Congratulations with your Long August, or Longue d'Aout as the french call it. I also got my first ripe brebas on this one here in Z8 cool coastal Southern Scandianvia. They size up really early in season, but then they held out, and matured in Early to mid September. 1-2-3 brebas per branch, not half bad ! And a delicious, big, meaty fig. Sometimes you read an opinion that fig varieties taste the same, but this one has a very different texture and taste compared to other figs I have tasted, and of cause a very different look.
Mine are much more elongated, but that could be the gowing-conditions. binbin, do you think yours is a breba too ?
I agree, it's a must have for cool coastal Z8 - and maybe even in ground to Z7, cause it's reputed to be very, very frost hardy. I am moving a LdA from my test plot to its permanent quarters. I am going to plant it in a soil composed of building rubble, stones and sand - because the litterature says it likes a particularly well drained soil. I belive the good drainage will promote the meatiness and aroma of this fig.