Good day!  Just before I went on vacation last week, many of my trees had figs ripening.  I haven't been posting because I have a lot going on.  However I did take the time today to bring a bit of closure on a local fig of mine.  Some of you may remember 4 years ago a lady approached me at the farmer's market about her fig tree.  Below is the post I made on August 14th 2013.  

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/black-greek-fig-tree-findscore-6476552?highlight=irene&trail=50

Well, its been 4 long years and finally my Black Greek fruited.  In the picture I took on the mother tree in 2013, the figs were not fully ripe-- but they were large and sweet.  The cuttings I took back then was plenty.  Although they rooted, they did not survive.  The next year (2014), I went back and the owner allowed me to set some air layers.  I did and only 2 of the 10 struck and lived.  So, today, I have 2 trees.  One is 9 feet tall and growing straight up like a bean stalk.  The other one is half the size of my first but it is doing fine.  Today, there are plenty of figs on my oldest tree.  I didn't bag any figs on the tree because I was getting ready to go on vacation and go tired of bagging other trees.

When I came back from vacation last week, one fig was ready to pick.  The fig wasn't dark purple like the owner said, so I called and talked to her.  I showed her my pics.  She said the figs will be dark purple in years to come.  How does it taste?  This one fig tasted just like my Black Maderia trees.  It's very rich and very sweet but it's not flat on the bottom like Black Maderia, but it is veryyyyyy close!

 

 
 

 

Interesting colors on this one. Looks a bit striped. Congratulations.

Congratulations. Great for the fig community. Keep us updated Dennis

Very nice! Congratulations!

Im interested in this as I think I have the same fig but dont know what it is, here some of my photos it looks the same smallish fig, and very tasty.
It would be nice to know what it is.
     

Dennis, thanks for posting on this Greek fig.  What is it's ripening time compared to your other figs?  Is it fair to say it is a mid-season ripener?  If so that would be a step forward from figs like Black Madeira and Col de Dames for us mid-atlantic and northern growers.  Any idea about cold hardiness yet?

Bob, its super hardy.  It stays outside all winter in my climate.  The figs ripen in mid August.  I picked a few more today.  We've had daily rains the past week.  Now the sun is out but the figs do no split at all.  It seems to ripen a week or 2 after Hardy Chicago and Don Fortiss.  Right now in my climate, everything is ripening, Strawberry, Black Mission, Syrian #2, Letizia, VdB, Piedmonte, Antonio Black, Angelo's Dark, Tx Everbearing, Improved Celeste, and a few others.