This is definitely a workhorse variety that ripens a lot of large figs in August here in Maryland.  This is tree is in its 4th season and is in a 20+ gallon SIP.  I harvested the first one yesterday and several more are swelling now. I probably should have let this one ripen another day or two as the sweetness was moderate.  It's definitely a fig that takes more than one bite!

Thanks for the pictures and updates Steve. Do you have any other cultivars that are similar to Atreano? And also do you feel Atreano is a keeper?

  Peter

Well, I've kept it for four years and have it in one of my largest containers so that tells you something.  It's a very healthy and vigorous variety and has never let me down.  I'm not a huge fan of the texture (mushy) but the flavor is pretty good.  As well as eating fresh it would probably be good for jam and other recipes.  At some point I would like to narrow down to 10 or so varieties and although its a very good fig I'm not sure if Atreano will make the cut.

Two years ago Zach from Baltimore and I had a fig tasting.  He provided a Conadria and I provided an Atreano.  We both thought the flavor was almost indistinguishable.

Nice fig and tree and only 4yrs old!
Looks like it will be bursting that container in a year or 2.  Will you keep it in a container or plant it in ground?

Hi Steve:
Not sure how the name "Atreano Gold" came about. Having grown the cultivar shared by Hanc Mathies himself, I am only familiar with "Atreano". 
Perhaps the name was tagged by a nursery who changed it thinking it was patented. Dave Wilson carries a fig named "Native of Argentina" when in fact there is a fig variety called Native de Argentile.

Pino, I will probably plant it in the ground.  I have the space now to put pretty much all my figs in the ground.  I will still keep some in containers (San Pedro varieties and more cold-sensitive main crop varieties) but most will be transplanted into an orchard.  Another nice thing about Atreano is it is both a large fig and relatively early which is not a common combination.

Cuttings for this variety came to me from BronxFigs who called it Atreano Gold.  He got it from Zaino's nursery on Long Island and, as you suggested, I think they called it "Atreano Gold".  We suspect they got it from Belleclare nursery who probably got it from Mathies.

Looks like a healthy, happy tree- congrats! I agree my Atreano also grows like a weed. You can always plant it away from your nursery and make it a sacrificial bird/ animal tree (if you truly dislike it). Should help keep the critters away from your prized figs, especially is you take the time to cover/ protect those.

Native de argentile may be a misspelling of the French fig Native d'Argenteuil

Steve, your Atreano looks great. This is the second year my two Atreano are bearing figs, but I don't expect they'll ripen until early September. Hope they are half as good as yours.
You mentioned that you want to reduce the number of varieties you grow to about 10. Do you have a preliminary list of what you might decide to keep. Right now I have about 40 varieties and 60 trees that I hope to reduce to a more manageable number in the next couple of years. I'll be focusing on earlier ripening varieties.

As in July or August? What are early vs mid season ripening definitions?

johnjay, I haven't attempted to put together a preliminary list yet because I have too many that are too young to really evaluate.  The final group would have at least one San Pedro that I keep in a large container for the breba crop as well as Figo Preto in a container because it is a must-have (and possibly one or two other late figs with special taste).  Most everything else would be planted in the ground.  

Devlsgro, the early vs. mid season definitions (according to date) would vary according to zone it seems to me.  It would probably be more useful to rank figs by ripening order and divide them into at least three equal groups.  That would allow growers in different zones to make comparisons.

Yes that would be helpful! Where I live everything will likely ripen later than it should so I imagine something that ripens very late in zone 7 will never ripen for me in 4/5. I noticed that some figs mentioned as later ripening seem to also need high heat as well. So until i get a greenhouse I would assume those varieties aren't viable in my zone for good and plentiful fruit?

Yes, that is a reasonable assumption I think.  It would be better to focus on early to mid-season varieties that don't require Mediterannean-like conditions to ripen fruit.