An excellent cultivator that ripens late in my climate (Zone 6). Has a very small eye, but it is not rain tolerant, will sour and crack open. This fig gets a 9 out of 10 from me.


Navid.

Mine is in ground and when climate is OK,it makes 10 out of ten ,quality,fruits.
Yet in August and September it was splitting like a flower and souring,like most other good figs I have.
Edit Note:August 10-to September 30:36 inches of rain fell in my location,40 days out of 50 was raining,so no cultivar resisted or made quality fruits in those conditions.

Vasile you are correct. Figs on this tree will split easily with too much rain, as many other cultivators do. I am sure it will do much better in dry regions of the country where they don't get as much rain as in our climate. Nonetheless, the ones that get to rip fully on the tree, taste excellent.

Navid - you got the midas touch. Thanks for posting much info & pic's on your figs. Any specific tips on how you get them to ripen sooner in your zone.

I am in process of airlayering mine due to purchasing an RKN infected plant. I'll have a few cuttings leftover before bagging and destroying the roots and soil after I cut the airlayer of someone is looking to trade for something interesting.

I just set myself back two years on fruit.... Ugh. This looks like a solid one.

Thank you Paully. To hasten the ripening process for my late bearing cultivators, I start pinching off the leaves by the 2nd week of the Aug. Then at the end of the Aug. I'll severe off any apical buds on each branch. Usually trees start to branch out again, I'll remove those new (small) branches as well.
I do the same for few of my varieties that usually ripe the latest (end of Oct.-early Nov.), but for those I'll cover the top of their pots with a 45 mill Polyurethane pond liner. That way heat will not be lost by convection and it'll help tremendously with the ripening process.

Navid.

Excellent useful tips. Will try them next season. I have a lot of figs that will not ripen this Oct. One thing I know for sure I won't do is "oiling"  -- it does affect the taste badly.

Thanks.

[QUOTE=satellitehead]I am in process of airlayering mine due to purchasing an RKN infected plant. I'll have a few cuttings leftover before bagging and destroying the roots and soil..... [/QUOTE]

I thought RKN was a sandy soil isuue and they would not survive in heavier soils. Does you area have a sandy soil or will they live in other soil types?