I was speaking to a farmer today who has a very successful farmers' market business.  Figs help fill his void after his cherries but he wishes he had figs with a longer season.  Howard at Davis has told me that Verdal Longue fruit late into the year but I wonder if others have kept records of varieties that are good  producers over a long season.  My Panache keep producing though I don't really consider them to be heavy producers.

Harvey, my purple unknown keeps on making figs, but here they don't have  a chance to ripe, I had some that formed as main fig and swell up as breba on the following year. that was weird. This tree just makes and makes figs. it is unreal.   Very good figs also.  Last year, they were ripening in mid Nov.

Okay, thanks Grasa.  I probably should specify that this should be under hot growing conditions.  This grower is in the Bakersfield area which has a lot of very hot weather.

My Paradiso Gene has just formed the new crop, will ripen in October probably.

LSU Purple is the most everbearing fig I've heard of.

Otherwise, I suppose it's just one of those figs that have good breba and main.

Harvey, Alma starts in July and ends at frost...for my location, anyway.

Adriatic JH

Thanks, folks.

In my greenhouse Strawberry Verte keeps putting on figs as long as it keeps growing. In Bakersfield it would take regular watering to keep the tree growing during the hottest summer weather.

Are there any figs that keep setting main crop after they quit growing? I won't think so.

RdB seems to keep on pumping out figs.  I don't know how long it would go for, but if I had a longer season I would get a lot more figs off of mine.

I just bought Natalina if this fig is the same as its namesake in Italy then it has 3 crops (trifere?). 

Supposedly the breba ripens in June, then first crop ripens Aug/Sept then it grows new shoots with figs that ripen around Christmas and in some areas figs can also ripen at Easter.   The figs are round and somewhat flat, moderately large, smooth skin green/purple, the pulp is red, juicy, nice taste.
 
Not a continuous main crop but 3 crops a year?  Don't know how prolific it is.

I don't know if the fig I bought here is actually the same one but I guess I'll find out in  few years...LOL

<edit> Would be interesting to hear the experience of someone who has had Natalina for some time?

Hi Harveyc,
Do you know "Osborn Prolific" ? I've been looking into that strain and seems that it might be of interest - except for
the heat part perhaps - I read some comments on that point.
But ho well, if one doesn't try it, one won't know ...

My Aldo's Palermo Red main crop starts at the beginning of August and lasts through frost. I picks handfuls of figs almost daily whereas some varieties seem to ripen their figs all at once over a few days.

jdsfrance, I know of OP but don't grow it.

Leon, thanks for the suggestion, sounds very good.  I'm growing Red Sicilian so, hopefully, I'll see similar results here.

Harvey,

Aldo seems to suffer in the central Texas heat.  It is in the middle of a field with no shade and no wind block.  Aldo and MBVS were planted at the same time (about 45' apart) and both froze to the ground last winter.  MBVS is 3X as tall and has a fig at every node.  Aldo has very few figs on it.  If it has a mild winter to contend with, Aldo may overcome the heat of summer better.

Out of the figs I'm growing there are a few that seem to keep developing figs over a long period: Florea and MvsB are good examples.

depends on the weather and other factors. in 2012, i had 3 crops from VdB, and Paradiso. the season started mid june, and it lasted till sometime in nov.. the weather was perfect, if i know how to keep the breba crop from not dropping off, it might have been longer. this yr, JH Adriatic started.. sometime in june, and it's still holding on to some figs. i think it might be best to have some early figs, mid season, and late ones. that should cover everything. I-258, Figo Preto, and Black Madeira still have figs on that are still ripening. 

Just to clarify, I am seeking names of continuous bearing varieties (main crop), not just late figs.  Also, fruit should be of fairly good size and be able to handle some transport to market.  In my experience, RdB is too small to be grown as a commercial variety.  Also, this farmer has some problems with bugs invading figs so they should have a small/closed eye.

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Bari is supposed to be continuous if you can get it.

My Florea was the first to ripen and it's still producing.

Thanks, Michael.  My Florea is still too small for fruit, hope to know more about it next year.

LSU Everbearing is reported to be a long producer (summer through fall) and be able to tolerate heat.  The problem is there is just about ZERO information on it.  I've seen it referred to an unreleased LSU variety.  I guess that means that LSU doesn't acknowledge it's presence in any of their fig documents.