs for productivity – strictly, regardless of flavor – in short seasons, in my experience: Mt Etna (Marseilles Black, etc) Ronde de Bordeaux Improved Celeste Florea Lemon (Blanche) LSU Tiger Conadria First 7 figs for productivity with a heavy emphasis on great flavor, in my experience: Mt Etna (Marseilles Black, etc) Ronde de… Continue reading Figs by Bounty – sheer production

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Figs by Seven

February 14, 2021February 14, 2021 TC2 Comments

Which figs to prioritize most for growing in short seasons? Views can change as new experiences are gained or criteria shift. My views on this have held relatively steady for years, with some shifts.  Recently I’ve found it useful to think of top figs (and other fruits) for short seasons in groups of seven. FIRST… Continue reading Figs by Seven

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Fruits by Seven

February 14, 2021February 14, 2021 TCLeave a comment

It can be useful to think of perennial fruits for short seasons in groups of seven – first seven, second seven, third seven – when deciding what to prioritize.  The first three groups of fruit bushes (not trees, groundcovers, vines, or nuts) are listed below. This is my current personal view, with a focus on… Continue reading Fruits by Seven

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Wild Elderberry: a reminder of summer

February 14, 2021 TCLeave a comment

A wild elderberry bush about 7 feet tall, perfect height for picking and for protection from deer browse. This bush has a great flavor, both less tart and less sweet than a typical blueberry. Elderberry, one of the most medicinal of plants, every part poisonous except the ripe fruit.

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Gooseberry: hardy as can be

February 13, 2021March 1, 2021 TCLeave a comment

Ten feet high in the crook of a tree, on a hilltop, a gooseberry bush thrives at about 1800 feet elevation, zone 5 northeastern Pennsylvania, summer 2020. About 30 years ago I began climbing that tree to that crook, and there was no gooseberry bush, but I came face to face with a tree frog,… Continue reading Gooseberry: hardy as can be

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Hardy Orchard Species

January 30, 2021January 19, 2022 TC4 Comments

In the summer of 2012, I began growing figs and became quickly bewildered by the possibilities – types, qualities, flavors, ripening times, names – no matter how much research I did. So I grew and ripened about 6 dozen fig varieties (along with many more synonyms), and did additional research, and eventually put together a… Continue reading Hardy Orchard Species

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The Dubious Dozen (#11-#12: Palermo Red & Desert King)

January 4, 2021 TCLeave a comment

Palermo Red fig looks like a naked eyeball. Do you enjoy eating naked eyeballs? If your answer to this question is, Yes, then you need psychiatric help or you may already be beyond the scope of professional care. Yes, with Palermo Red, that’s what you are eating. That’s what they look like. Eyeballs. Delicious! Yummy!… Continue reading The Dubious Dozen (#11-#12: Palermo Red & Desert King)

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Pages

  • >Availability<
  • Basic Info & Links
    • .. Fig Ripening Order & Short Season Tips
    • … Fig Plates
    • 18 Excellent Fig Varieties
    • A Simple Way To Root Fig Cuttings
    • Basic Fig Flavors, Pulp & Skin Colors
    • Fig Basics: History, Flavor, Growth
    • Fig Breba Crop Ripening Time Examples
    • Fig Flavor by Pulp
    • Fig Flavors, Pulp & Skin Color Examples
    • Fig Flavors, Pulp & Skin Colors
    • Fig Genotypes & Other Maps
    • Fig Main Crop Ripening Time Examples
    • Fig Varieties by Flavor, Skin, and Pulp Color
    • Mountain Figs Are Robust Figs
    • Mt Etna Figs and Mountain Figs
    • O’Rourke and Improved Celeste: 2 Distinct Cultivars
    • Pons Earliest Ripening Figs
    • Pons Early Ripening Figs
    • Quality Breba Varieties
    • The Many Names of the Mt Etna Fig Variety
    • Tips to Grow Figs in Ground and in Pots
  • FIGS BY YEAR
    • 2016 Breba
    • 2016 figs
    • 2017 Breba
    • 2017 Figs
    • 2018 Breba
    • 2018 Figs
  • VARIETIES
    • VARIETIES: A-L
      • Alma
      • Atreano
      • Battaglia Green
      • Bianchetta
      • Black Madeira / Figo Preto
      • Brooklyn White
      • Brunswick
      • Cali Hybrid – Quy’s
      • Calverte
      • Capelas
      • Celeste
      • Coll de Dama Gegantina
      • Conadria
      • Cyprus
      • Dark Syrian
      • De La Gloria
      • De Tres Esplets
      • Desert King
      • Emerald Strawberry
      • Excel
      • Fico Bianca
      • Fico di Ruvo
      • Ficus Aspera / Clown Fig
      • Ficus Palmata
        • pawpaw
      • Filacciano
      • Florea
      • Galbun
      • Garnsey White Seedless
      • GM 20
      • Golden Riverside (UCR 278-128)
      • Grantham’s Royal
      • GT-1
      • Hunt
      • Italian 215
      • Italian 253
      • Italian 358
      • Italian 376
      • Janice Kadota
      • JH Adriatic
      • Kadota
      • Kathleen’s Black
      • Lattarula
      • Lemon
      • Long Yellow
      • Longue d’Aout / Nordland
      • LSU Champagne
      • LSU Gold
      • LSU Improved Celeste
      • LSU O’Rourke
      • LSU Purple
      • LSU Scott’s Black
      • LSU Scott’s Yellow
      • LSU Tiger
      • Lyndhurst White
      • Sweet George
      • Unknown Carini
    • Varieties: M-Z
      • Madeleine Des Deux Saisons
      • Marseilles
      • Martinenca Rimada
      • Mary Lane
      • Mega Celeste
      • Migueleños
      • Mt Etna
      • Negra d’Agde
      • Negretta
      • Osborn Prolific
      • Palermo Red
      • Paradiso
      • Paradiso Bronze
      • Pernette Noir
      • Peter’s Honey
      • Planera
      • Raasti
      • Ronde de Bordeaux
      • San Miro Piro
      • Siblawi
      • Smith / TX BA-1
      • Stella / Dalmatie
      • Sucrette
      • Sultane
      • Trojano
      • Verdino del Nord
      • Violet Sepor
      • Violette de Bordeaux
      • White Triana
      • Wuhan
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