Someone was posting about this guy in Germany and his bananas and thought folks here would like to see his giant fig.  It's about half ways down the page at http://www.bananenhobby.de/Bilder2008.htm but I'll embed the photo as well.

Thanks for shareing that. It's always interesting to see others gardens especially from another country.
Here it is translated from german to english. Click <Translation result for>    if you click the end of link it's in German
Translation result for http://www.bananenhobby.de/Bilder2008.htm

 
I edit this, i must say i'm most impressed to see those pictures really really nice.

I just contacted the person....

Great info !

apnoist: let us what information you get from this gentlemen.

Wow!  I want one.

Almost looks like a TyTy ad.

Wow,
I'd love to harvest monstrous figs like that as well!! Sign me up, where can I get one? Unless someone is having fun with photoshop....then that would just be a cruel joke.

Curious,
Little John

Nice ficumber!!!

I'm sure it is very watery and has no flavor. I'm not always impressed with giant looking figs.
I say this: One tiny fig with awesome flavor is better than 100 giant figs with no flavor.

Bass, It's juicy and very sweet, LOL.  I'm pretty sure that fig is the Weeping Fig - check out the pictures http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/fig/msg0922514226580.html

Apnoist, A variety name would be most welcome.  A picutre of this fig (or it's identical twin) is on the Belleclare web site as Weeping Fig.  It is very likely a variety on the Belleclare list - with no mention of the habit.
Initially, I thought the habit was genetic, but don't think so any more.  It's very precocious, too, which puts a lot of weight on the branches early.  Here is a description I wrote for someone who asked:
... it is a clustered tip bearer that apparently needs very little pruning to produce well.  In fact, from what I’ve seen, pruning the tree to force it to grow as a bush will probably result in a lot of figs sitting on the ground.  The rather weak lateral branches seem to come off the main stem at close to a ninety-degree angle, and I believe that the substantial weight of the brebas (sometimes in excess of a quarter of a pound – each!) at the branch tips pull the branches down.  The new growth points up and the main crop, clustered tightly at the tip, then adds to the drag on the fairly thin branches pulling them down lower.  In the first couple of pictures (taken before pruning), you can see by the amount of bare wood before new growth starts how much old wood is left on the tree.  My friend only prunes off weak branches and “opens” it a little.  He keeps it in his garage (without any other protection) and root prunes pretty regularly.
My friend’s brebas ripen in July, and his main crop just started coming in (Sept.9 ).  I’m not sure how much difference would be expected in your area.

Nice fig and does well in the North East. 
 

Unfortunately, the owner of this fig tree does not know the variety.
He told me that even Turk friends consider the fruit very fine tasting. Well.
When he took cuttings for me some days ago, he had to recognize that most parts of the tree did not survive the winter.
I could imagine that the variety is "Dauphine".
Here a picture of my variety "Viennas Dauphine"
I have not seen yet a fruit of  " Black Weeping "
Future will show...
Mike

This German fig looks very much like the Dauphine figs I bought in markets in Montpellier (south of France) last July.  According to Baud this fig fills the niche of Desert King in France; specifically,  it is a tree that produces as many or more  breba (by weight) than 2nd crop figs. As such it is a fig that should be trialled in the Pacific Northwest. I attach a photo - note that the fig is very large,  is streaked purplish brown on a green base,  and has a relatively large pinkish purple eye

I would be interested in hearing whether anyone has found other tastey figs as productive as Desert King in the breba crop (gillette/croisic doesn't count - it's
not very tastey). Certain varieties of Lattarula here can have 4+ brebas per
branch but this tends to be variable from year to year whereas Desert King is always reliable.

OK, just thought of a good name ... Frankenfig! :0)

Either the hand is small ( a dwarf hand?) or the fig has a case of steroids!

Thats one great big fig,if anyone knows where i can get cuttings,(SELL OR TRADE) please let me know.

The very top fig appears to be a completely different fig from what we discuss as 'Giant Black German'.  To me GBG is a better tasting BT.  Respectably disagreeing with Marius who I believe brother found it in Germany. I believe this since I have both growing side by side and the characteristics match almost to a 'T'.

Dominick are you saying that the GBG is the same as Brown Turkey? I am having a hard time rooting the GBG, but no problem with Brown Turkey.   that picture of the GBG is so amazing... I really want that.

I won't say the same. But to me taste is similar and leave pattern is close enough to say its at least a variant.  If a person likes BT and has to have it in their collection, GBG is the way to go. The pic at top is of a different fig.

I was refering to other pictures I have seen of the Giant Black German.  I still want it. I failed my first set of cuttings. I would think if they were BT they would have rooted easier for me.  The pic on first posting here is of a fig that went wacko. In Brazil, we have a mango named familia - and literally it can feed a family!  It tastes amazing too. so if this Family Size Fig is as good it would be a winner, you don't need many..just a few, enough to share and make icecream out of it.