I received a JH Adriatic airlayer from a figfriend a few months back, just as it was about to come out of dormancy.  It went from a 10" tall plant to a 6' tall plant since then and has been stacking on the fruit.  I let two of the lowest fruits remain on the tree, and they've been sitting around doing nothing for what seems like months, I just assumed they would never ripen.

Well, while watering today, I noticed that one of them started swelling and is ripening!  The pics are blurry (damn lack of macro), but in the first one you can see the skin just barely starting to crack.  Pretty stoked about it.  Can't wait to taste!!  I'll probably have to eat tomorrow morning since I won't be back around the trees for a couple days after.

Oh - and here is a picture of the tree in question.  It's the one with the red box around it. 

To the left of it are (in order) Gino's Black, Marseilles Black VS ... not sure what's next to that from looking at this picture, but the one on the far left end is Negronne.

To the right of it are Conadria, Carolina Dark, (not sure what's next), and Deleon on the far right end.  All were rooted in 2009/2010.  They got a little leggy, I'll be trimming them down in the coming year.

That's awesome! Those are some pretty looking trees you have there.

Very nice, Jason. You call it leggy, I call it cuttings ;-)

Those are really nice looking plants Jason .
Thanks for sharing your pictures.

Here is a full picture of the dozen or so neighbors that JH Adriatic has along the north side of my neighbor's house:

http://i52.tinypic.com/339rerm.jpg

Indeed!  I was going to say that also, but I'm thinking I'll be calling it 'airlayer' next spring instead ;)

If weather is dry,the next 4 days you will love Adr.JH.
If weather is wet,you will still like it as edible.

nice trees. your set up gives me some idea as to where to put the trees come next year. i'm running out of room on the deck.

pete

@Pete, here is where the rest of them are:  http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/show_single_post?pid=1269939260&postcount=14

Awesome!  Looking to get some ripe JH in a few weeks. Hopefully!

Jason they are some awesome looking trees. I would say that is a nice lay out.

Thanks, y'all

Checked the fig today after work and it's getting sugar spots.  I'm on the fence... I'll be out of town for the next 60ish hours.... so I'm on the fence whether to pick in the morning and eat it, or risk waiting 60ish hours and picking to eat it (or risk a chipmunk, bird or squirrel eating it)

Jason,
Looks good. Given the location and ease of access to the fig, sixty days away from home, and the fact that you are on the fence, get a couple of clothes pins, some bird netting, cover it up, and see if it is still there when you get back.

For me, that is better than picking it too early because you are certain not to like it. And if it there when you get back - even with a bird hole or a bite - it can still be very good. I say protect it such that rain, splitting, and souring are the primary worries.

I know your hesitant to wait because of fear of loss, but I think I remember they should develop sugar spots for optimum flavor. But you could pick one and judge for the timing of others.

I checked the fig again this morning before heading out.

There was a long elastic string of honey that oozed out of the eye and was dripping off the underside (it wasn't blocking the eye).  I peeled it off and ate it.  It was sweet like candy and honey/amber in color.  I'm anxiously waiting for this one....

What a tease! :-)

I ate it before I left. I was afraid Rafed might steal it ;)

Seriously though, I was watering and saw the ants starting at it and I knew it wouldn't last. It was limp and loose and just larger than a quarter.

IT WAS GREAT. This fig just changed the way I think about green figs. It was sweet and silky on the front with a jammy berry finish on the back. It was fully ripe and a nice raspberry red in the center. Not too juicy. Very small seeds with the slightest crunch. No astringency in the skin like with other green figs I have eaten. The skin was extremely good, tasted exactly like the honey that seeped from the eye.

I split it three ways between me, my wife and our nanny, so I only got a wedge. Can't wait for the other two to ripen, nor for next year!

Many thanks to the figfriend that shared this tree with me - you know who you are. You changed my mind about green figs with this one....

Martin, have you ever had one of these?!?! It wasn't as good as a great dark fig, but it was definitely better than a good dark fig!! Eye opener for sure.

Ok Rafed. I took the fig tree. Earlier today, I stopped by Jason's place and took the JHA. Martin hired me for both jobs; he didn't want anyone to know about his new found love for green figs....hahahaha

Actually, Jason asked if anyone wanted to see them and I told him that if he sent them to me, that I would post them:

Thanks for posting those, JD! Man that thing was good!

Jason are the plants along your neighbors house rooted into the ground?

Jim, I don't - not this one.  Thinking back about this, I'm curious why you ask?

Jason
The figs along the house are in fairly small pots for the size of the plant and you had said you only water once a day when my plants put on that much top growth I have to water them twice a day so I have had to step them up and they are in the shade house so I thought yours must have some roots in ground.

I only water in the morning, and all of the fig trees pictured above are on the north side of my neighbor's house, so they only get 1-2 hours morning sun and no more than 1hr of evening sun (if any), which probably detracts from the fruit taste, but this JH Adriatic was stupid good even in full shade, so if it's better in full sun, I might as well throw away all my other figs.  ;)

The pots pictured above are mostly a full 3-gal, with Gino's Black (in the only orange pot) being a full 5-gal.  In full shade, they hold water really well throughout the course of a day and sometimes can go for 2-3 days without water, even with no rain.  3 days would have them limping in the last 4-6 weeks of heat, 2 days and they're only slightly damp in the soil.

They looked to me to be 1 and 3 gal pots that does make a difference and mine are under 50% shade but no other cover so I am sure that is way more sun and they get more wind with only shade cloth to protect them.
Now if I had just taken all of that into consideration I wouldn't have had to bug you about it :)