The #1 tuffest Fig Tree I have has to be " Stella" ...This last Winter we got to 7 degrees, for one night! All of my trees in the ground,was killed to the ground, Stella was the first to show any signs of life. Now, out of 30 figs in the ground,she has the most growth and the most beautiful! What I am trying to say is she is for sure"tuff" Get her, if you can find her! : )

Frank, my Vasilika Sika (Belleclare), which is highly related to Stella, also did better than most figs for me last winter.

LOTS GOOD INFO

THANKS

Here's a photo of an unknown Italian fig tree growing in zone 5 without any winter protection. 

 

well  that's cool wonder were that tree is located .


I probably will never try in ground ..?? who knows
 I guess I should have said in original post I wanted best recommendations for best figs for " pot cultures " and shorter growing season ..? 
I wonder how my trees will do in the Wal-Mart  SIP pots 17.2"x1 5.4"  $8.86 +tax  They are made in USA by SUNCAST.

I have decided to keep them in permanently my rough guess minus the water reservoir they hold 10 to 13 gallon of soil . I will root prune every three to 5 years ??

The last three or 4 years in the fall when the potted figs started losing leaves I have stored them in a cool dark basement room an watered then about once a month .
they start to wake up end of march first of April .
Then they come up to the sun room for the fig shuffle outside whenever its above 50f .
   

 This tree is in Brooklyn NY.

These trees are in SIP for now and perform much better than my other trees in regular pots. For the second year in a row my top producing trees in pots are Deana, Violette de Bordeaux, St.Anthony(Italian Variety), Celeste and Ronde de Bordeaux.
If I had to keep only five varieties in pots at this time and I say this today since I have many varieties that I did not have the chance to taste yet, the five mentioned above would be my choice. I'm sure that I will have other surprises down the road, but these trees have been my best performers in pot right from the beginning. The St. Anthony, Celeste and Deana are relatively early ripening figs. The Violette de Bordeaux is earlier than the Ronde de Bordeaux which I classify as a late fig that keeps on producing into the late fall..

The next photo is of fig trees in SIPs such as the one you show in picture above. The second picture is of my productive Deana fig tree.

   

I live in Philadelphia which is 6b zone. Personally I bring every pot in a cold storage no matter what type of fig. I have olive trees for years but, I got lazy last winter and now there gone. Anything sub-tropical in pots should be brought into cold storage. A garage or indoor porch or even greenhouse.remember the roots are the most important . You can check out " mediterranean in Mayfair".

Hardy Chicago for sure. Its a delicious fig and pretty cold hardy. I have had one in ground for 5 years. first 3 years no protection and no problems. No die back at all. 2 years ago we got slammed and the -35 wind chills I thought had killed it. It did end up bouncing back but late and no figs. Last year I protected it and it still died back but again very cold wind chills. This year it is already throwing 9 new shoots and I saw figs today. :).. I decided to do 6 airlayers and have a hardy chicago forest :).

I'm in 5b but close to 6a.

Battaglia Green
Kathleen's Black
Ronde de Bordeaux
Marseilles Monticello (may be St. Anthony's - not sure yet).
Marseilles Black VS
but there are so many others - 

thanks for your suggestions ..I notice a few keep popping up  

For me in Quebec zone 5

The best are :

Latarulla
Danny's Delight
Jean-Talon


Great perfomers for me

Vincent is your  Latarulla  a green or yellow fig with a red or pink interior ..  I did a search and found a lot of confusing descriptions ?

also do you grow in pots ? is this tree a  dwarf or more bush like ? thanks

Hi Baust55,

My lattarulla is a green fig with a pink interior. It's growing in a pot in tree form. I bought it from brugmansia-quebec.com.

Stella does wonderfully here in Oregon. It doesn't take much heat to ripen and gives delicious blood red figs, one you should definitely consider.

thanks figlet

Hi Austin,
     Amateur recommendation based on my 2+ years of experience and research on this forum. Since you mention pot-culture and early ripening, these are my choices. RdB, Kathleen Back(reasonably early ripening - for me it has ripened in September) , Dalmatie, Negronne, Italian Black.

I hate to leave some good ones out but if limited to 6, then these ones for sure in pots and relatively early:

- RDB
- Mars VS Blk
- Hardy Chicago (or Sal EL or good Celest strain)
- Florea
- I-258
- Vista 

  & then Gino & Desert King

What I recommend is going with 1 from each flavor group. See this thread to know what I'm talking about: http://www.ourfigs.com/forum/figs-home/15522-fig-flavor-groups

Honey: Atreano, St. Anthony (aka Italian Honey, Lattarula, etc...) or Brooklyn White.
Adriatic Berry: JH Adriatic is probably your best bet for colder climates.
Dark Berry: Hardy Chicago types... MSVS, Takoma Violet, Sal's EL... there are a ton of these that all relatively taste the same and many have already been mentioned above.
Bordeaux Berry: RdB, Kathleen's Black or VdB... RdB probably being your best bet.
Southern BT
Sugar: These are the English BT/Celeste types. Celeste types ripen earlier (Improved Celeste, Southern BT, O'Rourke & possibly even Olympian). English BT types ripen late (LaRadek's, Hanc's & Sweet George) see this thread: http://www.ourfigs.com/forum/figs-home/3084-let-s-talk-english-brown-turkey

Latarulla
Maltese Beauty
Petite Negri or VDB type
Hardy Chicago
Preto

Great post but this question is very difficult to answer given all the great common type figs and the great breba producing san pedro type figs.

Ideally for containers dwarf fig trees would have an advantage but I haven't found any except maybe Petite Negri.

Just stay away from late ripeners and figs that need the wasp.

In-ground for my zone -

Desert King
Granthams Royal
Florea
Latarrula
Osborne Prolific
Barbillone
Florea
Nebo
Melanzana AF
Ginoso -- Have done well over the last 3 seasons
Improved Celeste
O'rourke
RdB

Pot culture -
Filanciano -- Brebas only but severely root bound in pot. Taste not as superior. May give it a try putting it in ground to see
whether there is any notable difference in taste and productivity. No winter protection for many years.

Paul
I like your list for in ground! 
I think you are in zone 6/7 in PNW/BC?

I am in northern Indiana and was given 2 small sucker plants 2 years ago, I have moved them from smaller to larger pots and root pruned at that time. I have no idea the type. I did have 2 figs that ripened the end of September last year.
I will try uploading photos.