Herman is the # 1 fig NJ fig expert, so please do speak up...

See http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/figs4funforum/vpost?id=2733111

For the below mentioned varieties:

- Breva crop: Madeleine des Deux Saisons and Brunswick
- Autumn crop: Ronde de Bordeaux and Pastiliere

I forgot to mention that the source of this calendar is Pierre Baud's book 'Figues'.

http://www.fig-baud.com/ouvragefigues.html

Hi George:I probably have more in grownd figs than you.
But I have much less ,in container plants compared with you.
So I am not a better expert than you.
We both have,some experience with fig trees.
Talking about the figs I planted in grownd,that are 3 or more years old,the earliest,is Celeste,followed,by Sal's #1,Hardy Chicago,Marseilles vs Black,Maryland Brn. Turkey.
These are the ones that will make it trough the winter and have a crop that will ripe before frost.
OF course I have other young trees that produced a few figs,but I am not calling that reliable production.
Celeste will drop part of the figs if weather is not right for fig culture in some years.
Best Regards

Thanks for sharing Herman. Nice to know. I have Celeste and still no figs in NJ. I can only hope. I'm also trying Jupiter and Mars grapes this year. So far, so good. Thx

First of all, I am sorry for my (unnecessary/pushing)
compliment to Herman...

Second/Third:
Madeleine des Deux Saisons and Brunswick:
Both are on my death row fig list here in NJ - both do rot
very, very badly on any wet/moist weather condition.

Hi George ,I am not offensed by your words.
I fill bad that after so many years I still have only a handfull of figs I can call reliable.
I also have the figs I think,will be Winners,like:
Violette de Bordeaux,Antonio English Brn Turkey,Unknown #5(Malta),Gino's Fig,LSU Gold,Barnisotte black,Aubique Petite and others that allready fruited High quality Fruits.

My Celeste has one nice breba that is almost full size! Now if I can only keep the squirrels from sampling it, I'll be happy! They have a propensity to destroy my unripe fruit. One year they stripped every small green pear from my trees! Usually they take all of Magnolia's breba crop. I am trying repellants this year.

I know King fig is very eary, a breba cropper. I also know for a fact it grows well in Long Island from from of my fellow fig friends.

My King also has large figs on it now, and is about to start its attempt at main crop figs, which will fall off later due to lack of pollination.

I forgot to mention that my Violette de Bordeux from the Fed Born colleciton is chock full of main croppers.

Negronne(Beer's Black) is the earliest ripening fig for me because it has a "breba" crop. They have been ripening for several days now. Celeste is probably a month away.
By the way, I have a friend in NC who grows King fig. It DOES set a nice "breba" crop which ripens early and tastes very good.

Yes It depends in what climate ,and how Negronne is grown.
Last year i had it in containers,and it gave me about 12 breba fruits,but after that i planted it in the grownd in the best spot and this year it lost a lot of wood ,due to frost and has no breba,at all ,nor has main,because is growing back to the size it was, and after that it will be forming main crop.
So one lesson learned .It has to be kept in containers in colder zones as mine in order to fully produce a lot of fruits.
Best Regards

A surprise figs that have kernell like figs,in ground on this Date is White Texas Everbearing.
This positivelly will be an early main crop producer here!!!!! ,along with the other mentioned as relyable.