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["Bassem Samaan" <bassem@gardener.com>]

Sal's fig has good productivity, so no need to prune it down dramatically. Hardy chicago may slow down production after a few years, it seems to rejuvenate after hard prunning. I don't recommend hard prunning, but that seems to work for the Hardy chicago. Usually up here in the Northeast the winter does the prunning for you.
Bass

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ernest Plutko"
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] figs
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 19:54:28 -0500


Bassem: I have Sal's Fig, Brown Turkey, and Hardy Chicago. Do you
recommend I cut them all down to 12 inches?

---- Original Message ----
From: bassem@gardener.com
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] figs
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 11:33:11 -0500

> I grow over 70 different varieties of figs in Pennsylvania for the
> past
> 6 years. While I have many in the ground most of them are in pots. It
> might seems crazy that I have all these varieties, but i'm searching
> for
> the best fig in our climate.
> You might not know this but Celeste and Brown turkey are the most
> commonly mislabled figs. Everytime a beginner sees a brown skined
> fig, he
> would call it a brown turkey or Celeste. The original Brown Turkey
> came
> from England back in the mid 1800's, as well as Celeste which came
> from
> Sicily.
> Now you might see names such as California brown turkey, Blue
> Celeste,
> improved celeste, English Brown turkey, and so on.
> I get so much figs out of my trees that I make enough jam to last me
> through winter.
> The top on my list is:
> Dark portuguese ( a variety I obtained from a portuguese immigrant,
> small
> to medium, very sweet flavor, bears early)
> Brooklyn White ( I discovered it in a Brooklyn neighborhood where it
> survived for many years uncovered. 2 crops, main crop is large light
> skin
> fig with amber interior, bears heavy crops annually)
> Hardy Chicago ( a good fig, great for short season, and hardy, but
> tends
> not to bear well when it grows large. I recommend pruning it to 12"
> inches high)
> Naples white ( a man from Naples, Italy gave me this precious fig. I
> picked extra large figs in begining of July, and now it has a second
> crop
> about to ripen in about 2 weeks. Excellent flavor)
>
> There are a more promising figs for our area that I'm stil
> evaluating.
>
> Bassem Samaan
> zone 6, Bethlehem, pa
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ernest Plutko"
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] figs
> Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 10:55:55 -0500
>
>
> What variety of figs do you grow?
>
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: loneroc@mwt.net
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] figs
> Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 08:19:12 -0500
>
> >
> > Earnest,
> >
> > If you grow 'Celeste'I suspect that is one of your problems. I
> never
> > had a
> > fruit that remained on the tree even after it reached 7 feet tall
> in
> > the
> > pot. Discard it. I grow 10 potted figs now (in SW WI Zone 3-4)
> and
> > they
> > all fruit well.
> >
> > The Chicago hardy is the blandest on my figs.
> >
> > Steve Herje Lone Rock Wisconsin USA
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> > [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Ernest
> Plutko
> > Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 12:05 PM
> > To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> > Subject: [NAFEX] figs
> >
> >
> > I have had three fig plants in big pots for seven years. Never
> had
> a
> > ripe fig Plenty of green figs which fell off unripe. Today I
> picked
> > two ripe figs from the Chicago Hardy. Tasted good. I bring them
> in
> > during the winter and the leaves promptly fall off. Last winter I
> > kept them next to a window and a windowed door. Leaves did not
> fall
> > off and new leaves grew. If you live where it is warm most of the
> > year it probably sounds dumb to talk about two ripe figs but I am
> > proud. Severe winter temps here. Not home of the fig.
> >
> > Minnesota zone 2-3
> >
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