Over the last few days I've been taking pictures of my trees for my records. Here are some of them.

China White showing some nice figs.






Mead, showing some late summer breba, is that possible?


LSU Tiger looking more like an octopus, all spread out.




Conadria


Strawberry (Brandywine) from cuttings on Brandywine Street.




LSU Gold




Black Ischia, note the little piggyback fig.


Celeste putting on some strange late season figs, first time I've noticed that.

Nice looking plants Gene when the figs get ripe post those pics too.
I wana see that Black Ishia cut open

Jim that might be a push on the BI, but if it ripens I post it. Here is one that ripened earlier this year. I left it on the tree a little to long with the damp weather we were having and a little mold started growing in the eye. The rest of the fig was still good. I can't really tell much about the taste, one fig was not enough for me.
"gene"

Looks nice thanks

Looks real nice Gene,

Thanks for sharing

Gene if i may ask and excuse if i asked before i do no recall.
Where did that Black Ischia come from.

Also the way you do airlayer looks familar.  ; )
Also the way you say -Over the last few days I've been taking pictures of my trees for my records
Sounds familar -  ; )

Martin, my BI came from Richard Watts as a 10" bare root dormant plant in March of 2010. This is what Richard told me when I got it from him.

"The Black Ischia that I have was obtained from Paul Starnes in Newnan, Georgia. who is since deceased.  He called it Black Provence, but I believe it is the same fig.  It is very distinctive as it has reddish buds and a pink eye.  Mine does not show FMV most of the time but will show it sporatically.  I have had it since '86 and it  is still in a 5 gal. can."

 When it sprouted with the warm weather it only put on a couple of small twisted and ugly leaves. It sat there for a long while with doing anything. Then all at once it put out a sprout which grew very fast and free of any visible signs of FMV. If I don't find some property soon I will plant it in the ground here and then try to start some cuttings from it.

Seems like we have some of the same habits. 

Yep, the air layers are a copy cat method from someone.   : >)

Although I look at some of the trees every day, every now and then I walk up to each one to check them out looking for ripe figs, problems, or anything unusual. I like to take my camera along at such times. Taking pictures that way that are dated makes for good record keeping. As they say "a picture is worth a thousand words". That's how I found those brebas or whatever on the bottom of the Mead tree, the new figs on the Celeste, and the little piggy back fig on the Black Ischia. I've seen twin figs before but they are usually side by side not one on top of the other.

Thanks for you interest.
"gene"

Gene,
With all those figs about to ripe, September is going to be fun at the Colins! Enjoy it. I look forward to the updates with ripe and cut figs.

Enjoyed looking at the photos Gene, especially the humungous airlayer going on.  And I feel adventurous with a 20oz or 1 liter bottle!    One day my figs will grow into a tree big enough to do an air layer like that.   Keep the pictures coming.

Thanks Gene ,
i had receieved the exact quote from him as well.

I had one from him and let it grow in winter in house it started growing well and then died and that was painful compared to loseing any other plants in past for me as i have an interest in this particular type.

Wanted to compare it with my UcDavis one which has thicker and rougher leaves.

The Black Ischia 3014X Gene i have looks similar to yours from 
R.Watts and different from UcDavis at this point in time but way to early to tell anything .

I try to get another but in early spriing instead of winter from R.W. and compare to the Ucdavis and 3014X i have .

If i could ever get a known Black Provence to stand with the other 3 well that would be the iceing on the cake for me .

Pure Fun and keeps me interested .

Many Thanks Gene for your reply.

Very nice plants and pics, Gene! Congrats!!

Gene,

Your trees are coming along real nice and have grown much since I saw them in person. Beautiful trees for sure.

Regarding Summer brebas........
Yes indeed a fig tree can form breba figs AFTER the main crop in our area. My Scott's Yellow had hundreds of beba figs form on its old wood long after the main crop was done. Like you, I have never seen or heard of this before. I had posted that observation on a thread I had running on GW and people probably thought I was not correct in my observation. It is a FACT that in Louisiana breba figs can form AND ripen after the main crop is done.

Regarding Celeste second crop figs.....
This year I am seeing the same thing on many regular Celeste trees. Don't know what to make about that. However, they have formed early enough where they should ripen. Also, I am seeing some real nice second crops forming on some other cultivars.  Lately, I was admiring the second crops on Hardy Chicago and Sall's (EL). "Maybe" it is because our fig season started earlier than usual.

Dan
Semper Fi-cus

Yes Dan, my trees have really exploded in growth. I would have never thought that they would put on that much growth in one season. Like you said, they sure are happy growing here.

As for as the brebas, maybe because our hot and dry 100+ degree temps had fallen into the eighties with rain and now has warmed up again, the trees might have thought they went through winter already. You know how hard our winters are sometimes, Ha. Really, I haven't a clue but it will be nice to get more figs and I'm looking forward to it.

I'm glad to see that my observations backed up what you have noticed before about La. trees putting on brebas after the main crop. The fact is that my Mead has continually added main crop figs too.

Ain't figs interesting,
"gene"

IF ONE KEEPS the ground "always moist" for the first year after planting a fig tree in the GROUND........one can expect to see some really nice new growth on a fig tree. And "IF" you give it some fertilizer AND keep the ground always moist....you can expect to see EXPLOSIVE new growth in our fig Paradise climate.

The secret is to ALWAYS keep the ground moist for at least the first year after planting. NEVER EVER allow the ground to completely go dry as that WILL CAUSE root damage and will set the tree back. Those who do not follow that simple practice will usually have to wait YEARS for their fig trees to become productive.

I still can picture the size of those cracks that developed in your yard from this year's severe drought.

Dan
Semper Fi-cus

During that drought period, all the trees got watered at least 5 times a week and never did they go 2 days in a row without water. Being I was watering so much, I gave each tree a handful of fertilizer every other week. I wasn't sure how it would work out, but the proof is in the pudding, I guess.
"gene"

Yes, the beautiful proof is right there in your pictures.

I have reached a final decision/conclusion on the best times to fertilize fig trees in our area. This was based on my own fig research activies and not on any other's advice. I conducted a lot of experiments on my trees. Some actually suffered in order for me to gain this knowledge.

Did you catch my advice given in my post on the fig/leaf flushing cycle?? Turns our the fig flush cycle occurs at the same time as the citrus flush cycle in our area..............so, you fertilize both citrus AND figs at the exact same time for maximum effect.

Dan
Semper Fi-cus

Dan I did catch your notes on the citrus and did fertilize my one tree at that time. I noticed yesterday that at least one branch had started flushing again, so I'm thinking it won't be long before they're all flushing. Time to hit it again and if it holds more fruit next year as compared to this year then all I can say is WoW.
"gene"