Top row L-R:  Seattle Purple Unknown, Gene's Vashon, 2 Marlow.  Bottom row: 3 Lattarula.
All are of Breba Crop on a 30.5cm x 30.5cm (12"x12") stone tile.

I found it interesting that both Gene's Vashon & Marlow have an "oblique pyriform" shape but the eyes are oblique in opposite directions!

Happy Growing,   kiwibob, Seattle
 

More pickings from the last two days, all are Breba Crop except Gillette is Profichi Crop:

August 1, 2016:  clockwise from top; 11 Gillette, Vashon Violet (Brunswick), 2 Desert King, Lattarula, Negronne.

 

August 2, 2016:  clockwise from top; 2 Vancouver, 2 Negronne, all green figs are Gillette, 4 Vashon Violet (Brunswick) at bottom.

 


Served at last night's Block Party:  clockwise from top; Gillette, Desert King slices with strawberry colored pulp, Lattarula slices with honey colored pulp, 5 slices of Vashon Violet (Brunswick), 3 slices of Negronne, 3 slices of Vancouver at left.

   

Enjoy,   kiwibob, Seattle

Looks like a nice crop! I wish I could pick that many figs each day :-)

Looks amazing!  I have to keep hitting Trader Joe's for figs because every time I come F4F I want figs!

August 3, 2016 pickings on a 30.5 x 30.5 cm stone tile (12" x12"), all are Brebas except Gillette which is Profichi:  top row all Desert King;  middle row l-r: Vancouver, 2 Vashon Violet (Brunswick) the large one at center weighs about 105g, Tilbury's Turkey (pecked), Walla Walla (most likely Brunswick);  bottom row(s) all Gillette.

 


So far I'm ahead of the critter wars with the exception of Lattarula which is done with its Brebas for the year thanks mostly to the Raccoons.  Protecting some of the Figs has been by plastic "clamshells", and sealable plastic bags (not good due to moisture retention!) when I ran out of the clamshells.

 

 

I can't eat all the Figs so any Forum Members in the Seattle area that want to join a Fig tasting, 7pm Thursday August 4 at my place, please send me an e-mail (no PM's) for directions.

Good Eats,   kiwibob, Seattle

Excellent huge crop of breba figs (and profichi)! 

Bob would you say that Seattle's mild but not too hot and dry weather really helps the 1st crop?

Pino,

No, our Temperate Maritime climate here in the Pacific Northwet doesn't help the Breba Crop although it may affect Gillette's Profichi Crop.  What you see as an abundance of Brebas is the result of selecting Varieties that tend to produce a good Breba Crop.  We do that and prune to encourage Breba production because we don't get enough heat during the growing season to ripen the Main Crop in most years!  Most of the Main Crop Figs shown on my website with the exception of Lattarula (which often ripens some of the Main Crop most years) are the result of unusually hot years here!

These are my August 6 picks with Gillette at lower left, Desert King at lower right and with the medium colored Figs:
 

Here are the photos of yesterday's Fig Tasting with Chryssa.
Top row l to r: 2 Violetta, 2 Chryssa's Unknown
Middle row l to r: Dan's Favorite, 2 Vashon Violet (Brunswick), Vancouver, Walla Walla (Brunswick)
Bottom row l to r: Gillette (not quite ripe), Tilbury's Turkey (not properly developed, small and not as ripe as it should be), 2 Desert King
 

Sliced Figs in same order as above.  Note that if Gillette was fully ripe, the white meat near the eye would be translucent like the meat in the upper part of the Fig:
 

Happy Growing,   kiwibob, Seattle

alanmercieca,

Gillette = Croisic.  I live in Seattle where Mamme & Mammoni Caprifigs rarely if ever form and never ripen.  Don't know about the stalks as I don't require that kind of "high fiber" diet ;)


August 8 picks:
Medium colored top = Tilbury's Turkey, 3 below middle = Vashon Violet (Brunswick), 2 at bottom = Violetta, darker greens in top half = Desert King, lighter greens in bottom half = Gillette.
 

August 9 picks:
Light greens left half = Gillette, top medium colored = Vashon Violet (Brunswick), darker greens right half = Desert King, bottom medium colored = Violetta.
 


August 10 picks shared with F4F Member Seattle Purple this afternoon:
Top light green = Gillette, middle row l to r; Violetta, Vashon Violet (Brunswick), 3 Tilbury's Turkey, bottom 2 dark green = Desert King, right medium colored with curved neck = Dan's Favorite.
 

Sliced Figs in same order as above with one Tilbury's Turkey missing.  Note the white meat near the Gillette eye isn't ripe yet but translucent white meat above is ripe.  This is typical of how Gillette ripens.
 

All are Brebas except Gillette are Profichi's.

Drooling allowed ;)   kiwibob, Seattle

Thank you for sharing your experience, figs, and trees with me.

I left with an abundance of knowledge I did not have when I showed up and a renewed passion in growing my own fruit.

We need more people like KiwiBob, not just in this community, but the world.

August 11 picks but I had to discard about 12 Gillette and 3 Desert Kings due to bird pecking:
Top half greens = Gillette, bottom half l to r; 3 Violetta, a malformed Petit Negri with Desert King below, 2 Vashon Violet (Brunswick).
 

Anyone in the Seattle area interested in doing a Taste Test by next Monday please send me an e-mail.  Profichi & Breba season should be over by next Wednesday!

Enjoy,   kiwibob

Kiwibob, your summer pick look deliscious! Its sad to know the season is just about over. I have been going to trader Joes to buy figs just about once a week. In early July they sold Tiger shrimp, which was interesting. I bought four trays of them!