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I’ve grown Danny’s Delight fig, which was also allegedly cold hardy. Here in 
Zone 5, it was cold hardy — the roots, that is, just like many other figs. 
The tops died back, then grew about 10 feet high by the end of the season, 
but never ripened a fruit.

Celeste, in my greenhouse or in a pot, never sets hardly any fruit for me.

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> On Jan 5, 2017, at 11:13 AM, Elizabeth Hilborn <ehilborn@mebtel.net> wrote:
> 
> 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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