This particular fig has probably taken a lot of abuse. It started as a main crop fig in Sep 2013. It looked like it was going to grow and ripen then, but it stalled out. The tree refused to go dormant over the winter. In early Feb 2014 I finally had to put it in the dark and totally cut off water for a while. (You can see the dried up leaf stems in some of the pictures. Those leaves would not fall off.) It broke dormancy at the end of March and started leafing out in April. I had 2014 main crop figs forming even while this 2013 main crop fig started to swell and ripen. With all that it has been through, maybe the fig fruit got some physical damage that partially stunted it.
Taste-wise, it wasn't bad. It certainly wasn't bland, but the taste was not very strong. It had a little bit of sweetness to it and a very slight berry taste. The ripe part was very moist and jammy...signs of good things to come.
Jim