With much care and concern I patiently waited til I felt this fig was really ripe, balancing that with fear that a critter would beat me to it. Another fig on the tree, just starting to ripen, was partially eaten by birds so there was a real threat to deal with. I was gonna pick it yesterday fearing the birds but decided to give it one more day, so I double bagged it with Organza bags and crossed my fingers. I picked it today, it was really soft and ripe. Juice oozed out with a minimum of pressure so I knew it was ready. Taste was fantastic, actually sweeter that I expected, very rich and very rewarding. Chilly stopped by to share in the glory. After taking a bite, she said "this is ridiculous" meaning ridiculously good as it was definitely the best fig we sampled today. This one definitely lives up to it's reputation as an excellent premium fig. There are another couple figs darkening up on the tree and some more green ones so I'm hoping the weather doesn't negatively affect those, more rain is in the forecast.