The Archipel fig variety just seems lackluster to our tastes, so we culled it.
Though Black Mission is a very good commercial variety, it is a somewhat boring fig for the home orchard. So, we have culled it.
A few memories of the Third Annual Bubba Bash, in celebration of Neil Peart, over the weekend of January 4, 2025 at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside, PA. It continues its mission of raising funds for Cedars-Sinai glioblastoma cancer research.
Though the Kesariani fig variety is very cold hardy and productive, it was in a poor location and I have nicer berry figs than another Mt Etna.
We had just re-located our LSU O’Rourke late in the 2022 season, which made it susceptible to being killed by the 2022 Arctic Blast. Even though it’s an official LSU variety, we just don’t feel the need to replace it, as we have so many other early and much more flavorful varieties.
I received my cutting from a “reliable source”, but some feedback indicates that this may not be true to type, and may be the De s’Avenc variety,
Though Albo is a very good honey fig from the Pomona fig collection, we are not big into honey figs and this one just didn’t have a good level of production. In spite of its flat bottom, it does seem to handle the rain well.
