LSU Scott's Black is under rated, rain tolerant, heat and humidity loving, and just built well for the dirty South. Scott's Black continues to make my family say "Wow. That was really good." It was really that good...like it always has been.

That is a wonderful picture.  How does the Scott Black differ from the LSU Purple?

More good photos and more good figs.   JD you are doing great.

goss

Looks like a good fig and a great pic

Those are hard to find. Looks fantastic.

Meghan, to me, it is 10 times sweeter.

Nice!

Thanks folks.

Meghan,
I rate Scott's Black as a high 8 and a dead ripe LSU Purple as a solid 6 (9 for the sweetness and sugar rush but the taste is nothing special, for my buds). Note that I said dead ripe. If they are not dead ripe, I do not eat them.

If LSU Scott's Black and LSU Purple color, swell, and are picked at similar points of softness to touch and droopiness, then Scott's Black will always be much better tasting than Purple and definitely much sweeter. According to members much more experience that me, a) juvenile LSU Purple trees should be planted in the ground and b) more mature trees tend to produce significantly better figs than when they were younger. Owners of young trees are always told to 'be patient for a few years'.

I have learned that LSU Purple figs hold amazing well on the tree: they concentrate their sugars like no other tree I have and are almost impervious to splitting. Because of these qualities, you can get fig preserves directly from juvenile trees if you allow them to start the drying process on the tree.

Awesome, can't wait.

That gives me hope. When I visited the LSU orchard at the end of July I was disappointed with it, most of the fruit were split, and the flavor was disappointing. Maybe someone had beat me to all the good ones...

JD, thank you for the comparison between the Scotts Black and Purple.  That may not bode well for my existing LSU Purple if I end up with a Scotts Black and it is so much superior to the purple.  Only have room for so many tree's after all. 

You have the best pictures and descriptions of your figs.

Meghan

Two days later...

That is a thing of beauty.  And just think, with these pictures you can have your fig and eat it too.