I am on travel for the next few days and I was impatient. Nonetheless, the first Socorro Black was almost as good as I remember. A few more days and it could have been dead ripe causing epicuri-cide...or something close. Hopefully, my Fig Protection Program (FPP) is ready to perform at a high level. Wish me well.

Nice looking fig!

Congratulations!

i'm so glad one of the cutting survived puppy attack. thanks jd.

Wow, so many good looking figs.  I hope to have some of these varieties in the future.  

A really sharp looking fig JD.  I hope your fig protection program works too.  It would be terrible not to get anymore of those.

goss

Very nice
You so such nice photos of the figs

Just to be safe, add a 4-10 and a Coleman lamp to your fig protection system for this one.

Rain was eminment so I took these a few days early. They were very good. That cavity seems larger this season.

Mine are growing well and are now in the ground.  After looking at your photos and reading your comments I'm hoping I get lucky and get some figs this year.

They look nice.  Hope you get to let some get fully ripe.

JD,

Super figs, and super pictures

they seem to be delicious fruit...Is this a mexican variety ?

Francisco

Francisco, this is a fig discovered by Jose growing in Socorro, New Mexico.  I don't believe any source information besides that is known.
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/fig/msg0900345017538.html

Harvey,

Thank you,  believe we have a very close variety with some similarities.. will see what I may find

Francisco

This is my 3rd year growing Socorro Black.  I had it in a container the first year and then planted it in the ground during the Spring of 2014.  It has been a rather slow but steady grower.  It ripened one fig (that I think was a breba) in August and it was very, very good.  I can see the potential of this variety when grown in the right environment.  Out of the ~ 12 in-ground figs I have it was clearly the least cold-hardy.  It still hasn't formed a full leaf.  So I am wondering whether to leave it in the ground or dig it up and put it into a container.  One question I have for those who have grown it is whether it is a very late variety.  I can't recall anyone discussing getting a ripe fig with this variety in cooler areas.  If it's a really late variety then I have no hope of ripening a fig when it is grown in-ground and might be hard pressed to have success in a container.  Does this variety need to be in the southeast, southwest or California to do well?