Today I managed to pick an Emalyn's Purple fig (the only fig) from my new little tree. I was full of anticipation knowing that some reviews ranked as high as a Col de Dame Blanc and even better.
Not sure if it has something to do with wasps in CA, but in TX, I would never try to compare Emalyn's Purple to Col de Dame Blanc (UCD). It doesn't even come close.
Col de Dame Blanc is in a class by itself, even when when picked in the same condition as my Emalyn's Purple i.e.first year/first fig/ and not totally ripe.
If I had to describe the taste of an Emalyns Purple at this point, there was nothing about the flavor that made it a memorable fig.
Again in order to be fair, it was a first year fig and a little unripe.

I heard really good things about this fig.Maybe a 3 year deal.

Yeah I had a really similar experience. Mine even has the exact same coloring as yours. 

Good to know. Hope it the next fruit tastes better. Maybe risk it and let it ripen more. I'm always nervous something else is going to steal it before I can get to it! lol

I wouldn't give up on it yet.  It looks very unripe.

Bummer, not sure what is going on, but the samples I have tried look very different.  The figs were darker on the outside and completely different looking on the inside.  Maybe just totally unripe?  I don't remember such a large cavity either.

This is what they look like from Harvey's.
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Doesn't look ripe at all, Sas!

Since it was the only fig on this little tree, I rushed to save it from the birds. They've been attacking my figs through the net.
I hope that it will become a knockout fig, but having picked figs in similar condition, for me there are a very few outliers and this one did not make the list this year, but you are right, it's too early to judge.


Here are the leaves:

Nice looking plant! Let us know next fruit if you can wait a little longer. lol I'm eyeballing my almost fruit like crazy..so tempting to pick! lol 

This season, I've concluded that birds don't need to see the fig, they smell it and when ripe, beat me every single time. Next season, I intend to dedicate a net for each individual tree, and wrap it tightly. The figs that are burried deep inside such an arrangent might make it. Anything close the the net on the outside won't survive, the black birds, mockingbirds, cardinals etc.. add to the challenge, the fact they can find their way in and out through cracks in the net. :)