Okay, I have picked a couple of others already yesterday and today.  The one yesterday was not quite ripe yet.  The first one today was past prime, missed it yesterday somehow!  But this one was just right!







Yes, I did share with Linda (my wife)!  Taste was excellent.  Many more to come.

harvey, that looks wonderful. how was the skin? was it thick? 

The skin on this was tender.  I think I may have left some on too long last year and they got super ripe but the skin was a little tough.  This is the only variety I've never had bird damage on.  I joke that the stripes might confuse them! ;)

Linda hasn't eaten her half yet, I just measured it and it's 2.25" wide at it's widest point.

Good policy. I always share all of mine with my wife, too.

Wow, 100 grams is huge! I just weighed a longue d'aout at 90 grams and that's my biggest fig I grow. Looks delicious too.

this is the king of them all. What a beauty.  Luck you, Harvey.

Wow! Harvey, those are some really nice looking figs there, and I'm truly amazed ath e size. 100 grams is wonderful, and since 1 pound is right about a pound, you need only collect a few of these gems for a major haul! Good going.

Harvey,

Lucky man! Congratulations as this may well be a fig 'record'
What have you done ?
I do suspect of some free contribution from the 'thin air' !?

this well prepared french link tells you the average size/weight of that variety and no excuses calling it a breba!
http://www.figuiers.com/plants-de-figuiers.html

keep on doing the good work, may be you shall have more  pleasant surprises. who knows?

Francisco

Great work!  And it kept its stripes.  Did you do something to shade it or was it naturally shaded by the leaves?  How did you like this variety compared to others you've had?

Harvey

Thanks for posting the wonderful pictures, It answered one of my earlier questions on this Fig.
One to add to my collection,I will try and grow here in the UK.
Does it taste as good as it looks?

These should go to fig museum.  i believe a fig that is both good to eat and lovely to watch should be in everyones collection.

BTW on the upper part of the upper leaf there is some white stuff.. i found this somtimes on my fig leafs with a warm inside..
someone knows what is this?  it eats some leafs

that inside looks tasty.

Francisco, I did nothing special with this fig, though I finally pruned it a bit more.  It has never been fertilized except it gets a very tiny amount of liquid fertilizer since it is being watered at the same time as my chestnut orchard (very tiny amount, though, since these trees are on drip but chestnut orchard is on sprinklers.  Not all are going to be this large but this was maybe the lowest fig on this year's growth.

Bob, the fig was covered by leaves naturally.  I have 5'-6' of growth this year so it is under quite a bit of foliage.

Liza, taste was excellent.  This is my favorite fig so far.

Eli, I went out and investigated the "white stuff".  It was a spider nest, I think.  When I pulled it off a small spider jumped out.  I haven't seen anything that eats fig leaves.

BTW, I have another fig that is much larger, 184-15.  I don't recall eating the fruit before but some are close to being ripe.  I would guess 150-175 grams for the largest but they probably won't be tasty, I'm betting.

Harvey,

I think I put this right behind the RDB in taste wise. I tasted it at Jons Place once and it was awesome!.
I hope mine will ripen for me but in Michigan this is a long shot.

Nice too it not split like it did for me last year, am hoping it will ripen properly for me in september.

Harvey, 

Good. I believe that you didn't do anything in particular, you just let Nature work plus the watering and pruning, etc
What I was hinting was somehow related to your recent question on another thread, on the whereabouts of the wasps..and I responded.

When I saw that great fig I thought that some may have paid a quick visit to your Panachées ! and that could well be the result!

Francisco

I did place some caprifigs on this and other nearby figs.

Today at a local market I saw the first main crop Kadota and Mission.  Their cost is $2.50/pound for Kadota and $2.75 for Black Mission and they sell for double that.  These figs were small, maybe about 15/pound or 30 grams.  Since they were being sold in pint baskets the small size was helpful and probably hold up to handling better.

here in top season some people buy figs at 2 $ for 1kg (2pounds).

Lovely! I just received a Panachee from Bay Flora, and they are just such cool looking figs. I love how the bark is also multi-colored!

That are very nice looking figs. Do all of them have open eyes? Thank you for posting. 

Best,
Tam
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Silver Spring, Maryland zone 7a

Thats a great looking fig!my panache is small.i doubt I'll see figs till next year.now im even more excited!

Tam, I've got little experience in paying attention to the eyes of figs, humidity is low here.  This fig is approaching harvest and appears to be opening up.

That looks like a really nice fig Harvey. Thanks for sharing.