It seems this is not a common thing to see but since we have the magic wasps, here it is, a Desert King main crop.
It is slightly smaller than the breba but still as good, a bit crunchy, the skin is thin, quite sweet with a berry flavor. As you can see on the photo, the syrup was dripping from the eye when I found it. I have about 6 more figs getting ripe. This is a cutting that I rooted late summer last year. 
I also have the main crop of the Grasa Adriatic that some people think is a King also, I should be able to compare them soon. 
Enjoy!

i-n-c-r-e-d-i-b-l-e/   I sure hope someone can distinguish... as on my plants the leaf pattern and texture look a lot different.

But, like when pregnant, whatever comes is OK, since we cannot send them back...   it will be fun to find out. Good for you Igor, always surprising us... love your picture and your wasps.. love it.

Well I can't see anything wrong with that, it looks great!

Nice fig, i would love to grow them here , maybe when ill be in the usa ill swap with a member.

Nice move, and very nice figs!
At last!  The poor delicious main crop  figs will not be left to dry and die as miserable pieces of compost
In the Heavens, San Pedro must be very Happy! and extending his benediction to Igor.

Hope that more second San Pedro's will keep showing up !

Francisco

Thank you, guys!
This is the first year my King fruits and I didn't expect much.
Without knowing this is a San Pedro type, I would never guessed since both, the breba and main crops, are happily produced and hanging.

Greenfig: Very nice and tasty fig. Thanks for sharing.

Best,
Tam

This is my most vigorous tree. It's over 9 feet tall and was just a cutting last yr. It set both Breba and main crop, but Breba hasn't ripened. I got my first main crop fig yesterday and it was amber inside and tasted ripe but watery.

Figfinatic,

Nice that you had such success in rooting so strongly this DK fig
If you managed to effectively ripen these main crop figs in your zone , then, that's great news and you should look around your place to find the pollinator (?)

Francisco

I wish we had the wasp in southern Florida, it should be able to survive here, yes/no?

I doubt it was pollinated because my area is not known to have the wasp plus I have no fruit on my caprifig tree. May be a fluke or not same as DK. Too early to tell with the first fruit. On some other of my , I've seen changes. For instance I had a "VDB" that had green/yellow exterior, amber interior, but then late in the season, I get more of a dark purple fruit and darker interior. I think it's not really VDB but just illustrates how fruit can change over time. Don't know if it's age, weather conditions, etc.

What s great looking fig and everyone raves about them on the west coast.

Is there a way to grow Desert King in-ground in the north east Zone 6 and still get a delicious large breba crop?

waynea,

Apparently several families of figs and their specific fig wasps co-habit in Florida !
The environment and climate seem to be fine for both trees and insects...So why not the ficus carica wasp ?? I believe having already read somewhere that in the long past there were wasp colonies in Texas, Louisiana and Florida  (?)

see these links...

http://www.freshfromflorida.com/content/download/10688/140419/ent296.pdf

https://www.google.pt/search?q=fig+wasps+in+florida&client=firefox-a&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&channel=sb&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ei=ktzDU5XWKMKk0QWapYH4Ag&ved=0CEMQsAQ&biw=1366&bih=586

http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2010/01/figs-kill-wasp-larvae-when-wasps-do-not-pollinate-figs

Francisco

Figfinatic,

You are right . With accumulated experience, we may slowly understand  what figs tell us about the way they were cultivated, their exposure to the sun, frequency of irrigation, etc,,

These two figs on the pictures are of exactly the same cultivar, taken from trees of approx the same age, but cultivated and treated differently.
The fruit with a darker colored interior did not receive any fertilizer, and was not irrigated at all.

Francisco

   

Patience, Greenfig!  That fruit is still not hanging straight down.  Protect the fruit and wait...

This fig is still not ready

 

Bob,

I agree! I was impatient but the fig was quite good already :)

Francisco,
Which fig tastes better the darker or lighter (if there is any difference)? 

Igor,

Those are both 'in ground' Smyrna figs.
The fruit with a darker pulp is more flavored,sweeter and more aromatic . But it is 10 to 15% smaller.

Francisco

Thanks for the info Francisco, I had no clue they were here at one time. I guess something happened between 1987 and now. We need to get them back. Send them our way.

Thanks Francisco for showing us the differences.   Frankly, I really don't need the wasp.  There are enough common figs to satisfy the appetite.  I wonder why people want the wasp when we have common figs that don't need the wasp.  I would rather not ingest the extra protein.   Though after all these tv shows with people eating bugs, I'm really not squeamish at all about people eating bugs.  

Figfinatic,

You are absolutely right !
Had stopped watching TV many years ago but will definitely consider to be back on it again.


Francisco