I am rooting a bunch of cuttings, but I wold have 4 space in my backyard for planting the figs into the ground. I live in Austin, tx Zone 8B. The rest will either be potted or traded for non-fig trees.  Please help me pick the best ones. I prefer taste over looks.

• Ronde de Bordeaux
• Violette de Bordeaux
• Violette de Sollis
• green ichia
• St Rita
• Sucre verte
• Africana Nero
• Violet the de Bordeaux
• Genoa purple
• Maryland seedless
• Kathleen Black
• Nero 600
• Ronde de Bordeaux
• Celeste
• an Unknown green with amber interior flesh

Welcome to the forum Austin.

Hi SAS!!!!
YES: this forum is helpful

Is "Maryland Seedless" related in any way to "Mary Lane Seedless"?  I suspect it is a typo/autocorrect error.  I really don't know which varieties would do best in the ground in Texas but I would try to get a mix of dark and green figs as well as figs that ripen at different times to get production over a wide time window.

YES:

 Maryland Seedless  = Mary Lane Seedless =Mary Jane Seedless

I seen it spell misspell disspell  many ways.

True: But I am new to the fig world, so I don't know about which ripe when or the color or the taste.

Yes: I am inexperienced.

I took pictures of my Marylane seedless a while ago.

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/show_single_post?pid=1279877907&postcount=8&forum=0

The Marylane seedless is very close to what they call in Texas the lemon fig you can see it at the top left of this photo.

Thanks  SAS,

Those are beautiful figs.
What are they?

ML seedless: seems very interesting: never has a lemon before.
I need to create an excel file. I think that is the only method to pick the ground ones.
However, taste is still question. 

Moving from Left to right on the outside, it's the Lemon fig, I bought at a local nursery in San Antonio, TX, followed by Nordland and in the center one Violette de Bordeaux and one unknown from the same family, surrounded by Col de Dame Blanc UCD.

Your list is HARrrdd! only 4?! Does not compute...

Personally, To cover deliciousness from early, through mid, mid/late, and to frost.

RdB
Vista
MLK or JHA
Violette de Sollies/ Bourjasotte Noire
CdDN or Blanc
Preto

4 from your list: I haven't tasted my Nero 600 yet, so it would go, RdB, St. Rita, VdB, Violette de Sollies/Bourjasotte Noire

Don: 
All black? No green?
Ok... Thanks I like others opinons!
At least I et an overall opinion of what others like.
Yes only 4: I live in a suburbia setting (AKA little land)

I don't have most of your list, so I'm just going with those I am familar with and I have grown and fruited here in central Texas.

The 4 I picked from your list are all outstanding and grow well as well as taste great.  I haven't tasted the greens you have listed, but I admit it, because MLK, JHA, Smith, and CdDB are the best green skinned figs for me...so far, I do have more dark figs than light over all, personal taste buds.  The richer, berry flavors are my preference.

THanks all,
I also read that Green Ichia is worst flavor than brown turkey: which is the worst fig ever!!

if Purple Genoa is Black Genoa and needs a wasp, then that is a trader for someone who wants diversity.

SO rdb and VDS are the winner!!!

Now just needs 1 more.
I am certain of wanting the ukn green one because is a rare green one that is prolific and it is green. I just need  more votes.

The vdb is supposely a dwarf so that can stay in a pot forever.

St. Rita: I heard someone else mentioning the awesomeness of it.

Nero 600 & Kathleen Black supposely taste simiilar to the rdb or vds, so it is not necessary. ALthough I don't know for sure since I never taste any of those figs before.

How about:

Africana Nero

Here are my top 4 Berry Blasts
Kathleens Black
Nero 600m
Ronde de Bordeaux
Violet de Bordeaux
I grow all of these and love them all especially Kathleen

Thanks! Kathleens blk and nero 6000 hmmm

Low maintenance, productive, hardy, common figs tend to be underrated on this forum. All too often this forum leads people to rare varieties that produce just a handful of amazing figs. If I had only 4 spots, I would definitely use one spot for celeste. Sure everyone has one, but that's because its low maintenance, hardy and produces copious amounts of figs every year.

Thanks,
I got a couple of celeste cuttings.
In 2 wks, I will be tasting the mother's fig to know what I am getting.

Your first choice should be RDB an early Fig.
then your choice from St. Rita, Violet Solis , and Nero 600 , they almost in the same taste catagory ( I have been told)
then what you do not pick you can trade for CDDB  or/and  JH Adriatic...
Mark

RDB, St. Rita, VDS are all definate for me.

But who would trade with me for a CDDB  or/and  JH Adriatic in Austin?
I don't want any more additional cost to what I already invested. That means even shipping cost is adding up. That is why local is better.