Chesapeake Figs

Shipping class: cuttings

  • Banana Fig (R.boni)

    Banana Fig (R.boni)

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    A very interesting fig (from Richard Boni.) It seems to get its name from the appearance of the fig. It looks like a small banana variety (ie. burro bananas). It doesn’t have a banana flavor so far, but it has a nice thick texture to the skin that I really liked.

  • Barran

    Barran

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    Barran is a heavy producer with a dark exterior and deep red interior. It has some similarities to Mt. Etna types, but seems somewhat different to me.

  • Anna Hardy Kiwi

    Anna Hardy Kiwi

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    The main hardy kiwi variety that I have growing.  A few of my vines of this are 17 years old.  It produces excellent berries, and is easily cold hardy to my zone.  I have never protected it at all.  (It does need a pollinator, such as meader male)

  • Bartlett Pear (for grafting)

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  • Black Beauty Morus Nigra mulberry

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  • Black Prince Mulberry

    Black Prince Mulberry

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    an interesting purple tinged mulberry

  • Black Zadar

    Black Zadar

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    One of the more interesting and odd looking figs I grow.  It definitely stands out with its odd squat, almost squished shape.  Very good tasting and meaty when ripe.  The bark of the tree gets that knobby look that I really like.

  • Blackbird Mulberry

    Blackbird Mulberry

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  • Blava Campanera

    Blava Campanera

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    An interesting one for me so far.  Hasn’t put out a ton of figs, but the ones it has put out are good.

  • Anabelle Hydrangea

    Anabelle Hydrangea

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    Anabelle Hydrangea produces large white blooms.  It is a smooth hydrangea, which is a native species.

  • Blue Princess

    Blue Princess

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    Very dark exterior, and needs to be very ripe. It usually has hints of purple throughout it, and a bit of a void on the inside. It is a Nikky variety

  • Blue/Pink Big leaf Hydrangea

    Blue/Pink Big leaf Hydrangea

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    This hydrangea reproduces relatively easily from cutting

  • Goji Berry plant cutting

    Goji Berry plant cutting

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    Goji berries reproduce relatively easily through cuttings.  It is a spiky plant that seems to prefer the cooler seasons, (spring and fall).  It puts out small red edible berries.  It is also cold tolerant to well below zero degrees

  • Pink diamond Hydrangea

    Pink diamond Hydrangea

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    Pink diamond Hydrangea produces large white blooms that fade to pink/red.  It is a panicle hydrangea

  • Burgan UNK

    Burgan UNK

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    Burgan UNK is definitely an interesting fig.  It often has a crackling skin pattern, and can be very good looking.  Based on the way it looks, the distinct melon flavor that I get from it at times can be surprising.  They also are usually pretty round especially at the bottom

  • Carol’s Fig UNK

    Carol’s Fig UNK

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    This one is named for the neighbor I got the cutting from.  She had this fig tree in front of her house for probably 20 years.  She said it was an Italian variety. It is an interesting fig that gets a lot of crackling to the fig and has a lighter peach like flavor (a…

  • Col de Dame Bordisontenca

    Col de Dame Bordisontenca

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    This one has been pretty different to the other Col De Dame varieties so far for me.   I am curious to see how it changes as the mother tree ages.

  • Col de Dame Mutante

    Col de Dame Mutante

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    This one is an awesome fig.  Beautiful as it ripens.  It starts out not striped , then develops stripes as the fig grows, and finally blends in to a darker fig with the stripes fading a bit as it becomes ripe.  Taste and interior of the fig was also up there with some of the…

  • Chang Bai Hardy Kiwi

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  • Cherry Cordial

    Cherry Cordial

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    A crazy fast grower… it has dropped a lot of figs for me the first few years.  The fig has an interesting elongated shape.  It is more water hungry than most of my other figs.

  • Chicago Hardy

    Chicago Hardy

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    One of the standard varieties.  Known for being cold hardier than most (a mt. Etna type)

  • Ciliegia Dolce

    Ciliegia Dolce

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    A mt. Etna type fig that has a little bit of an extra note of flavor in it sometimes described as cherry like.  This one has done very well for me in ground, especially this year (its 3rd in ground)

  • Cul Noir

    Cul Noir

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    In interesting sweet fig that has the odd characteristic of the bottom of it turning black as it ripens.

  • Desert King

    Desert King

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    One of the best varieties for Breba figs, which is what is grown for outside of waspland.  It is probably my only fig tree that will always give me several dozens of breba, which kick off fig season several weeks before any other variety begins to ripen

  • Dr. Monticello UNK

    Dr. Monticello UNK

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    This one gave me bunch of very high quality small figs this year.  To me they share some characteristics with celeste, as well as a bit of a darker berry fig mixed in. (update: there is some info to say that one of the original nurseries to sell this fig had  a mix-up and distributed…

  • Earleville Mystery White UNK

    Earleville Mystery White UNK

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    From a local grower in Earleville Maryland.  It is an italian variety that produces great tasting figs if you really let them hang until the skin is very soft. They are small to medium size, and often have that long stem lolipop shape.  They are light colored yellow/green honey figs with a juicy pinkish interior…

  • Easter Egg Mulberry

    Easter Egg Mulberry

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    A mulberry that ripens white, with a purplish tint to it.

  • Exquisito

    Exquisito

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    A California seedling (from Bluemalibu). The figs I had were representative of its later season figs, with a jelly like interior and a circular shape with a thick but soft exterior.  It is an interesting variety that can have very different looking figs at other times of the year.

  • El Dorado Mulberry

    El Dorado Mulberry

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    A large productive white mulberry, it has been very light flavor for me so far.

  • Fuji Apple (for grafting)

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  • Geneva Hardy Kiwi

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  • Glorie de Sablons Currant

    Glorie de Sablons Currant

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    In interesting currant that grows well and has a pink blush to the berries

  • Gods Gift

    Gods Gift

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    A California seedling from (Lopresti on Ourfigs).  It may be common, or it may need caprification,  so buy at your own risk outside of waspland.  Lopresti has some updates on it on the Ourfigs forum if you are interested.  The picture here is courtesy of Lopresti, and is an example of what the figs look…

  • Green/White Panicle Hydrangea

    Green/White Panicle Hydrangea

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    reproduces easily from cutting, beautiful hydrangea variety that flowers on new wood with huge white blooms.

  • Grise de St Jean (GDSJ)

    Grise de St Jean (GDSJ)

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    A very interesting fig that gets a blueish tint to the outside.

  • Hardy Hoboken UNK

    Hardy Hoboken UNK

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    A good Mt. Etna type from Hoboken NJ

  • Italian 258 (I-258)

    Italian 258 (I-258)

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    Great variety. One of the best tasting, with a good size. Great texture also.  Probably the same as GNAF

  • Improved Celeste

    Improved Celeste

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    A larger more elongated celeste offshoot.  Another good candidate for inground, as it is pretty early.  I prefer its flavor to celeste also.

  • Issai Hardy Kiwi

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  • Italian Yellow Westfield UNK

    Italian Yellow Westfield UNK

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    This is a medium-large sized honey fig, discovered by Aaron Delmanto (from NJFigs). My first few figs off this were nothing special, but the ones after that were extremely sweet, maybe almost too much for me.  Promising for future years