One of our very best white self pollinated figs-
Already  described with great detail by Eisen in his 1901 book. Highly flavored, fruity and full of syrup.
The ones on the pictures were certainly pollinated (involuntary) as they are 30 to 40 yards from an old and large caprifig.
We shall get confirmation of this when soon their cutaways are shown.

Francisco

Almost a blue hue to them, or is that a photographic artifact? At any rate, they look wonderful.

musillid,

Thanks for watching and commenting  the pictures.
There is no artifact at all,...simple plain clicking a popular  LUMIX Panasonic DMC-TZ5.(10X) 
But, .... whenever possible, I always do my pictures with the SUN approaching the western horizon .
Depending of your latitude and atmospheric conditions, at those lower angles sunlight may brake in a wider spectrum and potentially giving special tones to the picture.

This one of a known black Smyrna (our best) is a good example.

Francisco

Nice figs. Please show us how they look when fully ripe.

Thanks for the pictures Francisco i did read Gutav's description of your fig just now.
Pictures are always nice to see and look forward to seeing its interior when the time comes.

Bass,  Martin,

Thank you for watching and commenting my notes and pictures.

When these figs are ripe I will  post all their pictures

Francisco

looks go be a good size fig there franscisco. can't wait to see the ripe fig cut in half. 

Looks very hardy and healthy.  Looking forward to more pictures on ripening.

Thanks

Tim

Looks like I need to take a trip to Portugal soon!  They look great!

Hi fellows,..Pete Tim and Bob
Thank you for watching and commenting

I will not forget to post pictures of these figs when ripe.

This particular fruit needs a lot of Sun to ripe properly.
When I say properly I mean that genetically it produces through the process a great ammount of honey (syrup) which voids any attempts to have it dried under the sun.
Being also highly flavored and if caprificated and its full pulp

As regards to a trip to Portugal let me say that soon they will be ripe and ready
Only problem is that 'weight' will move and blood sugar gets problematic
But you are all welcome

The time of eating  dozens of figs every Summer day is over now. Hardly may eat one or two!!

Francisco

So if I understand you, Francisco, you are saying that you need all your American fig friends to visit you to help you avoid eating too many figs due to diabetes?

Oh Francisco, we can help you with that!

p.s. I have also noticed that figs really jack up the blood sugar and keep it up, however, I justify eating them by telling myself that the phytonutrient content balances out the sugar spike!

What a fig! I'm sure it tastes as good as it looks.

Donna,

In a sense yes, you are all welcome !... and a 'belly fig filling' visit could be organised.

When I mentioned the sugar levels, I did not mean that I do have  diabetes...but I need to watch and this because I have been lazy controlling my weight !
You see, with so many good figs... Cheers

Persian,

Thank you

You bet! This variety is in fact one of the best
Problem is that you are too far away...


Francisco