Anna & Rufous stopped by my place on May 21, enjoying the Fig trees.  These photos were taken less than four minutes apart but it wasn't until over a week later when they were downloaded to my computer that I realized both species that grace Western Washington had visited that day!

In early June after unwinding from Folklife Festival, Forum member Little John stopped by and we went Fig exploring in north Seattle.  The photo is of Little John at the Botany Greenhouse Fig tree.  When the Brebas ripen in August or September, I'll photograph the Figs and leaf hoping to be able to identify the variety.

Forum members with large Fig collections are welcome to photograph both their Brebas and Main crop Figs to add to a Fig Photo ID Database.  Please go to my website:  http://sites.google.com/site/kiwifruitsalad2  to download a copy of my Fig Photo ID proposal in Word.doc format.

Happy Growing,   kiwibob

Kiwibob, you wrote "When the Brebas ripen in August or September". That is very late for brebas to ripen unless the main crop is not far behind.
I did not know there could be a place where breba will ripen later than at my location (other than at our fig friend's at Calgary, zone 4). I expect breba to ripen here sometimes in July as it happened last year.

Yea, when I met with Bob he said that they only get a breba crop in Seattle. The season is too short to get a main crop.

Ottawan,

To answer your question, what do Chicago, Minneapolis, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Quebec have in common?

They are ALL SOUTH of Seattle!

We have a temperate Maritime climate that is heavily influenced by Puget Sound.  Last year we set a record high temperature of 103°F and have about 0°F as our record low in Seattle.  Annual precip varies within the city limits from about 30-39 inches with an average of about 35 for the city as a whole.  Over half of our days have gray skies.  At my place in northeast Seattle a few blocks from the third highest city street intersection the first damaging frost occurs after mid-November, and the last before March 15 (April 15 about a mile away)!  We actually have a very long growing season, but hardly any heat.  As a result, ONLY the Breba crop will ripen here on most varieties :(

This year we are about two weeks behind our "normal" in blossoming of many plants including my Kiwis, so I expect the Brebas will ripen around mid-September or possibly later!  On the Olympic Peninsula at Sequim and Port Angeles they are typically 2-4 weeks behind us, so their Brebas might not even ripen this year.

The focus of The Puget Sound Regional Fig Variety Test is therefore on the San Pedro type Figs, and those Common type Figs that are known to produce a good Breba crop.  Our climate is the reason that all the Fig photos on my website http://sites.google.com/site/kiwifruitsalad2 with the exception of the Caprifig "Gillette" are of the Breba crop.

Again, I want to invite anyone with a good size Fig collection to download the Fig Variety Photo ID Proposal in Word.doc format from my website, and to consider contributing Breba and Main crop photos to the project.

Enjoy,   kiwibob

Kiwibob
I was thinking of Vancouver, Victoria and Paully's Chilliwack when I asked the question and which are located further North across the border from your location and which seem to have better ripening chances as I hear from Paul.
However, you mentioned that you have many gray skies days and fewer sunny warm days which understandably lowers the chances for ripening.
Now I feel a bit better about Ottawa even though currently we are having gray skies and wet days and good time for separating air-layered branches from mother trees if ready otherwise.