A friend brought this one over from the old country. It's a long story but the bottom line is that an orchardist in northern part of the country recommended this variety. We were hoping it didn't need the wasp and it turns out that it doesn't! My cutting was started in the Spring of 2014 and it is currently growing in a 5 gallon SIP. I can't recall if it set any brebas this Spring but if it did it did not hold onto them. I picked the first main crop fig on July 28 which is right around the day that my first Improved Celeste figs ripened. The only variety to ripen a main crop earlier was Florea on July 25. The fig in the photo wasn't drooping very much but it was soft and came off easily with no white sap. So I think it was pretty much ripe. The pulp was very light colored, a very light pink. It had a honey-like and creamy flavor with quite a bit of seed crunch. It seemed to have a pretty high sugar content as figs go. Overall, it had an excellent flavor, especially considering this is the first fig from this tree in its 2nd season. This fig is unlike any other fig in my collection (that I know of) and so it fills a niche. Probably the closest in flavor to it is Atreano. If anyone has any insights on its relationship to known varieties please let me know. I don't know anything about its cold hardiness but the fact that it is an early ripening variety would seem to make it a good fig for fig growers in cooler areas.