if so.. is yours dropping figs? are they from UCD or some other source? anyone had any luck with Pastiliere outside of CA where there isn't any fig wasp?

Stay away from this variant. I got rid of my 2 trees. Both from well known source.

This is not a worthwhile variant. Though good tolerant of cold, it is very sensitive to weather change. It grows slowly and lignifies rapidly to tolerant extreme weather. But if extreme weather like rain around harvest time will cause fruit to drop. Unifere.

Ah if only...

already rooting 3 Pastiliere cuttings, not from UCD. from what i'm reading, this is early variety. it will drop all the figs if there is sudden weather change, too much water, too little water, if soil is not draining well. 

has anyone try to grow it in controlled environment with steady temp, only watered by hand, and limited sun to avoid too much heat? 

I will say this fig when properly ripe by that i mean some looked like they were ripe only to have dry spots insides not ripe it seems like it needs the wasp period.
It teased me as i grew up eating figs and mulberry's by grandmothers house on Sunday visits in Chicago and a fully ripened Pastiliere fig tasted like i was eating mulberry and was shocked at that as i have eaten many figs in my time but never one with that strong of its cousins taste.
So i gave it a chance and it made me burning mad with the results cause its one of the best figs iv'e tasted .


I'm not below that line but had this ucdavis cultivar. It grew well for me despite FMV and yes the limbs harden very fast. Most figs always dropped off very frustrating depsite my best care with fertilizer/lime good pot mix and rain water from my barrel.
Season before last i try something different i put in part shade did ripen a few more figs but not much change.
Last season back in full sun same drop the figs, was thinking about leaving tree out to suffer our winter but instead burned it along with Zidi that showed same thing and a few other fig trees for personal reasons.

Rouge de Bordeaux will produce next season its 3rd and iv'e heard it may be the same as pastiliere and if it acts the same and drops its figs next season i destroy that as well im no longer wasting my time and money on fig trees that do not perform .

Straight from a grower in France:

i'll keep this in front porch which gets partial sun, and covered from rain. probably give water by hand and keep it in my soil mix that drains well. spring is rather early here. last year it had really early of spell of high temp which pushed my figs early. 

i'll give it 5 yrs and see what happens. 

Mine grew fine. Got a few figs this year. Source is UCD. My tree is about 4 ft tall. Will be repotting it to a self watering soon. I also have 2 Rouge de Bordeaux fig trees from England. They are about 2 feet tall. Can't remember if they fruited this year or not.

Thanks Martin. It definately has a different flavor and taste than others I have. Its an excellent fig. Birds got a few off my tree while out of town but missed a few. Here are a few pics. I look forward to next year. I will place my 3 trees side by side next year and compare the similaries for myself. I will post an update later come summer.

Hey Dennis you did not show the beauty of this fig with that picture did you eat to fast ?
Hold on i show beauty and no so beauty of Pastilere i have to look at my disks.

Most times with Pastiliere figs colored prematurely and tell tale sign was no Swelling of the fig which it must do and once i see that i know no ripe fig but garbage and waste of time.

here the bad ones almost the whole tree each season this happen.

The big tease for they are for my personal taste some of the best figs to eat and can compete with Madeira Black grown in yard just for me no one else- personal taste. 
Here i show some of the best figs from my tree that i had to destroy despite my best efforts.

that just looks amazing. 

Bullet thats why it made me burning mad cause the few i would get each season were all that.
Burning mad equated to plant being marched off to my 55g burn can where many have met there fate for 1 reason or another.

the bad figs look some what like one of my Kathleen's Black breba that aborted itself. but that one didn't even get to the point the Pastiliere in the pictures did. it turned color without swelling, then turned really hard and just dropped. inside was all like that unripen part. very light color and dry. while that one was doing that, other figs went on fine and ripen. it's too bad very good fig like that won't produce reliably.