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  • From: Lee Reich <lreich@hvc.rr.com>
  • To: Anton Callaway <marillen@earthlink.net>, North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Fig flavor
  • Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2009 10:58:18 -0400

I just had my first Kadota (potted, in greenhouse) and it was among the best. The old standby, Brown Turkey (in the ground, in greenhouse), is also always excellent, and Green Ischia (in the ground, in greenhouse) is almost as good.

By the way, it would be useful to indicate where you all grow whatever plants you're writing about, and if, as in my case, it's in a greenhouse, pot, etc. I'm in NY's Hudson Valley, Zone 5.


Lee Reich, PhD

Books by Lee Reich:
A Northeast Gardener's Year
The Pruning Book
Weedless Gardening
Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden
Landscaping with Fruit

On Sep 5, 2009, at 7:13 AM, Anton Callaway wrote:

Desert King has consistently been tops for flavor in my family.

Atreano and Scott's Black also were received enthusiastically, though we haven't had an abundance of those.

-----Original Message-----
From: Hilborn.E@epamail.epa.gov
Sent: Sep 3, 2009 10:46 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] Fig flavor

I am enjoying figs from my Hardy Chicago tree for the first time. The
tree has been in the ground 3 years, and this is the first time it has
ripened fruit.

I notice the flavor of the HC fig is more complex and richer than my
Brown Turkey and Celeste - my other 2 brown figs.  Do others agree?

Up until this point, I thought of all my brown-colored figs as tasting
mostly the same, sweet, but rather bland, regardless of variety.

Are there varieties that people think are really outstanding for flavor?

Betsy Hilborn
7a NC

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