Despite his ugly appearence,i have to give a 9 to this cultivar,a good tasting fig. Thanks for looking.   Marius

Thanks for the pics Marius. Do you think this is your top white fig or is Vasilika (Dalmatie) better?

 Thanks,
  Peter

Peter,i'd stay with Vasilika and Nordland(white figs).

Thanks for the info. I have a Nordland on order from Raintree and I' looking forward to it. Also I tasted my first Stella which I believe is very similar to Vasilika (dalmatie) and it was excellent.

 

This is interesting...doesn't quite match up with other images of Smith I've seen, especially the interior of the fruit.  Was there a honey plug at the eye?  I did not see that here, and also, the all the flesh line up to a vertical border when the fruit is split along the side as shown.  Other images of the Smith fig interior I've seen has the border between top and bottom, like Black Madeira.  The potential for five finger leaves is interesting here as well, since most images of the plant has three lobes.

/me wipes off the drool and re-checks Vasilika and Nordland...

Shah when it comes to resin, honey , nectar whatever 1 want to call it its not always on the fig of same tree.
Some of my madeiras get it and some do not.

Okay, understood.  I read so much about how its presence makes such figs more rain-tolerant, and I've also read about the pleasures of eating such "honey".  So I key onto what a fig does at the eye.

Does it affect eating quality of the BMs you have, whether or not it has honey in the eye?

no.