I was looking over my mislabled Dessert King and noticed some color in the corner of my eye.  I couldn't believe what I found.  A Black Maderira fig changing color.

Excellent and i want to see more pictures when they ripen !

Pretty cool that you can ripen this fig in New England, excellent work!

TM

Really nice photos that really show the beauty of that ripening fig! Hope the weather holds for you up in New England so you can enjoy the ripening of even more.

So, what was the source of this tree? cutting, catalog, eBay?

keep us posted and happy gardening

Very nice tree. Is this the first ripe fruit from it?

In the north ,this kind of fig will get ripe if in pot,but not in the ground.
In my climate here ,it is a very late ripening fig if in ground,like it will ripe Naturally on October 10.

Black Madeira ripening progress

Tom when i enlarge your picture it looks wonderful.
I get mesmerized by the 7 star points of the eye and the markings on the fig skin combined .
Thanks.

Black Madeira progress as of Sep 3, 2012.  It looks ripe with the cracking and fig honey flowing but it's still pretty firm and the neck still is a little green. 

Tom i really hope you like as much as i liked one i just posted.
Please post your thoughts and pictures of it when time comes.
That is if you do not mind.
 Always enjoy your posts and video's.