I am wondering...

You are told, you can ONLY take one tree, which one would you take with you and why?

I have added many small trees to my collection and they haven't ripened yet to clearly answer this. But if I was in front of God today and he said thy shall have only one tree. Then I would ask for my friend Eduardo's Tree. It has big and great tasting figs.

Nice looking figs! Does your friend's tree produces any cuttings along?

For me, a Strawberry Verte would be the one. Until I taste the rest I have...

I would do a lot of grafting.

Greengfig, I was thinking Strawberry Verte also, we think alike....LOL    I will most likely get cuttings from him in the Fall / Winter and pass them out. He wants to bless the collectors, why...????  He is just a nice guy and wants you guys to enjoy this beauty, given to his wife that passed away last year.

Armando, put my name onto his list then!!!

That looks SOOO good right now!!

Hi Grasa,
Ask again in three or four years. Most of my trees will start producing this or next year, so I still don't know. This year the weather is odd. Where have all the clouds gone ? and the corresponding rain ?

But ok, if I must give an answer, I'll take one of my "Unknown from the Italian" . If I have to choose in between them, then tell me : Will I be carrying the tree on my back ? with its eighty liters trashcan full of dirt ? I might try a cutting then ...

@Armando: did you compare that fig to a maincrop "Dalmatie" ?

If I could only have one tree, I would have to consider which tree would produce for me in my climate. I have cold winters with a short growing season. I would have to chose between a Ronde de Bordeaux and a Hardy Chicago. Both are fairly winter hardy and will produce ripe figs in a short season.

If climate wasn't an issue then I would choose Black Triana. To me their breba is an excellent tasting fig with good size. The best I've tasted so far. Main crop is good too but have a tendency to split in my area.

Celeste, probably a LSU O'Rourke as it is generally considered as an improved version of the Celeste.  Growth, production, does well in most climates, including high humidity and rain.  It also will die back to the roots after severe winter and will frequently bear figs the following season.  Number 2 would be a Kadota for a lot of the same reasons.

I can't possibly narrow it down to only one so here are three that I would be happy
with any one of in no particular order. It's all about production, hardiness and taste
from being grown in my area.

Kesariani

VdB

Black Madeira

How can I choose if I haven't tried them all?

Sign me up for cuttings.

I can't choose yet either - I'll get to try (hopefully) some new varieties this year sooo...

Sign me up for cuttings too please!

Mine would be the tree I have dubbed "Havasu unknown" I stumbled upon when we lived at Lake Havasu.  It grows faster and produces good fruit quicker and in more abundance than any of my other 15 varities, (with the possible exception of Joe's Jersey).   My VDB just isn't producing for me, and my other varieties either don't produce as prolifically, or are just so so in comparison.

At this point if I am staying where I am with only 1 I would still have to stick with Celeste.

   Grasa...it would be a Hardy Chicago for me...it produces figs reasonably early in the season(mid July to end of August here in New Jersey) with little fuss and low maintenence(not a diva tree)...and the figs always have a sweet figgy flavor.

Tricky question-not answering this

Until I know more about all the young trees I have, I would probably have to say Hardy Chicago as well. Vince pretty much covered it. I have a bunch of up and comers pushing decent looking crops for 2yr olds though. So HC is going to have to fight hard. So far Malta Black looks to be the most productive though, we'll see how she does for taste in my yard. MB might just steal the crown this year.

There was an essentially identical thread before.  Someone replied that they'd kill whoever it was that told them that they could only have one fig.  That seems like a slightly harsh response.  Perhaps enslave them and make them dig holes for more fig trees?

It would have to be Unicorn

my favorite so far is violette de bordeaux, but there are many I will try for the first time this year

As of now, having only 4 that have already produced for me, I would have to agree with the guys saying Hardy Chicago. Not only does it taste great, but it fruits even after a severe die-back. Mine died to 6-8 in from the ground, but now it has 2-3 dozen figs on the new growth - now that's what I call a hardy fig!

Like a lot of the others, I'd go with Hardy Chicago or one of the Mt Etna varieties. VdB or RdB would also be right up there.

Another vote for Strawberry Verte. But have only tasted ~10 so far. Losers were BT and Celeste. Blue Celeste was no better. Here to my taste Celeste is a miniature version of BT.

Will have about 20 new to taste soon.

I would like to have a FMV free, Ischia Black.  It has a very rich dark fig flavor with crunch.  It is good for drying too.