If you do a search on this forum you will find quite a bit of info. I have this variety and it is a very good one. Woody.

Oh thanks Dennis i really enjoy taking pictures its a lot of fun. You know when i joined little more than 5 years ago people seemed surprised and would say you grow figs near Chicago? But then i was not taking pictures and by the time i did more and more members starting posting and it no longer is a big deal about figs growing in my area nor Mich or Canada. Course some of us cheat and grow in pots. ; ) My Edible Lanscaping Sals was sweetest this season but has fallen down my list in favor of some others cause i favor a more rich or berry tasting fig not overpowered by the sweet. My Sana Cruz Dark has a unique sweetness to it but thats about all the flavor it offers so i cut up for scion and put it up this winter to help offest some cost of growing my plants. This season my Violet de Bordeaux was to me my best tasting fig nudging out my Hardy Chicago . Ronde i get to taste maybe 5 days or less there getting ripe now. My Madeira Black i had figs last season no ripe but tree was young and this season when i was wheeling all my trees in and out of garage onto driveway to get a head start they all were doing well Madeira started opening its buds at 30 inches tall and then Bam they just wilted and the main trunk dies to about 6 inches so it got set back a full season or more . Main trunk did nothing and it sent a shoot from it at soil level now about 10 inches tall . Next season if it survives garage storage i wont take it out as early in the high 40s like my others. I really hope my Ronde is not all sweet and not much flavor cause its my fastest young juvenile in yard. Time will tell with that as others. So sorry for long answer el.sals sweetest and i hope not too many more i have are not going to be just like it but i keep it for all these years cause its very reliable produces very well but 1 of these is enough for sweetness for me. Martin

Ampersand it woke up later than some others but fruited too late to ripen here. Inground Hardy Chicago died to near ground and came back and fruited and ripening as of last week. Bought around 2003 and put inground several years ago for curiosity. Coldest outdoor temp was between 18-20 below zero with stretches of days hovering at 0 . Outdoor thermometer Jan 6 .14 8:46 am Hc inground Jan 6 .14 Its spare grows in container. For many years mid March when i start fig shuffle when temps allow then back in garage in evening. This season was not the case. Snow and cold March 12th lasting into April . Stay Well Martin

Let me Chime in here about what kind of a Gentleman James Robin is!!!!!! When we went and met him in Oct. I told him I had lost my Hollier and Smith I got from him, I told him it was most certainly my fault (Sally see what I mean?)I had did them in with Roundup.....I thought I was gonna have to wrassle him to not let him replace my Mistakes......There ain't many like him left in this self centered world. I did not let him replace the plants. If JR made an honest mistake, and that is what it would be, like Dan said he will make it right. But before I said much more about it I would talk to JR Regards Cecil