This Fig has been a great grower and has already fruited and it was just a cutting last Spring 2015.
The fruit has a very sweet berry taste to me sorta and it really is hard to describe. It is an outstanding grower here. They are raised commercially in France. I got my cuttings from Marius...Good Luck  growing this year. : )    

Beautiful fig you got there! Thank you for sharing photos!

It is a, great fig indeed.

Beautiful looking fig, Frank! I think this is an underrated fig, too. I've heard reports that it is pretty hardy. Do you have it in the ground?

[QUOTE=bigbadbill]Beautiful looking fig, Frank! I think this is an underrated fig, too. I've heard reports that it is pretty hardy. Do you have it in the ground?[/QUOTE]

Hey Bill, Not in the ground, but I have 3 of them so I think I will put one of them in the ground in the next few days! ..Thanks! : )

Frank,  can you please share some pics of the leaves?  

[QUOTE=SuperMario1]Frank,  can you please share some pics of the leaves?  [/QUOTE]

Will try to get some leaf photos tomorrow! : )

Very nice Frank. We love our VdS too!

Nice, your vds reminds Sicilian red. Is it a late ripener?

Thanks for the picks and description.

I have wondered myself and have a plant coming from James.

I believe this fig has something like a "Certificate of Province", in France  as a protection of the strain and origin.

Memory from reading awhile ago.
                                                    Mike

That's a beautiful looking fig Frank. I sure would like a cutting

Nice Frank!

 SuperMario1...Here are the Leaf photos of Violette de Sollies that you requested. : )

   

Looks good Frank!

It is a super tasty and large fig. I've seen smaller sized figs on the same tree. It was one of my fastest growers in pot, and when moved to in ground, it slowed down dramatically. The clay soil had a great impact on the rate of growth of all my in ground trees.
Productivity this year was poor (about five fruits), but it remains among my top five tasting dark varieties.

What are the other four?

Frank that is one delicious looking fig and the leaves look super healthy Keep doing what your doing with that plant 

Thank's sharing to your fig photos. It's like to a women lip.:)

That is a luscious looking fig and its flavours sound divine. 
Looks like I'll be updating my want list. ;) 

Frank, thanks for the leaf pics.  Very beautiful foliage and beautiful fruit. 

I dont think that's a VdS. The leaves don't look right and the VdS is a very squat fig sometimes with a long stem

See this French video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZXz2FrVf4Y

If Marius gave you Barnisote from UCD it is not VdS.

I do not have time for "TROLLS" !!! I don't care what you think!!!

Leafs look the same as VDS. Looks like a Great fig Frank.

I have a local variety called ADLER which they say is identical.

Is VDS a late variety?

Hey Elin, Vds is not late here. It grows fast and healthy. So far, this turning out to be a great Fig! I recieved the cuttings last Spring 2015 and now they are covered with Figs, I have them in 3 gal. Pots. They taste very nice also. Thanks! : )

[QUOTE = Элин]  У меня есть местный сорт под названием ADLER, которые они говорят, является идентичным. Является ли VDS поздно разнообразие? [/ QUOTE]This is a late variety. In Russia, GNBS, Yalta was called "Black late."

Frank, sorry to hijack your thread. Elin mentioned that it has a local variety called Adler. I bought a fig tree in a nursery. The tag had only the name "Adler P" and i could not find a single line of information on this variety on the web.

Elin, your Adler is a San Pedro? I am asking because mine is dropping the figs (i think they may be a second crop). Could you check the leaves of my tree and maybe compare with your local variety?

    

Nice Violette de Solliès figs, Frank.

I managed to get a small cutting of this variety and it rooted with great difficulty. I wasn't very lucky because the small tree has been touch and go. I have never seen such a bad case of FMV but i think it's pulling through.

I hope she shakes some of the FMV and outgrows it, so i can taste a few figs like the one's you showed.

 

Jaime, no problem with you! Mine is a very strong grower. I love the taste of the Figs. They really are a beautiful plant and Figs!
Sure hope yours grows good, so you can taste this excellent variety! Thanks for the photos,  good Luck! : )

Thank you for sharing this. Those figs look wonderful.

Hey Frank,

I just had my first violette de soleis of the season. See pics. I forgot how good they are! Wow. Thanks for reminding me.

Beautiful fig and tree Frank! Not a spot of FMV on those leaves! Very nice! Looking forward to tasting this one next year.. I hope anyway! Lol! Thanks for sharing :)

Jaime hi,

There a good chance your fig came from Israel as there was exchange of cuttings with portugal (we have alot of portuguese varieties in experimental orchards-like ponte del gada).

I am attaching photos of Adler which according an article -also attached is identical to black italian/Brojoito nero.

also in this post theres a discussion of VDS and BN-http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/show_single_post?pid=1285407226&postcount=16&forum=0

As to your fig it looks like a VDS by the leaf shape. maybe other reason for dropage of figs?

Anyhow i believe i should get a vds and compare these two babies.. :)
         

Frank,
Beautiful fruit you got there and it looks excatly like VDS I had from France. Mine dropped this year although one is still sticking on the tree. Your leaf looks like VDS too and I don't know what the other bloke was on about lol.

Cheers

Thanks a lot Alan for posting, very good Info and pictures!

Seems to be a beautiful fig and any time someone mentions a comparison to BM, folks take notice. I will have to keep an eye out for it. Thanks

[QUOTE=alanmercieca]Here is my research on this fig variety, this should clear up a lot of confusion about this variety http://foodplace.info/Bountiful_Figs/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=689&p=6107#p6107[/QUOTE]

Great info and beautiful pictures, Alan! Thanks for sharing!

[QUOTE=alanmercieca]Here is my research on this fig variety, this should clear up a lot of confusion about this variety http://foodplace.info/Bountiful_Figs/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=689&p=6107#p6107[/QUOTE]
@Frank, great looking fig and nice photos!

@Alan, that is a great story on this fig!  Wouldn't it be great if we had all the great figs stories online?

Also meant to ask how does Violette de Sollies do with breba production are there photos of the brebas?
Thanks

I have one coming from James, via Alan, COME ON JAMES!!