Strawberry Verte is somewhat productive but not top fig in 8B. I can say that with confidence because of splitting due to its open eye. The presence of JH Adriatic and Battaglia Green (tighter eyes and a tolerance for rain) along with a Martinesque preference for brown, black and purple figs are also key factors. Fortunately, this is the first time in a couple of years that I was able to enjoy well-ripened figs because it has not rained in several days. I suspect that in a dry hot climate with the wasp, this can be a first rate medium sized fig. The seeds give it a pleasant crunch and coupled with an intense berry flavor, it is another green-red fig that rivals and will surpass figs that are sweet only. I also like the veins on this fig; they are prominent in the last two photographs.

Great pictures and description as always Jimmie:)

See, I'm in a conundrum.  Do I have Strawberry Verte or just plain old Verte?  What I have is glorious.  These AKA thingies drive me nuts.  The fig I own is a good one, and it bears delicious figs.  The breba crop is almost gone.  But huge main crop showing.

Suzi

Any fig is a good fig when none are close to being ripe   :)

The insides...the taste is the most important criteria for me. Good job.

Very tasty, thanks for sharing.

Best,
Tam

Looks good and tasty!
I still have never tasted a fig with a berry flavour. I hope to get something to fix that =D

Definitely want to peel that one!

JD, as always great pictures and descriptions. Your comparison of Strawberry Verte with JH Adriatic & Battaglia Green was very interesting. I was always curious how similar or different they were.

   Thanks,
    Pete

Oh its looks lusciously delicious - I so want to be able to taste a Strawberry Verte fig. 
Thanks for posting - you are so lucky to have these varieties JD

No splitting this season (Excellente!) but likely the last of the season. Why? The squirrels have found it, love it, and we do not have time to protect them all. I am trying to manage the 'kill kill kill kill' (in a Jason Voorheesian voice) that is escalating within me.


 

Ugly-looking skin, but the inside looks so delicious.

In a dry climate they aren't ugly. Well they're kinda ugly when they're all wrinkled up. But I like them wrinkled and to me JD's aren't ripe. He has to pick early or they rot. It's 5-7 days in my greenhouse after going limp to wrinkle up like mine below.

Here's my breba this yr which are 1/2 maybe 1/3 the size of last yr. The tree was dug up this winter, bare rooted, potted, pruned way back, and still made a half dozen breba.





Here's main crop from a potted tree two yrs ago. The main is sweeter but both rate very high on flavor. The skin has a flavor similar to my best nectarines. Breba last yr were 50% bigger than this.

@Steve. I agree. Definitely not ugly. If I get another ripe fig, I will take some time to assess your words on the skin flavor being like nectarines. Previous seasons, it was splitting issue but this season, it appears to have adapted to the climate much better, however, my problems are birds and squirrels.

I am adding you to my most wanted list. Most wanted meaning I most want to add a part of your growing environment to mine - selectively dry when the figs are ripening. Do you have birds or critters? If so, how do you protect your figs? If I do not harvest when I can (I cannot protect them all), then I do not taste them at all. If possible, then I would let a few of my Green-Reds get what I call 'dead ripe' which is what you are showing in your photograph. Beautiful.

When the fig dries like that, however, sugar concentrates which, for me, increases and intensifies its sweetness. As a consequence, I get a sugar rush or a sugar burn that obscures the taste. I like that sometimes but most often I do not like it because it tends to mask flavors that I prefer to taste and sometimes it masked the delicate nuttiness of the seeds. At that stage, the sweetness dominates my taste buds which is ok for me but infrequently.

JD: No pests in my greenhouse. Outside I battle everything. In 10 yrs not one good fig outdoors.

Strawberry Verte has two flavors to me. The pulp is jammy flavored and very sweet. The skin has a distinctly different flavor that resembles my best nectarine, my favorite fruit. But you may never have had that flavor nectarines. They are low acid, yellow fleshed and grown with a water deficit. When eating the shriveled up fig the plup is soft and tasted first. Then I taste the flavor of the skin after chewing a little longer. The skin isn't as sweet as the pulp and doesn't obscure the flavor.

If I were in FL I'd have a high tunnel with top to shed rain and netting on sides and ends to keep out the critters. I've battled freezes, hail, birds, coon, etc, etc, for 40 yrs in west Texas. Greenhouse has cured 98% of that.

oh this is ab - so- lute torture.
No strawberry verte - this delicisiously yummy photos in Oz

any aussie has this variety??????

Steve,
A high tunnel is a good solution. Maybe an acre of land is my future. Not sure I want it just yet as it will require more of what I do not have...time. I also read through some of your posts on greenhouse fruit. Useful information. Thanks for sharing your experiences.