Very nice presentation and photos Jim.
Jim, may I ask a favor please, to take a photo or several photos of your Petite Negri leaves? I am eager to see what the Edible Landscaping variety looks like?
Thanks much. Leon

Jim, Thanks for sharing the pics and info. I live in the coastal plain near Newport, NC so it is always interesting to see what is happening nearby. Good show!
I have 4 in ground figs and I'll post some pics when I get a chance in another thread.

Leon, here are a couple of photos of my EL Petite Negri. The first is of a 'normal' leaf, the second is of one apparently affected by FMV.

Regards, Jim

Jim,

For a leaf that has FMV, it sure looks healthy! Just when I think I "get" something, something crops up and lets me know I didn't "get" it at all.

It looks, to me, like just a different shape of leaf, but looks so healthy. Oh well, I'm a newbie to learning about figs. Those are very good, clear pictures of the leaves.

noss

Black mission seems to do well here in zone 7 n.va. Out of doors and not too well protected, just south side of a Terraced hill. Saw some in Manasses yesterday which were doing beautifully, but more protected.
I do wonder about the petit negri, and how do You tell it apart from the black mission. Maybe photos of both leaves would be helpful.
Likewise the difference between the LSU gold and the Italian honey. The fruit looks identical..... Anyone have any comments or photos?

Here is a link that might be useful: Cactusville

Thanks Noss - the tree does appear to quite healthy overall, and it produces pretty well. I'm just assuming the 'deformed' yet healthy looking leaves are a result of the virus. There's actually a third type of leaf on the tree as well, three lobes as opposed to five. It's not very attractive, but the fruit is great.

Peterknop, I don't know if you could tell the difference between Petite Negri and Black Mission based on the leaves alone. When side-by-side I can tell the difference based on fruit size, Petite Negri's is larger. No discernible difference in taste that I can detect though.

Jim

Yes FmV effect the leaves by what looks like a loss of
chlorophyl and mottling (bubble apperance) along with mishapen leaves (lobes missing and or deformed )
As i mentioned on other forum it also sometimes appears in the fruit itself as mentioned according to UcDAVIS and University of Florida.
Martin
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Thank you kindly for posting the leaf photos of the Petite Negri. Your trees are beautiful.

Hi Martin,

Then all my trees must have that virus because all of them have several differently-shaped leaves on them--esp. the Celestes. You name it, they got it! LOL! But it doesn't stop them. How do you know if the leaves are different because of the virus, or just because?

The Celestes have small leaves and huge leaves along with the normal sized leaves. There are lobed ones and heart-shapes and leaves that look like mittens. One of the regular leaves is so large on the tree out front that I can place my hands in three places and there's space left over! It's huge. The BT and the TX E have three different shapes to their leaves and both trees' leaves are the same as each other, except the BT's are larger than the TX E's.

Figs are really fascinating trees.

noss

Noss you misunderstood the statement. Yes fig trees have many different shape leaves on same tree . When juvenile some of these leaves can be quite large and dwarf ones hand easily.
Different shape leaves on same plant means nothing weather there 3-5-7 lobed leaves thats normal, there are no lobed leafs as well on some plants in the mix also normal.
A deformed leaf is just that deformed and can be missing one of the lobes totally on the Same leaf itself or be quite shortend lobe and look very oddball.
Here is just an example.
As a note FMV usually displays itself in a plant early in season then as season wanes it can hide only to reappear the next season.
Many folks have fmv plants its no big deal some of the best tasting cultivars have it.
Its also prevalant in many vegtables such as squash, cucumbers,potatoes, etc.
If one does a search on mosaic in plants you can see pictures.

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Martin

Deformity i mention in leaves.
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Hi Martin,

Thanks for clarifying the subject. I can see what you're talking about with the pictures you posted. It helped a lot that you explained.

The leaves on my figs are all different shapes, but are normal shapes. :)

The leaves in Jim's photos look very healthy to me. What is your take on the second photo? Is that leaf deformed, or just a different shape?

Thanks,

noss

It looks like it has minor deformity in picture.
Next year in mid spring is best time to see the plant as a whole. Some parts of plants show fmv some parts may not.
In my opinion its nothing to be alarmed about most fig plants have it unknown to the grower and do just fine.
Ischia Black is one type that can have hard time dealing with it.