I think my VdB has the best manors! My niece and her family visited us today. I gave her a LSU Gold fig tree for Christmas. She was so excited to see a few figs on her tree last month. So I was showing her my trees & found that luck would have it, my first main crop fig was ripened today. As a good host, I offered her the fig. Without hesitation Yes, oh yes! We got out a knife an split the small fig into three pieces for them all to taste.  What have I started? She was talking about maybe getting a purple fig to replace one of her cirtus tree if it does not start producing something.  Another fignut is born.

Congrats on creating another addict. I've read the VdB is very good.

You are very generous!  I ate my first one myself, gave my husband a portion of the second one and gave my whole third one to my mother in law who had never tasted a fresh fig before.  Keep in mind that these were my very first figs ever. 

I'm waiting for #four... might be today.  For the most part, I'm the only one who gets excited about it though.  Even the birds around here aren't savvy.  Lucky me!

I shared my first two VDB figs with 2 friends, and now I'm air-layering 2 trees for them!  That is one great tasting fig!!
Suzi

I totally agree!  Last week I picked one off my tree.  It was the darkest of those picked that day.  I gave my wife a bite and now the only figs she wants are VdB and Ronde de Bourdeaux.  But last week I also tasted my first fig of the year from my Brunswick.  The texture and thickness and sweetness of this fig was so good!  thanks, Dennis

I picked these today. I had time to photograph them, unlike the first one eaten within ten minutes of picking. They range it size. The quarter on the right and a CAD dollar on the left for our fellow fignuts.