Ronde de Bordeaux

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Cuttings of the fig variety Ronde de Bordeaux 24 and 46 days after potting
Cuttings of the Ronde de Bordeaux variety one month after rooting with the foliage typical of the variety with very narrow, smooth-edged "fingers".

Ronde de Bordeaux is a traditional French fig variety of the Ficus carica species , which is known for its excellent taste, great winter hardiness and robustness.

Synonyms of the variety name are "Early Round of Bordeaux" and "Black of Bordeaux". The variety "Rouge de Bordeaux", also called " Pastilière ", is not identical to Ronde de Bordeaux. The abbreviation "RdB" is common among enthusiasts for Ronde de Bordeaux.

tree

Ronde de Bordeaux is vigorous and in Central Europe usually reaches a height of 3–4 m and a width of the same amount. In southern Europe it becomes up to 5 m high and 7 m wide. The leaf is usually five-lobed and deeply incised. Above all after heavy pruning and major frost damage, ground shoots are formed from the root area, which can easily be separated from the mother plant in order to obtain young plants.

fruit

ripe fruits

The figs of the Ronde de Bordeaux variety are rather small and usually weigh between 35 and 45 grams. They are almost spherical, short-stemmed and, when they ripen, first become burgundy, then dark purple and when fully ripe they become almost black. The fruits ripen in Central Europe from August to October, sometimes even into November, with the bulk of the fruits ripening in September. Even in bad weather, the fruits continue to ripen slowly. With a normal, not excessive amount of fruit, almost all fruits ripen, in contrast to varieties that develop later, of whose fruits mostly only a part in Central Europe is ripe.

Although Ronde de Bordeaux is usually referred to as "Unifera", ie single-bearing figs, especially older specimens develop a few " flowering figs " from June , which weigh around 50 grams, are very aromatic, teardrop-shaped and very dark, almost black. In 2019 in particular, a relatively large number of trees of the variety produced some flowering figs.

Winter hardiness

Ronde de Bordeaux is one of the hardest fig varieties ever. In a multi-year trial with various fig varieties in Gothenburg , Sweden , Ronde de Bordeaux turned out to be the variety, along with Hardy Chicago , that withstood low winter temperatures best. In very severe frost, only the thinner branches usually freeze to death. New shoots then usually sprout from the trunk and the thicker branches and bear fruit again as early as the next year.

See also

literature

  • Christoph Seiler: Figs from your own garden , Verlag Eugen Ulmer , Stuttgart 2016.
  • Pierre Baud: Le Figuier: Pas à pas , Aix-en-Provence 2008.
  • Pierre Baud: Figues , Vaison la Romaine 2005.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christoph Seiler: Figs from your own garden , Stuttgart 2016, page 86.
  2. ↑ Christoph Seiler: Figs from one's own garden , Stuttgart 2016, pages 83 and 86.
  3. ↑ Pierre Baud: Le Figuier: Pas à pas , Aix-en-Provence 2008, pages 88 and 89.
  4. ↑ Christoph Seiler: Figs from your own garden , Stuttgart 2016, page 86.
  5. ↑ Christoph Seiler: figs from one's own garden , Stuttgart 2016, pages 86–87.
  6. ↑ Fig Growing in Sweden at fruitiers-rares.info
  7. ↑ Christoph Seiler: Figs from your own garden , Stuttgart 2016, page 86.