Dan--Thanks very much. Great info, particularly the second link, which is a table comparing various characteristics for all (or many; I didn't check them one by one) of the UCD varieties. I wish I had seen it last year, before ordering! Was this rating based on figs that had actually been grown in Hawaii, or were they from the trees at UCD? I know such ratings are very subjective, and figs will taste different in different years or locations, but this seems like a very good place to start.
Based on this table, the UCR135-15s rates just barely below Black Madeira and just above Violette de Bordeaux, but with substantially larger fruit than either of the other two. Although mine is growing well (it's the tallest of last year's cuttings) I hadn't planned to plant it in the ground, but on the strength of this info I will certainly do so. I'm hoping the one Bass sampled was having a less-than-stellar year, and that the one I have will like Tucson's heat.
I had been thinking that I had all the varieties I wanted, but the Ischia White, Panachee, and UCR 153-17 all look very tempting. I had ordered Panachee last year but neither cutting survived, so it looks like I'd better try again next year. Where does it all end!?!