Lsu Purple Fig Leaves
The yellow ripe brooklyn white and the green ripe longue d aout nordland are two of the biggest figs of this group both very flavorful and productive.
Lsu purple fig leaves. All three types of leaves are from the plant pictured. Though unlike violette and brooklyn white lsu purple produces no breba crop six weeks prior it remains a beautiful flavorful fig that can produce in short seasons. Even if they cross pollinate your lsu purple tree will still have purple figs and your lsu gold tree will still have yellow figs. Sarah d staff on may 9 2016.
Excellent flavor ones the tree has gained some age. Fruits are medium in size and weight with dark purple glossy skins and light strawberry colored flesh with a high sugar content when ripe. Lsu gold is a big bright honey fig and lsu purple is a productive dark fig that can taste like maple sugar candy when fully mature. The lsu purple fig ficus carica is a variety of fig that was developed by researchers at louisiana state university to be able to withstand hot humid temperatures in southern states and are more disease resistant.
Introduced in 1991 by the louisiana agricultural experiment station lsu purple is ideal for usda zones 9 and warmer and is particularly suited to hot humid areas. Each lsu fig variety is self pollinating and will set fruit without cross pollinating with another variety. They re recommended for usda growing zones 7 9 if planting outdoors but if you are in zones 4 6 pot your fig tree and keep it in a garage or shed during the winter months. Lsu purple is a mid season fig beginning to ripen a few weeks after improved celeste with violette de bordeaux and brooklyn white.
Marseilles is a reliable and shapely yellow honey fig. Its reddish purple fruit has a mild flavor long shape and light pink pulp. The figs of an established lsu purple tree can taste much like maple sugar candy a flavor familiar to most northern growers providing for interesting comparisons. Unlike other trees the lsu purple fig has three fruiting seasons.
The figs taste good better than my lsu gold and there are a lot of them. Lsu purple is a medium size fig with purple to burgundy skin and light red flesh. Lsu purple is a unique fig that produces a heavy crop in july followed by a second crop that can last until december. Lsu purple is also self pollinating.
This prolific bearer will have you eating sweet healthy figs almost year round drying your own fruit for storage or making jams and preserves. Fig tree that is vigorous with above average resistance to leaf diseases. A light crop in early spring a large main crop in july and a late crop in november or even early december. I do not know what to say about the plant with the finger leaves the first plant discussed in your video although my photo seems to show finger leaves too as well a the shovel shaped leaves.