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[Elizabeth Hilborn <ehilborn@mebtel.net>]

My LSU Gold fruits earlier than Chicago Hardy here in zone 7a. Although 
it is hardy for me here, it was marketed as less cold tolerant and 
better for the deep south.

However, I have not observed any enhanced cold tenderness for LSU Gold 
at my site compared to my other varieties (Celeste, Bullard Celeste 
type, Brown Turkey, Violet de Bordeaux, Chicago Hardy, Petite Negri, 
Lattarulla).

Betsy Hilborn
7a central NC

On 1/5/2017 10:24 AM, mIEKAL aND wrote:
> The earliest ripening fig I was talking about was LSU Celeste
> Improved.   LSU Purple was not an early ripener for me, nor is Hardy
> Chicago...
>
> ~mIEKAL
>
> On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 4:27 AM, Alan Haigh <alandhaigh@gmail.com> wrote:
> > There is at least a couple of varieties brought to this country via Italy
> > that are grown in the Bronx and ripen as early as LSU Purple.  I have one
> > and it is somewhat larger and much more prolific for me than either LSU
> > purple or Hardy Chicago.  My LSU Purple ripens at the same time as Hardy
> > Chicago as well, so maybe you are talking about another one of their
> > selections.
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