Hey all,

I would add Bayernfiege Violetta to my list, on a scale of 1-10 I would give it a 9.5.

My wife also gave it a good 9+.

2009 best picks in my collection in terms of taste(sweetness & flavour) in no particular order:

Marseillies VS                     Vicenzo                     Enrico
Dark Portuguese                  Desert King              Slocan
Elana                                   Negronne                  Hollier
Hardy Chicago                    Atreano
Tony's Greek(maybe Osborne Prolific)

For productivity in terms of volume of figs ripen:

Marseillies VS                        Vicenzo                   Hollier
Tony's Greek                           Latarulla
                         
Note : Desert King did not have many brebas due to pruning. It had lots of main crop. Hence next year breba crop is expected to be a bonanza.

I'm bumping this thread after seeing it linked in another "fav fig" thread that cbalducc had bumped. This one: http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=2858195&pid=1267173802#post1267173802

Does anyone have any other top best tasting figs to add that we could talk about? This would be nice to help those of us who are snow-bound at the moment. It's coming down blizzard-like at my place right now!
 
My cat gave me a dirty look when I let her out to "go" just a bit ago. What!? She didn't grow that winter coat for nothin'!

Does anyone on this thread live in costal Ga , or have the same hot humid weather??? I am asking so I can find out what kinds of figs I should try and find to grow here..

OK, all that ripened for me tasted good but Sal (EL), Vincenzo and Hardy Chicago tasted a bit different (good).  My problem is that all that ripen and have sweetness taste good to me except the ones that obviously don't taste good.
Next year I will try to sharpen my taste buds by closing my eyes when tasting and come back to edit this post.

Ottawan, I suppose you meant sharpen taste buds this year. Anyway, I have new varieties and hopefully some of these newer variants like Maltese Falcon, Adriatic JH, Doce, Latarrula Ejp, Sequioa, Ronde de Bordeaux, Chico Malibu, Moscatel Branco, Preto etc will change my earlier preferences.

Last year I was impressed with the variant Sue's Unknown that came from you. It ripen main crop here. Difficult to describe the taste but good. I picked it on a week where there wasn't many sunny days and it still tasted good.

Which unknown was that? I have so many and added a couple more this year. ;-)
Sue

Sue
It was one of the two you collected from a neighbour curb ans shared with me and I later shared with paully. Paully says he likes it and (I hope Jon does not read this) it most probably is Brown Turkey.

Ottawan, it had quite a unique flavor to it and it did not taste like my other BT's strains. Initially there was some visual resemblance but the flavor was just unique and early(Sept), I just could not pin it down. My other BT strains ripen in Oct. This season, I will pay closer attention.

I would add, Black Italian and Violette de Bordeaux. These two were the best last season. Both dark skined and very sweet.

Thought I'd resurrect this thread since it's been about a year since it was last posted to.  I just got started growing figs so my list only includes LSU Purple (grown when we lived in Texas) and a local dark Italian unknown.  

I love reading these old threads - there is so much gold in them.

I'd also like to hear what varieties California growers have been finding works best for them too. Of course every wonderful fig I read about... I want.

Thanks :)

Some time ago when I first registered here, I went to the UC Davis site for cuttings, and some of the articles raved about the flavor of VdB and Panachee, so I went for those to start.  Things have changed, more figs have been added, and more to come.

I WISH I had a wish list!  Anything I can't get from UC Davis would be on that list.  My order for cuttings from them goes in early, and I've never been disappointed.  Of course, I don't just order figs!  But I make sure at least 10 are on my list.

I'd like Sals for a starter.  Not too much to ask, right?
Suzi

My panache grows well and tastes great in So Ca.   Growing a lot of varieties in AZ too.  They seem to be doing great in full sun there and super hot temps, except forget to water them one day, and you have crispy fig leaves.   Not many figs to try though since I just started the crazy fig growing addiction around beginning of this year.  

any 2013 updates?

now days, i'm thinking more in terms of taste and taste only. since i grow container culture, i can provide the environment that the tree needs. i'll be covering my Paradiso trees during the rain. the fig is great as long as we do not get bucketful of rain days on end. and given right environment, most figs can be great.

Bump ... For the newbie's

Haven't tried many but

Panache --- Very Sweet, jammy, skin is a little tough but I like the chewy-ness???, produced from a young age
Negronne--- Nice flavor, is a little tangy berry-like, dehydrates well on the tree and can become super sweet, produces none stop all season, even now it is producing for me.
Meade--- Unique flavor, jammy, sweet and berry flavor. Prolific at a young age. Not vigorous. Slow grower.
Local unknown--- Super super sweet, large size, almost date-like/maple flavor, very juicy