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Is Beall a good variety?

Could anyone describe the growth habits and taste profile?
I couldn't find any good information other than it being a seedling...

Thanks, so it is just sweet?

Thanks alot! :)

From what I know, Beall is an excellent variety. That is whys is one of the figs on my wish list.

  • Rob

Just tasted my first Beall this year.  It was definitely good.  It was not excessively sweet, but I probably should have left it ripen a couple more days on the tree.  There are two more on the tree that I will let sit for awhile.  The insides of mine had a bit more color but the outside was similar, a purplish red.  It's probably the largest fig that I have.  About the size of a large plum or small peach. 

I will post more photos of the outside and inside when the other two or three ripen, and I'll give it more thought when I taste it rather than just gobble it down. 

Mine have been sweet and a bit melon like. Not bad, but I'm hoping it will improve as this is the first year with figs. The plant seems productive, and as Rob mentioned, good sized figs.

Mike in Hanover, VA

I love mine... interesting fig... dark almost black skin and a creamy white inside. Sweet, but not "complex" but it is a young tree so that very well may develop...

Where I live in North East Texas the Beall is a very good.  It grows fast and the figs taste very good. Here, it is a late ripening fig, late August first of Sept. I lost my first Beall but the second one is doing very well.
It died back last winter but made substantial grow this summer and produced several figs, as a two year old. The tree grew to a little over three feet in height. It will fit well in any collection, don’t pass one up. I purchase my second Beall from Dario. I never really knew what happen to my first tree but we did have a drought and I lost several trees that year. NativeSun has a good description of the fig.

it's good, black skin and golden honey color inside. sweet and thin skinned. Taste a little like peters honey but not as complex meaning all you taste is a figgy sweetness, I tasted no undertones of melons, peaches, berries ect. just sweet and figgy:) I'd give it a 7 out of 10 on taste and a 9 out of 10 on looks. 

  • Rob
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OK, here are some photos.  As you can see, size is good.  Taste was good.  Sweet and figgy is a good way of putting it. 
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Going Bye Bye here.   Just sweet, not a lot of figgy taste.  But man!  Its been a cool year.

Very good thank you all!
I have been reading but forgot to reply...
Thank you all for the amazing information and pics :)

What do the leaves look like?

An update on my Beall, the first figs where picked while the interior was still white. This was because of rain, splitting and figs that dropped from its weight. These figs had a sweet, but not much flavor other than a slight green melon taste like honeydew. Today I picked one that was still earlier than I wanted to pick it, but we were having rain and it was already splitting. This was a good sized fig at 82 grams, and the interior was more yellow colored. Not the beautiful golden color as shown in the pictures above, but ripe enough. My original rating was around a 7, but today I would give it an 8 1/2. It was very sweet and almost creamy with the texture adding to that sensation. It was delicious, and I hope to get more to that ripeness or beyond.

Mike in Hanover, VA

I wouldn't judge any fig based on this year's performance.  We had 1 week of summer here and the rest of May - Sept alternated between Spring and Fall.  Figs that were great last year with a cooler than average summer were insipid this year.

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Originally Posted by rcantor
I wouldn't judge any fig based on this year's performance.  We had 1 week of summer here and the rest of May - Sept alternated between Spring and Fall.  Figs that were great last year with a cooler than average summer were insipid this year.

Why would that happen?
Thanks MGorski for the update!

Hi Speedmaster,
This year we got here lots of rain and milder weather beginning of August till mid September ... Plums fermented and rotted on the tree, peaches spoiled on the trees.
Fruits need sun while ripening.
The same applies to figs . Sometimes I got lucky and we got 4 better days and the figs ripening at that moment were great.
Nevertheless, a tree should be evaluated for 5 years before making a decision. Now everyone is free to be quick on pulling the gun but makes no sense as you
might be trashing good strains. I'm currently eating figs for the first time from a strain that I had around for ten years.
That strain is just incredible in its new better conditions !
Selecting fig trees shouldn't be a race, but be seen as a matter of patience . 5 years of trialing is the minimum on my Zone 7 - if you get hit by a 2012 winter, then you just go back to the start.

Thanks mate

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