Suzie, the top of the line green fig is De La Senyora. And coming in a tight second were JH Adriatic, Vasilka Silka, Stella, and Madeliene des Deux Saisons. On a scale of one to 10, these were a 12 with De La Senyora being a 15! You have to sit down when you eat these figs in case you pass out!
Very funny Bob! If you were an ant, you would be in fig heaven! I've got plenty of figs on my trees that I have not picked yet, Atreano, Atreano Gold, MVS, Malta Black, Marva Silka, Hardy Chicago, LSU Black, Brown Turkey, Pasterilliere, LSU Gold, Piedmont, Tiger, Paradiso, Pananas Purple, Alma, Emerald Strawberry, LSU Purple, Celeste, Gino Black, Ischia Black, Tranatella, Desert King, Black Mission, La Goccia d'Oro, San Pietro, Votata, Tarantella, Weeping, O'Rourke, Tacoma Violet, Barnisotte, Barnisotte Grise, Dark Portuguese, Cartenga Negra, Peter's Honey, Maryland Brown Turkey, Improved Celeste, Sal's Corleone, Ronde de Bordeaux, Smith, LSU Tiger, Willow Street, Texas Everbearing, Italian Honey, Brunswick, Beall, Big Al, Purple Passion, Excel and a few others. The rains have stopped and we're back to 88 degree temps and glaring sun. YEA! All of my figs are trying to ripen at the same time!
I'm documenting which one split, taste good, taste bad, loves heat, hates heat, etc, etc.
The critters are knocking over my large pots daily to get to the ripe figs but only on these: La Goccia d'Oro, Dark Portuguese, Cartenga Negra, Peter's Honey. The coons broke my Cartenga Negra in half and twisted my La Goccia d'Oro down to a 30 degree angle just to get to the ripe figs. The poision goes out tomorrow. I'm tired of trapping them and carting them off! Sorry.
I have to admit that I learned a lot about figs this year! The older your tree is the better the fruit will taste! My big LSU Purple and LSU Gold were very sweet for the first time! And my La Goccia d'Oro and Tarantella fruited this year for the first time worth eating...both taste amazing!!!!!! The figs were tiny last year and I wasn't able to rate them. This year is a different story. The trees just needed more age in order to produce a crop of fig. The same was true with Pasterilere, and Barnisotte Grise. Both of these 2 tree gave me small little figs last year and this year KABOOM...the figs were larger and very ripe. Also my Atreano gave me a red center this year where as the previous years, the center has been amber.
And the reason why I have so many that have not been picked is the wife and I went to Hilton Head last week to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary and now there is an over abundance of figs every where! Before vacation, I was picking figs by the pounds twice a day.