I love this fig! It is so sweet and complex- thanks, Nick! I always say it tastes like a caramelized peach and it never disappoints. The only thing that is disappointing is how hard it is to root these buggers. I would have 20 trees of it if I could. It has a pretty consistent ripening pattern. For the last three years, they've started ripening between August 26-30. They usually finish up in late September. I have a lot of English brown turkey variants, if this is in fact an EBT variant, it is certainly the best one I have. I've shared a few air layers with some members over the last few years, so hopefully some will share their thoughts on this dynamite fig.

That is a good looking fig, thanks for sharing about it.  I am intrigued by the diversity of opinion on the  flavor of EBT's, so I am always interested when somebody raves about a EBT's flavor.  Sounds like a very good one for the want list.  Too bad is it hard to root,  Is it also difficult to airlayer or just difficult to root cuttings?

It's pretty standard to air layer, it's just really hard to root. I am by no means a great rooter, but I am 3 for 20 rooting and 2 of the 3 I did root ended up dying shortly after. I am typically 80-90 percent successful. That is what is odd...Bornholm(diamond), Susser Georg, fehmarn, laradek BT, etc all rooted without problem. This one is beyond stubborn. The three Sodus that initially rooted took well over six weeks to show any evidence of progress. That is why I just wait to air layer- then it's 100 percent success.

Thank you for the information.  BTW Is it as productive as the other EBT varieties for you?

For me, it is more productive. Here is a pic of one of the "Y" branches of a Sodus Sicilian tree.

Wow!

That fig looks terrific. I wonder what makes that tree difficult to root?

It does sound and look like a very nice hardy fig. I'd like to try growing it, put me on the list! Perhaps grafting could be another option of propagating this hard to root variety, although this might not be the best for in ground planting in locarions where die back could happen. I suppose it could be grafted and then AL'ed so you could have it on its own roots...

My top performers in pots have been Sicilian figs. Looks like you have a winner. Congratulations.

Sounds good, wish I had room for more! I will put it on the list to try if room frees up.

A peach flavor is definitely interesting. Thank you for sharing the information.

Hey Bill, That's a Beautiful Fig! Thanks for the nice  photos also, thanks for sharing! : )

Bill I am happy to hear it is doing well for you! I'm on vac in Sodus and checked on the mother tree yesterday. The owner really cut it down this spring, but it really grew back strong!

Kelby said mine are ripening now at home, so hopefully he is enjoying them!

And I agree on rooting, extremely difficult!

Definitely would like to have this one sounds like I better get an air-layered one instead of cuttings though.  Thanks for sharing this one.