I thought it would be nice to hear what fig everyone is most looking forward to this summer! I know its hard to pick just a couple but if you had to choose your top 3-5.

I am looking forward to Hardy Chicago, Izbat an naj, MVBS, RdB and VdB.

Wishing everyone a great fig season!

Figo Preto, RDB, Hollier, Grise Olivette and JH Adriatic.

Black Madeira,Martinenca Rimada & Panachee

  Looking forward to several cultivars that are on their second leaf:  Izmir, Luv, Markopoulou and Culummu Niuru.

Just getting started so anything would be good. I really want black maderia,smith and i258

Only a couple? Emalyn's Purple, Black Bursa, Qalaat Al Maadiq, Ohra Tabahanosika, Marabot, Soccoro Black ,

Everything potted is on its first leaf so no anticipation there.... Even my in ground trees which are exploding with growth after getting cut down to the ground last fall are just getting big enough to begin setting their main crop figs so I guess all I can really look forward to. in the short term. is a fresh batch of Fig Newton's....

Any ripe fig is a favorite but since I have to choose I would have to say;
Black Madeira
Longue de Aout
Valle Negra
Smith
LSU Tiger

Hmm... I'll tell you at the end of the season.  ;P

I am totally bummed as voles got both my Blanche de Deux Saissons. Thank God I have some 1 gallons to replace them. But  . . . whine whine whine -- no BdDS figs till 2018  at least.
Others I'm looking forward to;
Battaglia Green 
Col de Dames -- especially Blanc
Ronde De Bordeaux
Norella, Negronne, Marseilles Blk VS, St. Rita
Marseilles -- I have a few but the Monticello cultivar is the best (imho).
Flat Blk Madeira, Blk Mad., Preto
Dottato
Binello
etc. etc. etc.
I hope to taste figs from well over 100 varieties again this year. hmmm hmmm hmmmm
oops one I forgot that must be mentioned = Yellow Neeches and Mary Lane Seedles snuck on as well . . . 

Micheal, 
What is the Monticello cultivar? Is it a certain variety in the Mound Etna family?
Becky

Black Madeira, Figo preto, smith, and corynth

Still trying to get my first fig off of my 3 year old chicago hardy's this year. Brebas fell off and main crops are about the size of a smartie so we will see what happens.

Thanks Ed.

Becky I do not know exactly how this story goes and so I make no claim that ANY of it is true.
I was told that Mike at Edible Landscaping supplied The Center For Historic Plants at Monticello (actually at nearby Tufton farm and it's Thomas Jefferson's Center For Historic Plants) - but . . . oh well
I keep missing Mike when I stop by -- I'm only 8 miles away now.
Anyway
I was told that Mike supplied Monticello with Angelique (I love this one) and a cultivar of St. Anthony Marseilles and possibly the Brown Turkey they have which they are very fond of.
This next part is convoluted so I'll try and just lay it out;
I have heard the argument that the Battaglia Green I got that originated at Folly Castle in Petersburg , Va is possibly the true "White" fig Jefferson loved so much.
And Becky -- the variety I call Marseilles Monticello is an excellent fig. I have a number of Marseilles figs and am trying to run comparisons. 

"They" say Jefferson grew Marseilles, Angelique and Brown Turkey. Monticello wants any fig that was possibly grown by Jefferson - so they are looking for older figs that were in US back then. So far I have collected Battaglia Green, Yellow Niches and St. Jean for them. Mission could also be added to that list.

I don't have time to type all this out and few folks care much about fig history so if anyone is seriously interested  PM me and I'll try to set up a time to chat. I have a new phone that should make it easier to hear on the way so it won't be in the next "few" days.
thx.

Oh yeah, btw my first 3 Florea brebas were picked yesterday. They were very good. Much better then I thought they'd be.
My Florea main crop is usually first or second to ripen around 8/1.

Attention "fig noob"

Those looking for an early variety should seriously consider Florea. I consider the taste very good for breba and an 8 of 10 for main crop.
With closed eye and early (very) ripening and good productivity I'll add at least one more of this variety to my orchard this year.

I will be eating this variety for months and to get good figs this early in Va without a green house is a big deal.

Try LSU Improved, not the LSU O'rourke - it's main crop is slightly earlier than Florea. Herman2 reported
This finding too.

Thanks Micheal! I never realized that figs had a history in the U.S. that far back. Thanks for sharing your story and its nice to hear that people are caring for the old trees/ keeping them going through cuttings. You should do a fig history post on the forum for all members!

Thanks Paully and Micheal, some cold climate fig recommendations are always welcome! They sound like good choices for my area I will keep a look out for cuttings this fall.

mg, i think you are wrong about lack of interest in fig history.
there are tons of folks who get really excited by this topic.

I agree with susieqz. I find it very interesting to learn the story behind the figs.

I have a Little Miss Figgie with one breba and 3 main crop. I will finally get to taste one! LMF was one of my first fig purchases three years ago, I have 4 trees and this is the first figs.

Celeste-----my standard for figs. I have one in ground from a 1 gal pot. 3 years later and it is 8' x8' and again loaded with figs. It will get some serious pruning this fall. Now, since it is in TN does that make it a TN Mountain Fig? The Celeste/TN fig acts totally different in TN than in LA. I grew up with 2 Celeste trees, the were very productive. The figs in LA were a darker color and larger than TN, my figs and figs from local Celeste/TN figs are smaller and lighter colored. The taste is exactly the same.....takes me back to my early childhood everytime I eat one.

LSU Gold....the few I had wowed me last year. 

I agree it nice to get a history lesson.

Every year I look forward to the usual suspects (see my posts), proven producers in cool climates and incredibly delicious.  The fig that tastes best is the current one left on a healthy plant during sunny period in peak of summer and ripened to perfection.

For 2017 looking forward to tasting many new figs looking to ripen their first figs and looking to see some promising ones of past years kick into full production.  Figo Preto, Niagara Black,  Gillette, Ficazzana, Natalina, Hative D'Argenteuil, Bourjasotte Noir, Valle Negra ...

One I was really looking forward to this year was Peters honey. It was one of my favorites last year. Ripened to perfection it is very good. Saldy all have been blah this year. Just had 3 days of rain and picked 3 today. 2 were split from all the rain. They are breakfast tomorrow.

Red lebanese Bekaa valley was picked and eaten this morning. After all the rain I was very happy that it was sweet and juicy with berry flavors. Lingering aftertaste of pomegranites too. 1st year for me getting figs from this one.. 3 more just forming on the tree. Not sure if they will ripen or not.

Another really good one for me was Oregon prolific. Brown sugar flavors that I really enjoyed. It also split in the rain

Ones I am looking forward to are Italian 258, Genovese Nero AF, and a bunch of others that I havent had figs from yet.