i only have room for 10 new 17 gal. containers, with water reservoirs, for next year. try to pick 5 green and 5 dark from the list. flavor, productivity important,thx

GREEN: excel                          DARK: brooklyn dark
            brooklyn white                      corragio
            deanna                                hardy chicago
            fracazzano bianco                  magnolia
            igo                                      negronne
            jurupa                                  mega celeste
            kadota                                 violet de bordeaux
            panachee
            syrian long
            verte
            white paradiso
            st. anthony
            lattarolla
i'm in zone 6a, the above are from traded cuttings, in pots buried in the garden. have about 20 fruit bearing trees, some inground others in reservoir containers; ital. honey, naples white, celeste, dark port., alma, lsu gold, and a couple of unk. green and dark

Hi 5fignut6,

It would help if you give us a little more information. What is your zone? Why are you limiting your choices to only these varieties?

I don't grow many of the varieties you listed, so I can't rank.  I am with Barry... why do you feel limited to these varieties?  If you decide on St. Anthony, let me know.  I will probably have a spare 2nd year 'St. Anthony' that I will be willing to dig up at the end of this season.

~james

Regardless what you decide on in the dark, my sugestions from your list would be Hardy Chicago and Violet de Bordeaux. You can't go wrong with them. I'm no expert, but from what I read, Negronne and VDB are the same. I have one of each and they look the same to me.
As far as the white, I'm not to crazy bout this list. Not saying nothing bad, but sure is alot of white super figs to pick from(sorry Martin). I will say there are a few Paridiso's around. If you choose Joe Morle's Paridiso, it is a Brunswick. Do a search on Paridiso and decide. Like others have said need more info to help.

luke

You can't go wrong with Negronne either.

Do you currently have any fig trees, or are you preparing to start growing?  It's not clear.

Your question is honestly not specific enough.

We actually do need to know where you are.  Most of the best later figs would take priority if you have an October...

Also, we don't know what your idea of delicious is.

Now...
Reserve a place for
Vista/PN/VdB/Negronne
One of the good Celeste variants, I don't think it really matters which
An Adriatic, Smith or JH Adriatic
RdB
Hardy Chicago
Maltese Falcon/Kathleen Black
One of those big greens like Atreano/Desert King/Lampeira
One of those premiere late season desert figs (which you force if need be), that'd mean Barnisotte/CdD(X)/Socorro/Black Madeira/I-258 (I-258/Socorro is productive)

And that leaves you two for off the wall, I suppose, like Sumacki or something.

Members profile says West Jersey.

So you're in 6a and those are the figs you already have.  Personally I think you'd be best served by getting some different ones as people have mentioned.  If you want to stick with those, I've heard good things about

WHITE:  excel                         DARK: brooklyn dark
            brooklyn white                     
            deanna                                hardy chicago
                             
            igo                                      negronne
                                             
                                                       violet de bordeaux
            panachee - may need a longer season than you have
           
            verte
             st. anthony
            lattarolla

Of the whites I'd pick lattarolla, Verte, Brooklyn white (since it should produce in your climate), excell, igo.  But I truly don't know if the last 2 will ripen in your climate.

Igo will be iffy as well for ripening.