Here is a fig given to my Aunt Sarah Meade some 35 years ago by some Italian friends after a return visit to Italy. She got two fig plants, both the same variety. This fig is hardy here in zone 7, and is very tasty when fully ripe. I don't know what the variety is, so until I do, I will call it Meade in honor of my late Aunt.

Hey There Mike
always nice to see pictures.
Thanks for sharing and i look forward to more in future.

Well, that was my first attempt at posting pics on the web, sorry for the double pic. Here are a few more.

Those are some great pictures of some very nice figs. By the way, I see that you are fairly new here. I haven't been here too long myself, but I just want to welcome you to this wonderful site. A good bunch to hang with and they're so smart.

Thanks for looking Martin and Gene. When I have a chance to resize my photos I'll post more. These were all taken with a phone, so the quality is not very good. In the last group of pictures is a photo of an unripe fig. At that time, I was competing with everyone who yearly picked the figs clean, and the birds. The pictures of the ripe figs were after I started wrapping them with newspaper so they could ripen without being eaten. In the picture of the tree against the house, you can still see newspaper in the tree, though this was taken after peak fruiting.

Mike, im curious do most of those leaves have 3 lobes only.
I remember our family tree only had 3 lobes on it  thats why i ask.

Nice looking figs, Mike, and welcome. How do they taste? I found it very helpful to read all the old posts on this forum and the GWFF. Everyone is so knowledgeable and helpful and you can benefit greatly from others mistakes and trials through the years. I would have never guessed that there were so many fig varieties growing in so many places. You definitely came to the right place to learn.

Martin, yes the plant mostly has the three lobed leaf, though it does produce another more complex, deeply lobed leaf. A sucker plant at my parents place has only produced this leaf form. I'll try to get a photo of it. Perhaps our family figs are related.

Wow Mike, the description on your fig taste makes me think of my favourite jam but your description is so much more jammier. Thanks for the photos & yummie info.

Very nice fig Mescalito, I like the honor you gave to your aunt,  Figs are so personal to so many of us. Ciao and best luck.

Paully, thanks, I really slow down and savor the flavor of this fig. I have a hard time not eating all I pick.

Ciao Vivian, you are absolutely right, many of my Fig trees for me connect me to my family (some long gone) and to places that are and always will be very special to me till I die, Especially since they are so far away and missed.  Period. You said it correctly for alot of us its simply much more than just a fruit tree. Ciao