These three varieties (Bari, Red Lebanese (Bekaa), and St. Rita) have been excellent figs these past few weeks. They share many characteristics but are not the same variety. All three are productive early/mid-season figs with a jammy berry taste. However, each has their own subtle flavor tones which make them unique. Each is growing in SIPs but next year I will try planting them in the ground and will compare how they do there.

Those figs look excellent. I know its a tough question but if you were forced to pick only one which would you choose?

  Thanks
   Peter

Yeah, that's tough.  Growing them in containers they rate pretty much even.  It would probably come down to the relative vigor of the individual plants in my collection. Bari is the healthiest followed by Red Lebanese and St. Rita.  But even the St. Rita is reasonably healthy.  I think differences may emerge once I trial them in-ground so I'll try to post again in a couple years!

I should add that last year I rated the Red Lebanese (Bekaa) a notch above both the Bari and St. Rita which were about the same.  This year I am not seeing that difference.  They are all getting full sun this year, and had part sun last year, so maybe that has something to do with it.

Heard great things about bari. Going by looks vari is the,winner

Yes, I like Bari a lot.  It's 2nd year it was a real winner in terms of flavor.  The 3rd year it was good, not great.  This year it is back to being a winner.  It seems that figs are a bit larger this year perhaps because of maturity but could also be because of better sun exposure.  Mine is in a 20 gallon container and with a bit of fig shuffle in the Spring it starts ripening the main crop here around Aug. 10-15.  From then on it keeps ripening figs until frost.

Nice looking figs!
It will be interesting so see how RL(bekaa) will grow in ground in z7a.

They look lovely and sound like they are good for colder areas. I am in a zone similar to 7b, occasionally 7a, with a short summer. Something like these would be great but I haven't come across them in the UK.