This morning, I was surprised to find several, ripe brebas on my Valle Negra. This tree was started in March, 2015, from a cutting I got from Michael in VA. It went into the ground last Fall, and has grown very well. It set a good crop of brebas, 15-20, and is loaded with main crop figs as well. Very beautiful, jet black figs with a plum/raspberry colored flesh. Taste was excellent, sweet and lingering flavor. Jammy consistency, and a thin skin. If it continues to produce this way, it will move up on my list of keepers. Here are some photos from this morning.
   
 

Yummy!! Congrats!

Looks wonderful Gary, congratulations on your Valle Negra! I just got a cutting also this year from Marcus back east and it is a fantastic grower. Just put it in the ground this summer and has some figlets on it. Thanks for posting the pictures. It's something to really look forward to. Great job!

Great looking figs!  The plum/raspberry taste sounds very interesting.
Are they caprified? 

Is it a fair assumption that ANY common figs grown in fig heaven where the wasps live will be caprified and thus results for those of us not so blessed may vary considerably from those wondrous and delicious looking photos we see our compadres in California posting?

Tony,
That's a good question!  
Maybe an expert on the mysterious sex lives of figs can answer that.  The only way I know for sure is to do the float test on the seeds. If the seeds sink they are viable seeds and thus have been fertilized.

Not as dark but the breba look good here too, not as dark, those look amazing.

I always get asked whether or not I have the wasp. As I have said, I do not think so. My Zidi, Inchario Preto, Unk Pastiliere, etc. drop almost all of their figs. Occasionally, one will persist. There are no caprifigs growing anywhere nearby that I can find. I do know of some that are several miles away. I have been trying to establish them here, with the help of Doug and Harvey, but my young caprifigs don't yet have year round figs on them.
I think Valle Negras should look as good as the pics I posted, assuming you have nice, warm weather, as we've been having.
Pino, my description of plum/raspberry, was describing the pulp color, not flavor.
I like this fig here slightly better than my Negronne and VdB, so I will probably just keep the Valle Negra. They seem similar enough, that if you have VdB/Negronne already, and it does well for you, you could skip the Valle Negra. Just my opinion.

Thank you, Gary!

I'm from Italy,
and I indroduced Valle Negra in the States, giving this name (means Dark Valley).
Valle Negra is from a narrow valley in Alps mountains (middle Valle Camonica) during a my botanical research (not about figs).
This name was by me done from the fact that, in the morning, the steep slope where is the fig tree, faced W, is particularly dark.
I collected this because I looked for, (and till now do) to find figs adapt for "mountain climate" (wet-cold).
I prepared a lot of cuttings, and distributed to the States, but I do not conserved they, and for so I do not have "motherplant" to my home.

About your questions:
1) Normally brebas are not pollenized, for so IF the plant produces breba, do this, if Blastophaga exists or not.
2) The "common figs" so meaning "permanent", in the second fruiting (true-fig): if exists the insect (and this is in phase of time of ripening) is pollenized, ripen and and bear seeds. If not, it ripen without seeds.
3) The "Smyrna and San Pietro TYPE", Myrna, Inchario, Lampeira ...: with second fruiting "caducous", if there is NOT pollenizer fruits drop unripe.
4) The first bearing condition for have pollenizer is to have a caprifig trees within a mile were are female trees: The female Blastophaga flyes only a mile from the host-caprifig, and maybe two .... with the wind in favor, to pollinate, (or deposit her eggs in another caprifig). To rely on a single insect dragged by the wind for five miles is pure case.
5) Among "caducous" abovesaid, there are the best figs at all.
6) There are differences (Juicy, flavor, consistency) in "permanent" IF are pollenized or not.
7) It is extremely easy to control if a fig is pollenized: take a "second fruiting" fruit, well ripened (better if is overriped and smashed to the ground): dissolve the pulp in a glass of water, if the seeds (small grains) go deep these are full and then have been pollinated. If they float they are hollow and not pollinated.
Your comment are welcome.
Allowable to clarify.
Ciao, B.

If the seeds are full they can be sown, but this is a job for the crazy, or with a lot of ground, and a lot of desire to experiment.

But this is said to be another soup.

Grazie Blastophaga its great to have the story behind the fig!

I also have Valle Negra and loaded with figs this year I hope they ripen and look and taste like Gary's!