hey ross i have a chicago fig but im thinking of replacing it, since you are also in zone 7, in your opinion if you have space for only one fig in the ground in zone 7a, whats the best one for flavor? not too worried about yeild, more flavor and surviving winters. i dont know if you can ship to canada but if you can id buy from you

@@connorwestgate Hey, not Ross, but I would think he'd recommend Azore's Dark for the best tasting in-ground variety in your zone.

@@connorwestgate I'm in zone 7, and Verte is vigorous, productive, and and amazingly rich, sweet, and jammy. A plus is that the outside is green, so it needs no bird netting. Deep strawberry interior and almost cottony soft and fluffy, flavorful skin. Very good and not much of the ant issues like some others. I wrap mine with burlap and mulch a couple feet high in late October or early November here in VA. I had one year that it didn't ripen before the cold, but this is the first year harvesting, and it's wonderful! One of my favorite all around, taste, vigor, reliability in terms of minimal to no spoilage with rain or fruit drop issues) of five trees. I have petite negri, LSU Purple (early crop is junk then it gets good), Celeste (very good as well, despite the negative press), and an unknown large, honey type fig.

@@kcl060 thanks, thats some good info, ill look into those varieties

A fig doesn't necessarily need to be the "best fig" on the market, some figs are early season some are mid and some late so having different figs will give you a longer fruiting window.

jjj ccc happy to help!

Yea like $45

I like your benifit list Your remark about suitability to espalier Your suggestion about grafting on to a slow growing fig like Black Madeira

I'm growing it in western Washington, zone 8a. Slightly less hardy than Chicago Hardy and Cravens Craving, both of which experienced no die-back and harden off very nicely and early. But its hardier than Violette de Solies, which I had the tips of the branches die off on (it seemed to grow very vigorously and didn't stop even in fall, which is probably a good part of why that happened. I think the soft mulchy soil its in may be why that one in particular grew so much). Sometimes, the terminal buds will freeze back but sometimes they don't. Perfectly viable in 8a but I wouldn't push it beyond 7b if you want it in a nice tree form. It doesn't seem to mind either the wet, the dry, or the heat at all, so overall pretty versatile other than its less than ideal hardiness. Also, I haven't found it to be too too vigorous, but again its in kinda hard clay-y soil and I should probably feed it a bit more. Behaves pretty similar to Chicago Hardy with regards to how much length it adds on to branches each year, but because it likes to branch out so much the overall growth may be more. It also _really_ seems to want to grow in a bush form, always putting out side branches and not forming an obvious leader. I'll probably have to hack it back to get it into tree form. But that bodes _really_ well for espalier. I could see it making a wonderful espalier.

NM Nate hollier is quite the variation in terms of flavor and in my opinion easily a step higher.

@@RossRaddi Ok, definitely on my list for cuttings this year :)

Eric Durtschi very good to hear. Did you post photos of the differences on ourfigs?

That's what i want to know. I have a Yellow Longneck TC that I started this year, and was planning on getting a Long Yellow. But, until Richard's research comes to light, I do not knowif I would be wasting my time getting "the same": fig.

@@RossRaddi Let's hope.

@@RossRaddi I have posted them on different threads. I will do a full post with a comparison once I have the last of them ripe now that weather is cooler. Amy just said she tried them on the same day side by side, with her YLN tree being much more mature and the GR was way better in her experience that day. I really hoped to be able to try them on the same day but no luck.

Zaffiro.

Valerie Escabi it is beautiful.

Is that the price $300 ?

@@bobbrawley2612 I've seen it go for that or more at auction.

And now it only gets 46 at auction on figbid.

enscribe yeah. Closest fig to an actual melon I think.

Carlos Rivera that it is.

I was thinking Rob McElhenney 😀

The Gooch I never taste the yellow long neck you said is better than the golden rainbow?

@@carlosrivera4660 same fig different name