As Armando mentioned in another thread, the heat is on!  Yesterday the thermometer in my graded (in the shade under a tree) reached 109F.  Today it registered 112F!  I had to get my alfalfa irrigation started and it felt slightly cooler out there in the open field.

I had been watching a Monstreuse breba forming and this afternoon I noticed the birds had indicated it was time to eat it!  So I picked it before there was further damage.  Then I realized I probably should have taken a photo! LOL  I found another which wasn't quite as good, but still a pretty good indication.  The first one didn't look that appealing but the taste surprised me.  On a scale of 1-10, maybe I'd give it a 5 or 6.  Not bad for a breba, right?

Then I looked around and found one Flanders breba but it wasn't ripe yet.  Then I sighted quite a few Black Mission breba.  I ate the first one again without taking a photo but only because I saw there were several other ones that were ripe.  The first one was probably the biggest.  The one I took the photo of was the ripest and I'd rate it a 7 or 8....pretty dang good! 

I was disappointed in not seeing any Jurupa as this is usually my earliest fig.  Finally found one!  It was probably at prime a day or two ago but was very good, again a 7 or 8.

Then I figured I should check my other older figs.  Vista doesn't have any breba for me this year, for some reason.  I found one Sequoia that the birds had pecked on pretty good.  I say birds because I can't imagine any bird taking more than one or two pecks at this awful fruit.  Very little pulp and bland.  I took a photo but won't post, that's like posting a photo of a fatal car accident! LOL  Maybe I will pull it out this year.

Will try to add Flanders in a day or two, unless I forget or the birds get it first.

 

Having problems posting more than one photo, will post separately.

Nice pics, Harvey.  Good documentation.  Still waiting on my Jurupa.  There are lots of breba here in central NY too (a good thing), but none ripe for a good while yet.

Mike   central NY state, zone 5

Keep'em coming Sir. Really nice . Professional takes too! :)
I planted 3 Monstrueus Di Lipardi from UCDavis.. I love huge figs!

Thanks for taking the time to take photos and describe the action.  I only had 2 "itty bitty" Sal's EL Brebas that were OK.

Armando, Black Mission is very productive so give your mom's tree more time! :)

BTW, Harvey, All the wonderful cuttings you sent me are now rooting and are under sun. Thanks a lot :)

Harvey,

Very nice and tasty brebas.. With that warm weather they shall be ripening fast !
Through the week we shall be having very similar temperatures here but the sea breezes and overcast skyes will bring some  control.

Francisco

They look great.  how is flanders compared in breba production?

Great to hear, Aaron.  I've also had great success with your caprifig cuttings.

Francisco, this hot weather is a lot better for the figs than for me!  Here at 1:30am I am somewhat looking forward to going out into my alfalfa fields to check progress of irrigation water.  It's warm for most summer nights since we typically have strong breezes coming off of the Pacific into the delta.  Except for on these very hot days when the breezes disappear.  In fact, it's a big deal if we can watch fireworks on July 4th without having to wear jackets.

Elin, I haven't kept real close track but I believe in prior years Flanders had a decent breba crop.  Today I only noticed one.  We had fluctuating temperatures from very warm to cool during the spring so I'm wondering if that had some effect on the production of breba.  For instance, maybe they began to form when the weather was warm but then aborted when we had a cool spell.  Mission has a significant breba crop.  UCR 184-15 has a very large quantity of breba, it appeared, but none were close to being ripe.  If I'm not mistaken, it had over 100 on my one tree of it.

Rub it in Harvey! Just rub it in!

Nice pics.....

Just trying to help, Dennis!!! :)

No figs here, but today it's only 83 degrees out, so I guess that's a trade off.

Nice pictures!

They look good Harvey.  Thanks for posting.

Great quality pics, Harvey! Thanks for sharing!

Harvey, those are marvelous pictures!!!! mouth watering...wow.

I grafted a Monster one onto my Adriatic. It never grew, but, never died either. The big graft is still there sleeping.. I am hoping it decides to grow, as all my other rooting were gone to gnat nastiness last year. 

my tomato grafting is also doing better this year. Thanks for your inspiration. 

Harvey, IMO, judging from the looks of your cut fig pictures, you already have wasps in the air :)

I have been noticing this faint Purplish lining between the Skin and the Meat of all the pollinated figs I have seen in LA lately... you think this is a trend that develops due to caprification? I know Francisco was saying it's a thing of only certain varieties and has nothing to do with pollination...but I am starting to think it is.

Good looking pics, Harvey!  I can't wait to see more of the orchard fruits.

Nate

Thanks, Nate.
Aaron, I'm pretty certain these breba were not caprified.  The wasps are flying now but not when these figs were forming.  I picked several dozen caprifgs yesterday and placed them around all of my trees.

I have had figs with the purplish lining between the flesh and the pulp.   I don't think they have to be caprified to have this lining.