This is a delicious Fig! Had my first one a few days ago, I am going to get all the cuttings.I can get off her.
Looks like this will be the only one this year, maybe next year it will start bearing Figs better.

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Hi Frank
I agree 100%, this is an awesome fig. Rich and delicious, one of my favorites over the last 5 years

Glad to see that you're still ripening figs. Is yours in ground?
I believe that this fig should ripen much earlier than now. Mine was in pot and was done in August. I just moved it to inground as part of my potential little orchard. Hope that productivity should increase exponentially for you next year as I experienced with mine. In its second year mine produced no less than thirty figs. I classify this one as a very productive variety and almost sure that the flavor should improve with age, just like I experienced with the Celeste.

Looks great, Frank! I acquired one of these in September and she is now fully dormant. Hoping for a great wake-up and tremendous growth next year...

I've got a few cuttings of this rooting in the cellar, hopefully they take all the way ;)

Is this a Smyrna-type fig?

Not a Smyrna. Its a common fig

Top notch photography too, as  always.

Nice pic Frank. Have our MB in a shady part of the yard and it still produces.