As I have posted before I'm pretty new to figs.  This past spring I got a Texas blue giant fig and planted it out in the yard along with some other variety's.  It has about 5 figs on it this year and one of the figs darkened up and started to droop on the branch the way I understand they do when they are ripe.  However when I bit into the fruit it was completely dry (for lack of a better word) and had no flavor what so ever.  It was almost like biting into a dandelion.  Is something wrong with it or is this because its the first fruit?  any info would be appreciated.

was it soft enough? if it darkened and dropped, you need to allow it to soften to be fully ripe.
Blue Giant have a mild flavor, they taste good when fully ripe, but it's not the sweetest fig.

that may have been the problem - I was thinking it was ripe because it changed from Green to a burgandy and drooped on the branch.  At the time I thought to myself "I would have thought it would be darker than this" but the fact that it was drooping is what made me think it was ripe.  This one was not sweet at all not even a little and it was compleatly dry on the indside no moisture at all.  The little "seed" things on the inside felt like velvet if your ran your finger over them - no moisture at all.  So it must not have been ripe.  Thanks

You had an uncaprified(Unpolinated),Breba fig,that fell off from lack of polination,in your climate,that was what it was.
If you look more carefully you will find out it was growing on old wood.
That was a female flower,(breba),that need polination to grow and get ripe.
Mule Flower,grow and ripe unpolinated,and are found usually,but not allwayes on the main crop,that grow on new growth,for the current year.
It is very complicated,because every cultivar is different,as for the number of Females,and mule flowers,and when,they appear,on breba or main crop.
H2

Ok thank you I'm glad to know that this was not an example of what the main figs were gonna be like.  It was on the 'old wood' because the other figs that are developing right now are on new growth but it was on part of the plant that was already there when I got the tree.  Thanks for the info.

Just had a fully ripe Texas Blue Giant (sorry; I ate it before taking a picture).

The flavor was fantastic, sweet, and very rich, with a little bit of bight like HC or VDB.  This was the first year in-ground here.  It was put in the ground late, so the main crop set late this year.  So most of the main crop won't make it before the hard freeze which is just a few weeks away, but can't wait till next year.

It was affected by FMV especially right at first early in the season, but now it is looking pretty good.  It grew from about a foot tall whip to four feet tall with good branching.  Looks like another pretty good variety.  But I have no idea about cold hardiness yet.  We will see.

Best wishes to all.

John
North Georgia Piedmont
Zone 7b