Three more to taste today. The Sal's are very small this year, perhaps it need to move up from a five gallon to the ground. I think this fig would dry on the tree if left long enough. Last year I tasted larger ones at  Fatandsassytexan, they were great.  The Mead (unknown) was the better tasting of the three although the other two were good also.

The Mead is a unknown I got from Mike Gorski from VA and named after his aunt who had the tree in her yard.

Sal's, Mead, Vincenzo


Sal's, Mead, Vincenzo


Sal's Mead, Vincenzo


Sal's


Mead


Vincenzo


Here is an Atreano and Vincenzo along with a quarter to show size which I forgot to do in the above pictures.

Thanks for showing, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Mine are running about 20-24 grams with my in ground being a bit larger. If you are not getting an excessive amount of rain leave one or two on longer and see the sugar level increase dramatically, it will hold well and like you said you can almost dry on tree.

Gene, I like to let my Vicenzo ripen to a darker color. Overhere, it ripens  from reddish to purplish.  How did you find the taste ? It has been a productive tree, especially main crop. I still find it hard to pinpoint the taste except to conclude it is well balanced, not overly sweet with a little tinge of lemon like flavour. Its a keeper for me. Its an outdoor tree, so its hardy. In your zone, it may not be as you may have sudden swings in temp from warm, hot to sudden cold. Such fluctuations is a real threat here in late winter or early spring.

Gene, those look delicious. The Sal's Unk. Black is small here in my yard this year. Just not enough rain. They are delicious, though. The Meade you shared with me last fall has no ripe figs yet., but I'm glad to see a picture. Your Atreano, is that one I gave you? Doesn't look like my Atreano. Mine are huge, yellow with a amber/ light pink pulp. If there's a mixup, I have another one for you.Hope not. Thanks for sharing your pictures

Thanks for sharing those photos Gene. When you have a moment, I am interested in your description of the taste...

Tim you might be right about it not being an Atreano. I remember eatting those nice ones at your house last year. This picure wasn't titled and I remember eating an Atreano about the same time, but it might have been another of my light figs. I used this picture mostly for the size comparison of the quarter.

JD,  the Sal's Blk Uk is really undersize and didn't represent the true taste of the fig. I also ate a couple at Tim's last year although late in the season, and remember them as being very good. I don't remember well enough to describe the taste. When judging taste I don't have vast experiences with many varieties so I relate everything to the Celeste which I grew up with. The Mead was excellent tasting, not quite as juicy as my Celeste, but all the figgy flavor and just the right amount of sweetness not to cover the taste. The Vincenzo was a fig of another taste. It in no way compares to the Celeste. It tasted of fig very lightly and had another finishing taste. Perhaps paully's discription of a tinge of lemon my be about right. It's hard to come to a conclusion with only one or two to taste. Paully I think mine is lighter colored because I had them in the shade because of the intense heat and drought, while I was on vacation. I didn't fully trust that their care taker would do a very good job of watering every day so by putting them in deep shade I probably saved their lives. I only moved them back into partial sun a couple of weeks ago after the rains started. So perhaps more sun would had done the trick. I don't think it could have ripened much more with loosing it. All in all they are all keepers for now.
"gene"

quote .........."probably saved their lives". ha ha ha Gene. Your are a serious fignut. I thought you are trained to save lives.

Hey Gene, it's nice to see a ripe Mead fig, and to know that you are enjoying them. I really like them extra ripe. None of the figs on my plants have ripened yet, though I expect the mother trees will have ripe figs by the end of this month. My late Aunt Sarah Mead's house has been sold, and the young lady who bought the house says she doesn't like figs and plans to have the trees cut down. She said I could dig them up. Of course there is no way to move these two trees, they are at least 15' tall with many trunks. I asked her if she had ever had a fresh fig, and as I suspected, she has only had Fig Newtons. I talked her in to holding off on cutting the trees down until I picked a properly ripened fig for her to try. She already feels guilty as the trees are well loved by many in the area. I mentioned that she could cut the old growth to the ground this winter and allow regrowth, cutting back every year to maintain a smaller size. Hope she loves this fig as much as I do. I'm glad Gene and others here are growing my Aunt's fig in new areas. I look forward to hearing more reports. Any guess as to what variety this actually is would be welcome.

One note on the Mead fig, when I first posted my thread about it, I spelled my Aunt's name "Meade", when it is actually spelled "Mead". So I think Gene was the only person I shared this with until now.

Mike
Zone 7
Hanover, VA

Hi Mike, yes the Mead is growing well. I had to pick the 3 I've eaten at the ripe stage and not dead ripe because the birds found them and pecked them. I think I might get to taste 1 or 2 more before I leave on vacation Monday. There are a dozen or so left on the tree but they are not near ready to ripen. I put the tree in the ground this past fall and it has come on strong. If the rain stops this week end I'll take a picture of it and its leaves. It is a very dense tree and the figs are almost completely hidden until you start moving the leaves out of the way. I'm looking forward to getting a few other growing from this one. Time will tell, but for now it's a real winner. It hasn't split or soured even with all the rain we are now having. That's a big plus for the humid South. Thanks again Mike for the cuttings.
"gene"

The Vicenzo bares resemblance to my Aldo's (Palermo Red). Would love to see a photo of the leaves of this fig to compare.

Leon, if the rain holes up for a while today I was planning to take pictures of all my in ground trees to record their spectacular growth. If I get it done I surely will post them.

Didn't you mention in another post about the possibility of Aldo/Palermo Red being a Sal's. I also have a potted Palermo and will also take pictures to compare. I tasted a fig of the the mother of my tree last year and it was fantastic.

"gene"

The Vicenzo, Nardi Black & Enrico are very similar. When I first got these plants, I was informed that they could be very much be like the Brogiotto family of variants.

I have Aldo & I will checkout their leaf shape. Leon, since I have not learn how to post pic's here, I can email you pictures of Vicenzo & Aldo leaf shape.  My Vicenzo tree is at least 5 years old.

Hey Paul I agree Enrico, Nardi Blk & Vincenzo are very similar and all three seem to do well here in Toronto. The only main crop I have not sampled yet is the Enrico but hopefully they will be ripe in the next 5-6 weeks. Nardi Black is an awesome tasting fig.

Paul if you need help posting pics let me know I can post them for you.

These are the leaves of the Mead:

New Leaves




Older Leaves




Immature fruit with red eye


Mature fruit and leaf




Palermo Red

Young leaves


Mature leaf


3 lobe


Single lobe


Immature fruit

Vincenzo leaves







Mature fruit