Hi guys. I know lots of you northeasters(specifically NJ or zone 7) have trialed UCD trees. I was looking to save lots of time and energy by only continuing to grow the ones that are good performers. I grow in pots for the most part so hardiness is not the most important trait. Early ripening and taste are the most important traits I am looking at. Thanks for the help in advance.
Jason

If you grow in pots your figs will never taste as good as for the trees inground.
Doesn't matter the cultivar.
It is so easy for the plant in pot to lack some nutrients,water etc,and make the fruits inferior to the true potential of the cultivar.
UC DAVIS classic cultivars are infected with FMV,and so they got a problem here against adverse conditions on east coast.
Hybrids were chosen to be good for Central Ca,not for here and so most of them are middle season or late to ripe here.
The only Hybrid I have at this point,from UCD,is Jurupa.
It seem that is as late as Col de Dame,and it will ripe here,when older.
The rest I have sent them to south,most of them and discarded a few,who were splitting badly.