Nice size fig that has a honey and melon tone. No see crunch. It has handled our rainy days well and only a hint of being watered down towards the stem. Updated on 8-11-14. More rain and this time it split and soured. About an 6. Sorry about the blurr.

A lot of 8's this year Mike.  Is this a result of culling and keeping only the best or are you only posting the best.  Either way thanks for posting and I wouldn't worry about a blur that only you can see.   Your worst pictures are far better than anything I can do.

Thanks for Sharing

Hi newnandawg,
I guess you don't have house sparrows in the vicinity .... Damn stupid small grey birds !
They took my last two brebas of "Goutte d'or" that I was waiting on. I was waiting fo the "drop of honey" to come out ( hence the name "goutte d'or") , but it never did show up!
I have a pic of those from the day before... So I'll post it later.
Mine were light in taste, not too sweet -melon- , but still good - at least the bits that were left from the sparrows ... I think I'm buying a hunter gun or a canon ... 3 years of work lost in just one night ...
Let's wait on the maincrop !
I had 4 brebas on those trees ...

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Good looking fig

I had another Doree fig this morning and it was very good.l It was very jammy with
the same honey melon flavors and also a little peach thrown in. Maybe the best fig of the
season so far. I gave the initial one an 8 but this one was closer to 9 or better.

I'm glad you like that fig and to be honest, that's all that really counts.  I've never had fruit from this fig and I have no personal knowledge of it, but I always thought it was yellow.  Here's the descriptions in Jon's database.  Don't shoot the messenger  :)

Provençal, the Golden fig, or Golden drop, is excellent small gardens and culture in tub. The leaf is small, in fig flower as in autumn fig. It is necessary to consume it there surmaturité light as a pearl of juice apparocit in the eye. A tree is buissonnant, its rather small development makes it interesting for them of 5 deep lobes. [Translated from French] (046)

Golden skin with salmon to rosy pulp. Brebas fair. Main crop is good and dries well. (French) (001b)

First described in 1667. Delicate yellowish green skin becoming golden yellow tinged with rose on the exposed side. Pulp salmon/rose. Quality good. (089)

Described by Merlet (1667), Ballon (1692), Liger (1702), Langley (1728), Societe Pomologique de France (1887, 1947), Eisen (1888, 1901), Starnes and Monroe (1907), Juignet (1909), Simonet et al. (1945), and Delbard (1947). Illustrated in black and white by Starnes and Monroe and by Simonet. Illustrated in color by Delbard. Doree is a French fig, reported by Merlet and other early writers to be subject to splitting or cracking of the skin, and therefore good only for hog feed; the checked skin also suggested to them the torn robe of a beggar; in general, however, it is described as a handsome fig of excellent quality. Starnes found in Georgia that Doree appeared to be the same as Magnolia (Brunswick), a report which casts doubt on the identity of the specimens grown. It is doubtful, moreover, whether the true Doree has ever fruited in California, although P.I. No. 18,897 of the Chiswick collection was labeled as that variety; no trees are now known to occur in collections of varieties. P.I. No. 102,013, introduced from Morocco in 1933 as Goutte d'Or, was found to be the same as Dottato at Riverside. Tree of Doree produces two crops. Leaves medium to small, 3- to 5-lobed. Description is after Simonet, from fruit grown at Bagnols-sur-Ceze. Brebas large, elongated-pyriform, somewhat oblique; length 3-1/4 inches, diameter 2-1/4 inches; average weight 85 grams; neck not distinct, merging gradually with the body; stalk conical, swollen toward the junction with the fruit, about 1/2 inch long; ribs not very well marked; eye in a slight depression, large, half open; scales erect, yellow to rose-colored; skin delicate, yellowish green, becoming golden yellow slightly tinged with rose on the exposed side; pulp salmon; texture fine; seeds few; quality fair. Second-crop figs smaller, globular, or short-pyriform; stalk swollen; ribs none; color same as brebas; pulp light rose. Quality good; excellent for drying. (701)


It's possible yours would be yellow in different ripening conditions   :)

Hi rcantor,
Small leaves ? When at bud break only for sure. If I mixed pots of Dalmatie and Goutte d'or, almost only the figs could help tare them apart as the leaves are almost identical.
I'll post pics of mine. For now I'm still too pissed the house sparrows ate 2 of those brebas.
The brebas are huge and of a roundy pear-shaped form.
A bit disappointed coz I couldn't see the drop of honey on mine ... DAMN SPARROWS !
The tree is now exposing a good maincrop. I hope they can ripe in my Zone7.

Jdsfrance, hope you have good luck with them ripening and the sparrows go some where else. Please post pics
of your leaves and then fruit when ripe. Thanks

Glad it is improving for you Mike.

Rcantor, Bob I have been waiting to get all my information verified before I responded to your post #7. My fig has been verified that it is in fact the Doree.

Hello Mike, I was hesitant to place a comment earlier as a friend told me his DOREE was
light green when ripe. Glad yours came from a well reputed source. Because what my
friend told me I got rid of my Doree as he cited in many ways it is close to Latarrula.

Paully, thanks for your comments.  I assume that your "Doree" did not fruit before you let it go. I am not sure how
the Latarrula and Doree could be considered similar from all the information and pics I have seen. Latarrula is quiet
green when ripe vs the tan/brown of the Doree. The insides are pretty different also.

Got rid of it ASAP when I heard it is almost similar to Latarrula. Last 2 yrs I try to
cut down my collection size on what I have based on:

a. Taste profile like-ness/similarities
b. Taste not in the high quality category versus what is in my collection

Winterizing is a headache with too many trees as during that time I need to get the trees covered
or in-doors before a sudden cold snap blows down from the artic. It also coincide with the last push
in recreational fishing & heavier work load before Christmas holidays.

My supposed Doree is also yellow. Had my first fruit this year. It was sweet but not much in the way of flavor. It is young and reputed to be a very good fig so it will get a few more years to mature. Doree is a Portuguese fig.

Sue, was yours solid yellow or did it have some brown also?

Hi,
The one the sparrow got, was perfectly raised - no cold hit or whatever, was yellowish yellowish with a salmon stain were the sun was hitting the fig - a really good looking fig.
The one I ate was not fully ripe, grew shadowed, did not have the salmonish stain and was more whitish yellowish than yellowish yellowish.
I'll give more time to my tree as she's young. For now, the 3 trees are growing at a good rate, and showing a good maincrop ... let's see what will come out of the hat !