NortheastNewbie gave me cuttings of Sicilian Red in late 2011/early 2012 when I started growing figs.  I was unsuccessful are rooting them.  In 2012-2013 my family live in New Jersey for three short months.  During that time, I met NortheastNewbie at his home/orchard and observed his many fig trees, he gave me new Sicilian Red cuttings and Dark Portugal.  Sicilian Red was again *very* difficult to root, it remains my hardest to root fig so far, 1/10 cuttings survived, and even that one just had a few very wimpy pathetic roots for the first several months.  

It grew very slowly and sadly until this year.  It took off in the spring of 2014 right on schedule with all my other figs.  Then, come May, it created this one tiny fruit on low old wood from last year

 
A few days ago (from today, August 23) it swelled up and became a very pretty red color.  Today it was finally ripe.  My pictures do the red no justice, here is it next to a much darker Dark Portugal also harvested today (also from a cutting given to me by NortheastNewbie):

(Sicilian red: right, Dark Portugal: left)

The Sicilian Red was *really* good.  Better than all of my other figs except Black Madeira, and very close to Black Madeira.  I was blown away!

(Sicilian Red on left, Dark Portugal on right)
   

This lovely lady was standing guard on the garage door a few feet away:
 

Congratulations. It looks like your Sicilian Red is on the way.

Musillid!  The Celeste you gave me in 2012 still hasn't produced a single fruit!  But it's the biggest tree in my collection. 

It came from my nephew in Jacksonville. He raved. My largest is in a five gallon bucket and it neither has produced. I have a Blue Celeste for Jon that gets loaded, then drops 80% of its fruit. Whatever ripens is good, though.

Being a Michigan alumni I can say that as an Ohio State alumni you have done work beyond what others would have expected. ;)
Need a hoop house to get a longer season on those figs...

You know how I keep wolverines out of my garden, Rich?

I put up a goal line.  :O)

Dale, I think I'm going to convert it into a 5-top grafting host next year.  :-)

It's in 5g right now, might put it in a 25g replica of 'Bill's' fig buckets. 

buona fortuna!