[NAFEX] hardy fig varieties

bassem at gardener.com bassem at gardener.com
Wed Jan 25 12:03:02 EST 2006


My petite nigra in a 20 gallon, barley sets more than a few figs. Steve is it possible that yours is mislabeled? Many figs sold at nurseries, has either been renamed,or misslabeled. An exellent site about figs is: www.encantofarms.com built by a crfg member. 
Bass
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Subject:	Re: [NAFEX] hardy fig varieties
From:	"loneroc" <loneroc at mwt.net>
Date:		January 25, 2006 10:25:9  AM

Chris,

I'm surprised about your experience w/Petite Negri.  My potted tree produces more than a hundred figs in a season.  Quite amazing.  Either our growing conditions differ drastically or you have a mislabeled cultivar.

Steve Herje, USDA zone 3, Lone Rock, WI
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  I'll vouch for Chicago Hardy.  It produces for my parents planted in the ground by a small 
  ornamental pond.  Most years, dies to the ground, but comes back and produces a crop of figs.
  Some years the figs have not ripened, but now that we know about oiling, we're more likely to
  get a crop.  I also have one in a pot, and though it does produce figs, the crop is much 
  smaller.

  I also have what was purchased as Petite Negri (but is more likely Negronne).  I've had it in a pot 
  for years, but it never produces a fig.  This Spring I'm planting it out along with the Chicago Hardy.

  Though Chicago Hardy is good, I'd like a larger fig that produced on new wood (for those years 
  when it gets killed back to the roots).

  Chris Mauchline
  SE PA, zone 6
  40° 5' N 75° 51'W
  ~650 ft elevation


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