Well, for those of you that saw my post a few weeks back about the RdB breba I was waiting for.......the effn' mockingbird got that one.  They are all over down here in TX.  Surprised that one didn't find my trees last year.  Lucky for me they missed a Desert King breba (wasn't very good), a Lattarolla breba (not very good) and the attached Beall and Lattarula breba from today.  The Beall and Lattarula have suffered through some tremendous rains lately and didn't split and the Lattarula kept a closed eye while the Beall eye was sealed with resin.  The Lattarula was just edible, but the Beall was very good.....very slight figgy flavor and sweet.  Kinda reminded me of a Celeste except much bigger in size.  Considering the rain, the Beall is a real keeper, hope the main crop is as good.  Someone at last years LSU fig day gifted the Beall to me and I'm very happy they did.

We don't live in Texas, but we got tons of birds, and they eat everything on site!  Sight!  Same thing!  They got my Kadota... my Verte, and I found out they are really stupid with the Anna Apple.  It is mushy when red, and they attack.  But prior to red, blush of yellow/pink on one side, green on the other... Perfect!  I did buy those nylon wedding bags recommended on here for protection.  OMG!  They peck right through them.  Waste of money!

Figs.. They seem to know!

Suzi

It's a bit of work, but I have wrapped the ripening figs in newspaper, using paper clips or clothes pins to hold ieverything together. Works well against birds, squirrels will likely figure it out.