My inground Florea fig is tasting much better than last year(very productive fig).Thanks for watching.

Marius, those look great. I'll be bidding on your Florea
cuttings this winter, if you're going to post on eBay. I must
have this variety, living in zone 6b.
Enjoy!

Looks good, I have held off on this one. Anyone in humid wet south
have it?

Mike,
I'm in Virginia z7 and I have a Florea in a 10 gallon pot. It's a very productive tree and the figs seem to develop and ripen quite quickly. This variety is a keeper.

Mike
I have a young one started from Marius this winter. It was setting some figs late that I doubt would have matured and I knocked them off. The reported hardiness really appealed to me. Thanks again Marius and for the multiple posts today

mgginva, thanks for that info. Can you give a post on the taste? I am looking for the
perfect in ground fig. LOL

Mike,
My tree is only 1 year old, 6 feet tall and has about 15 figs on it.
The figs developed very late in the season and I almost pinched them off as I figured they wouldn't have time to ripen.
Wrong.
This variety can make figs and ripen them very fast.

My notes on it's taste = picked a day early, mild, sweet, slightly berry, slightly "crunchy" - meaning it was still crisp.
As it was this tree's first fig on a one year old tree I wouldn't put much store in my description. Especially as I only ate 1 fig. If the other dozen or so are much different I'll PM ya.
With all that 1 fig had going against it the fig was still very good. To me -- fig is at least better then average, tree very cold hardy, very vigorous, ripens figs early, has attractive leaf shape, etc.
As I'm looking for cold hardy trees to keep out unprotected in winter in zone 6 and 7 I consider this variety worth trying. I'll keep at least 3 and see if they hold up and seem appropriate for use in a grove here in Virginia.

Mike, I have a Florea in the same county as you. I would say that the figs from my young tree are ok. I have far better ones in ground. But it's young and may improve.

Rufusmd, thanks for that info. I will add that to my notes on this one.

In my climate Florea never developed the interior or exterior color,as in Marius,climate.
Marius pixies show,properly ripe fruits,so I have no doubt they are delicious,for him.
My climate never allowed ,that,so that is why,I said when I said that for me it was tasting average,to mediocre.
Yet for cold hardiness,and earliness,I doubt,there is another one as tough or as early as Florea.
That is why,it takes more than one evaluation,in one climate to have an idea if a cultivar is worthy,or not.

I have two plants which seem productive but no sign of ripening yet  in my Zone 5a. We seem to be at least 3 weeks behind normal year ( due to many cold days and nights with rains this year). I still hopeful since we still have some 40+ days before possible frost.

Nice pictures, Marius!
I wonder if anyone tryed this fig in Europe...