tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29834831.post229996557878567108..comments2024-03-27T18:07:43.918-07:00Comments on Daniel's Pacific NW Garden: Figs. 9.20.14Daniel Wachenheimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009166706587141830noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29834831.post-83583131535334282812014-10-10T15:33:54.722-07:002014-10-10T15:33:54.722-07:00I think the Champagne fig is a hybrid of Celeste a...I think the Champagne fig is a hybrid of Celeste and a California capri fig. It was part of the legendary O'Rourke fig hybridization program at LSU. Since the varieties never really took off in nurseries, they are untested in most other places.<br /><br />http://www.lsu.edu/departments/horticulture/new_figs.pdfDaniel Wachenheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11009166706587141830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29834831.post-48589028859396477472014-09-21T22:35:30.913-07:002014-09-21T22:35:30.913-07:00Too bad LSU football team lost yesterday better st...Too bad LSU football team lost yesterday better stick with figs. Every backyard in Baton Rouge where I was raised have amber figs. Not sure the specific name.lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657961543274999017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29834831.post-66182034733482655762014-09-21T19:24:03.598-07:002014-09-21T19:24:03.598-07:00Im hoping to get a Smith fig to bear. It's a...Im hoping to get a Smith fig to bear. It's a Louisiana special. So far no luck but it's growing nicely. LSU Tiger and LSU Champagne are both fantastic!<br /><br />Nothing wrong with Italian Honey figs. They are delicious!Daniel Wachenheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11009166706587141830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29834831.post-23098799416874240802014-09-21T16:27:37.094-07:002014-09-21T16:27:37.094-07:00I'm born in New Orleans, Ahaa, wow brings back...I'm born in New Orleans, Ahaa, wow brings back memories. I think my parking lot fig is just a plain "Italian honey figs" better to have any figs then no figs that's my motto and I swear by it.lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657961543274999017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29834831.post-74031145941558654932014-09-21T07:48:20.651-07:002014-09-21T07:48:20.651-07:00The yellow fig is "Champagne". It comes...The yellow fig is "Champagne". It comes from the Louisiana State University program some time back. The female parent is Celeste. The pollen parent is, I think, a California capri fig. They are brilliant yellow and very sweet. I don't know yet if they will survive the winter here. I have one in ground, which will be the test. The container plant will go into the shed for the winter.Daniel Wachenheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11009166706587141830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29834831.post-35312180145890216462014-09-21T07:19:13.354-07:002014-09-21T07:19:13.354-07:00Growing plants from gifted cuttings and found vari...Growing plants from gifted cuttings and found varieties is one of the great pleasures of gardening. Glad yours are doing well!Daniel Wachenheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11009166706587141830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29834831.post-73064038118676811862014-09-21T07:18:19.689-07:002014-09-21T07:18:19.689-07:00That bottom fig is now picked, thanks! The Carini...That bottom fig is now picked, thanks! The Carini was from a fig forum member, who offered them to other forum members. His grandfather -I think - brought them from the town of Carini, Palermo region of Sicily. The trees were passed on through generations in his family. Daniel Wachenheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11009166706587141830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29834831.post-88816420936369619142014-09-20T17:17:24.095-07:002014-09-20T17:17:24.095-07:00Nice! Where did you buy the Carini? I might look f...Nice! Where did you buy the Carini? I might look for one, but wasn't sure how hardy it was in PNW. I plan to keep my potted figs in a shed this winter too after losing one last year.Lisa B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29834831.post-14639481605285530932014-09-20T14:55:30.503-07:002014-09-20T14:55:30.503-07:00Delicious looking figs. You forgot to pick one on...Delicious looking figs. You forgot to pick one on the bottom! I never know the name of my fig which I rooted from a cutting in a parking lot. The mother plant was a giant and now the lot's been converted to condominiums; I saw the mother plant being bulldozed :-( This little cutting's been travailing with me through several moves. I just call it"honey" figs. <br />I've 3 different kinds with unknown names, started all from cuttings. There was a gifted cutting that I thought won't have mature fruits each yr it will have tons of green unripe ones such a tease and I want to pull it out and plant something else. Yr 5, it finally gave out the sweetest biggest ones, I'm ever see. It proves me wrong. lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657961543274999017noreply@blogger.com