The Rhaasti and Little Ruby Figs: Very Early
Channel: Ross Raddi
Date: 2018-08-29

Little Ruby: 8/10. This thing is a ruby. I like it more and more each time. Very similar if not the same in flavor to Hardy Chicago. This time around it was a bit shriveled and dried on the tree. I think some fructose within the fig crystallized, which gave me quite an awesome sweetness. Open eye. Bugs get in very easily.

Rhaasti's Northern Persian Unk - 7/10. Got this from a friend last summer and grafted it onto a 1 gallon Celeste. Been a slow grower even after up potting to a 10g and fertilizing well, but I think that's because of the scale some of my plants have had to deal with this year. This is the only fig it will produce and had ample sugar spots on the bottom. An interesting flavor, but nothing spectacular yet. This tree is really small and young. What IS interesting though is that Steve is definitely right about it's earliness. I don't recall exactly when I pinched this one, but if I'm remembering correctly, 90 days later should land us in sometime in September. This one strikes me as freakishly early. I was very surprised to see it ripe.

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