What do you want from a fig besides vigor, good looks, large size, closed eye and good taste?
Very good fig!

Are they actually that red in real life?  That is a beautiful color.  How large are they?

Yep, that's the real deal. I would estimate them to be in the 60 gm. range.

I lost one of those when I lost the Smiths but I have 1 still left.  I didn't know it's that red.  I've been wanting a red one  :)  Thanks for posting the picture.  Of course mine's a Beall from Jon.  I hope they're the same.

Nice! How does it compare to Lebanese Red?

That's a nice looking fig.  I started some cuttings this year so I'll see how they do next year in New England.  They don't seem to get mentioned much.

This past Monday was my first taste of a Beal/Beall .It was so good that I purchased a  tree at the Olympia Farmers Market.

Confused...

This nursery has the Beal (Beall) as a purple fig.  Maybe Beale is purple and Beal is red?  Does anyone know why there are two totally different fig varieties with basically the same name?  I'd love to know the history of these two figs.

 


According to the website here is the Beal (Beall) fig history:

"This purplish-black skinned, amber fleshed large fruit has a delicate, mildly sweet flavor. Produces 2 crops and is good for fresh use. Moderately vigorous tree was introduced in Santa Clara, CA by W.A. Beall in 1924." 

So, if it was introduced by W.A. Beall, then it should be officially called the Beall fig right?

Anyone know the history of the Beale fig?