Good day, well when I got back from my cajun trip, many of my trees had figs ripening.  Ha, the brids could not eat them all!!!  To name a few, Sal's, Hardy Chicago, Gino's, Martin's Unknown, Sal's Coreleone, Aldo, Smith, Reverse 314, Alma, Lamperia, Black Celeste, MVS, Celeste, Stella, and Hunt.  I ate plenty, gave away plenty and made 2 cases of jam.  There were 2 trees that stood out; Alma and Reverse 314.  This year was the first time I ever tasted an Alma fig.  My Alma is around 3 years old purchased 2 years ago from Durio.  Alma is one of the first fig trees I ever bought back in the 90's from Ray.  Back then, Ray prasied Alma and I bought a few trees from him.  One was Alma and it did not survive over the winter in Georgia.  My new Alma is now 3 years old.  I planted Alma in the ground this Spring.  The figs are very sweet and pleasant tasting.  I really like the rich sweetness of it.

I purchase a Reverse last year and I was thinking this fig would be green but it's not, its reddish black and yellow inside.  The leaves resemble VdB and a beautiful tree.  The figs were not that sweet but I think they will get better over time.  My tree is full of figs but last night the coons got in my tree and almost broke it trying to get to the ripe figs.  I guess I need a trap for the coons now!  Enjoy!

Dennis you sure thats a reverse ?
The leaves are still right side up.  ; )

Thanks for taking the time to post the pictures.

Well, Martin, the tag on my trees says, REVERSE.  I don't want to post the pictuire of the tag because the tree came from a forum member and I don't want that person to feel bad.  The tree could be an error or an unknown.  But the tape on the tree says REVERSE.

OH Dennis
It was a "joke" about Reverse as in leaves upside down -Reverse
There right side up. << Normal>>
Ok ok im a bad joke teller. 

I thought it was funny Martin

Ok. It was very funny.
How bout those figs!!!

After you trap the coons you could make a nice warm blanket to keep your tree from freezing in the winter.

afigfan,

Wouldn't that be a great irony for the coon. Comes for figs and becomes a blanket for the fig trees.

Good looking figs Dennis. I know I'm not alone on this when I say that I think fig trees make great looking landscape plants. This one has some very distinctive leaves. 

Bump.

I was wrong calling these Reverse 314. The correct name for these figs is Encanto. This tree is a beauty. I planted it in my orchard this spring. Today, it is doing fine.

cheers,

This was from a tree marked reverse, but I think in the end it was a seedling of Vista, and will probably be similar to Encanto. The leaves are much more interesting than Reverse (from Panache).