I picked up 4 main crop figs today: a fully ripe Adriatic from Grasa and Golden Celeste, Gino’s Black, and St, Rita. 
The St. Rita needed probably a day or two more, it was too dry but tasty.
The Gino’s Black was spoiled again, this is the second fig I picked and both were spoiled, don’t know why.
The Adriatic and Celeste were perfect! Sweet, jammy, crunchy, juicy. The Celeste was much sweeter, almost too sweet.

This year I tasted 7 green ripe figs: Paradiso, Strawberry Verte, Panachee, Grasa Adriatic, and Golden Celeste, White Ischia, and King.
They all have red centers that taste like berries of different ripeness. The thing is, I do not  get the difference by much. The Panachee and SV are slightly better than the rest but essentially we are talking about margins here. 

So, we have so many different varieties of green figs with red insides, do they ALL taste the same like those 7??? What is the point to have more than 2 or 3 then? I am sure there are people who have many different named varieties and can help me with this question. 
Does the color correlate with the taste and flavor?

Enjoy the pix!











           

They all look great but I am disappointed in the Gino's, have you been getting a lot or rain or what could be the cause. I have a nice Gino's growing fast.

Greenfig: Very nice and tasty figs. Also, your photos are beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

Best,
Tam

Yes I'd say some have big differences but a lot are marginally different taste wise. That's another reason I'm downsizing.

Maybe the wasp makes them taste the same?  If a St Rita tastes like a green fig that's not the same as it is here.  If that's the case I'd keep your most productive early, middle and late figs so you have the most figs and longest time with fruit.  If they're young trees they might improve with age.  OTOH, the green figs with red centers are called strawberry types for a reason.  Then there's the response to adverse conditions that you may not know about for years.  For those of us in worse zones we have to try several to find out which are the best over time, then downsize.  PA and MO are in the same zone but we'll get very different results from some figs.

Bob,

Thanks for your input!
I meant that only the Green figs with red centers taste the same (hence the Strawberry types, as you mentioned).
The St Rita was quite different but since I believe I picket it up too early, I didn’t describe it at all.

I agree with you about the zones. I am quite lucky to be in the SoCal, any fig I tried here was a good fig.

Yeah, you don't need all 35 strawberry types, just the most productive early, mid & late.  :)  Get a CdD Blanc and see how that compares  :)

I got a CDDB last year. It has 5 figs at the moment, I am anxious to try them too!

What would be your best pick of the Strawberry types for early, mid & late ripening?

Grass,
For 8B, JH Adriatic and Battaglia Green are excellent green-red figs. I also have Stawberry Verte (a splitter but mid ripening here), LSU Golden Celeste (super productive) and your Grasa Adriatic for comparison. Many of what I have are not green figs so they have to be good to join the team. JHA and BG are our favorites.

Bob,
Check your PM.

Thanks, JD!
I keep hearing good things about the Battaglia Green, I think I should try it too!
If anybody has spares, please let me know.

Hi Igor,

You've got me licking my chops over those beautiful photos.  My Grassa Adriatic is loaded with figs and I anxiously await sampling my first ripe fruit.  Looks like I'm at least a week behind you in ripening, probably because a little cooler here near the coast. 
Thanks for the post...

Igor, we still don't know if that adriatic from my boss is a Desert king/ what about their flavor by comparison?

Could be they were all the same tree many hundred years ago, and as it was moving to other areas it adapted and may ripe sooner or later. What about their skin taste and texture, did you find similarities?
I think your sampling on first year tree fruits does  not do justice to the greatness of their fruit as they reach 4-5 years old.   

if you chose to reduce your inventory, consider grafting them onto one of them, that way you can still monitor their similarities and differences in the future.

Again, I love your photos.  Great Job there!

Grasa,

The taste , texture and sweetness of the Adriaric and a King I have is very similar ( but also of the other 5 or so strawberry types).
The A has larger fruit than the King.

I agree that with time the difference might be more pronounced.
At this time, if I were to choose just one tree, I would go with the Adriatic ( or whatever it is). It is more prolific and productive.

Thank you for the great cuttings!!!

Grasa and others: is Adriatic Grasa a San Pedro type as Desert King is?  (sorry if I missed this in earlier threads)

Steve,
The people outside the wasp belt should be able to help you.
Here, in the SoCal, I see no distinction between a San Pedro and a Common figs.
I have the King main crop too