These are the first Smith this year and they are off the chart good. Much better than last year and they did it through some really wet days. They have a jelly like strawberry flavor with just a small amount of seed crunch. The peel is just a little thick and chewy with a hint of its own sweetness and goodness. These guys get a 9.5 and can't wait for more.

Mike,

Man oh man does that look good.  Thanks for the pics.  Can you let me know some more about Smith?  I have one on order as an air layer...

1.  Does it get a breba and if so, how does it taste
2.  Main crop ripening time in your area (logic would say late July... duh, but just checking)
3.  How did you obtain your Smith and how long did it take to start producing figs
4.  Is your Smith in ground or in container
5.  Is it a fast or slow grower

Thanks.

I'm heading to Texas tomorrow.  I am hoping my Smith trees have some ripe fruit for me!!!

James, get some cuttings please:)

Very tasty figs. Thanks for sharing.

Best,
Tam

They look delicious!

Awesome looking fruit, thank you Mike.

Exceptional!  Wow!  Color me sad.  I lost my Smith cuttings to fungus gnats along with many others.  Love the drops of honey.  Nice photos!

Suzi

Malcom, thanks for your comments and questions.

1. No breba on mine yet
2. Last year and this year late July (you got it)
3. Got it from J R Robins three years ago and it produced a couple last year and has produced the three above and eighteen more on the tree now
4. Was in a 5 gal container last year and planted in ground this spring
5. It has been so slow this spring and early summer. It put out leaves early and has not grown any more

Those look delicious Mike, makes me want to go fertilize my little plant right now. All that resin leaking out says a lot about what to expect from this fig.

Mike in Hanover, VA

Honey dripping out

Indeed, honey.

Mike in Hanover, VA

Wow Mike,  that's incredible thanks for sharing.

Those look great....

Thanks for showing those beautiful Smith figs, Mike. I found my Smith cuttings to be among the easiest to start, and they are growing fast and strong. Started in March and in 5-15 gallon already. I have one left in a one gallon I think I'll offer to trade. I don't think I'll get ripe fruit this year, they just started making figlets. Thanks again for the report.

Very nice figs
Some day I shall try and grow them here.

Ftancisco

Mike, I would be interested to know the cold hardiness after this upcoming winter. Do you know what you will be doing to protect it yet?

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Those look great.  I hope you get a lot more and the flavor gets even better.

I might have to get a smith, those look really good.

so much sweetness that some of it is trying to escape

I had a Smith that I rooted in winter 2013.  I gave it to a friend who subsequently killed it (another story).  I decided to give it away because from what I had read it is relatively cold sensitive and wouldn't be the best choice for in-ground growing in zone 7a.  Eventually I want my fig varieties (with the exception of a handful like Figo Preto) to be able to grow in ground.  If I was living further south though this would be a really attractive variety to get.

Wow, thanks for pic and description!  I have a young Smith just put in ground in NC this year, but no figs. 

They look really good! I've got one fig on my Smith that will hopefully ripen in another month. I've been knocking mine off for a month now but left one for a taste. My plant is a 2nd year plant but I cut it way back when I received it and potted it up. Mine was slow at first also. It put on a little growth spurt then just sat there for a couple months. I believe it was from all the white wood in the pine bark mix I used as the leafs got kind of yellowish when it stopped growing. I kept adding slow release fert and last month it finally started growing again. This seems to be a reoccurring problem after potting up my plants with pine bark regardless of the kind of fruit tree. I have resorted to buying Orchid Bark instead. A little harder on the wallet but the plants are responding much better.

Mike,
Thanks for posting the fig pictures and info.
Could you please post a few pictures of the leaves? Thanks.
There was an earlier post questioning whether Smith and Texas BA-1 may be the same cultivar, http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=6993948 . I'm currently growing BA-1 but not Smith. A few leaf pictures may help with the comparison.