I was just wanting to ask what everyone's favorite tasting Fig this year is.

Mine without a doubt is Adriatic JH .....Man, I love this Fig, my Wife and I fight over them. I have only had about 15 or 20 ripe ones this year, but the taste is Amazing! If you do not have this Fig, please make sure you have it before next year....I am not kidding! Tonight, I am going in the backyard and get one that's about ripe and tell my Wife I heard something in the backyard and I need to investigate! ; )

Frank from Bama


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I certainly agree with you Frank, that Adriatic JH is a 'must have', but I think I have to go with Galicia Negra. It was shared by Harvey at my get-together, and it was memorable. I can't wait to taste it again. It has been a very abundant harvest of figs here this year, and many have been amazing.

I cant say since I have yet to have a fresh fig. I just got some Adriatic JH cuttings in the mail. Glad I got that one now. My wife has been laughing at me for getting more "sticks" in the mail. Haha

So far my white ischia but my thibodeaux is starting to swell. Second would be becnel native black. Well orourke too. Lol.

Thanks for starting this thread, Frank. It is a coincidence because I was just going to post my new favorite fig...Italian 258! Up until today, I probably would have been right there with you Frank- with Adriatic JH , or possibly Paradiso bronze VS. Threre were some contenders early with Sodus Sicilian, izbat an Naj, Rockaway green, Susser Georg, and even Bisirri #3 ( I probably am forgetting a few others that were right up there, also). However, this year belongs to Italian 258. There were three ( my first three I-258's ever) hanging on my very small two yr old tree. I popped the first one off earlier today, admired the size and doorknob shape and sliced this dense ball of rich jelly open. This was an indescribable fig, see pics below. Rich, sweet and a flavor all of its own ( although it was similar in flavor to my kk black Madeira). Even the skin was delicious and uniquely sweet. Most of my figs are waning in terms of flavor and sweetness because we just don't have the heat to ripe them anymore, but this was the exception. I wonder what it would taste like in the unforgiving heat of August. I would grow ten trees of this variety if I could. Hey that gives me an idea...

Mine is definitely Conadria (my only fig...), green with amber flesh, so tasty... I discovered figs are tastier warm to... 

I agree with Gary, Galicia Negra was number one this year. It's also #1 on my cutting goals for this winter!

Second rung is about an even tie between Adriatic JH, CdDB, and Strawberry Verte. 

I hope you are right about Adriatic JH and Galicia Negra, I have not tried either but I have both with strong roots and growth and they should produce several figs next year. can't wait. My CdD Blanc was probably the best this year.

#1 was Navid's Unknown Dark Greek, #2 was MBVS.

Liam, that's OK, listen to what your Dad says....When you get to where you are moving, I will help you out !..., Ok ?

Frank from Bama

I'm Fairly new at figs but I managed to acquire over 200 different ones in the past 2 year, I like them all I'm steel confused on the different taste, there is one that stands out, a light colored, pear shaped average sized fig it came from my great grandfather's house in the mountains of Abbruzzo overlooking the Adriatic sea (who knows maybe Adriatic relative?)

Sounds like some sort of Adriatic or Conadria

I have a canadria and it's definatly not a canadria, lighter in color, long neck like pear, I will take pictures next year

I indirectly like adriatic, Conadria is cross between adriatic and a caprifig

I also have never eaten a Fig but this thread will definitely help me when searching for plants and cuttings this winter. I tried rooting Adriatic JH but being my first try at rooting I failed. Now I have better Potting mixes, Perlite, vermiculite, etc so hopefully my next attempt will succeed. I have a few plants that will hopefully produce next year (Hardy Chicago, Scott's Black and MvsB plus my Mission and Yellow Neches cuttings which are rooting and I hope will survive. Thanks for the awesome info here everyone.

Have to say the one that sticks out most in my mind is not a fig of mine...yet.  I get to prune them in a few more weeks when they go dormant.  I don't reckon I've posted here about these trees yet.

This one fig was the only fig on this young tree that's different from any of their other trees, in fact, the Sister didn't even realize the tree had a fig on it until I walked over to investigate when she said "that little tree came up on its own!".  It's growing a good 25-30 feet from the rest of the much larger and older trees and who am I to argue with a Nun? I have no theory or explanation of how it could even exist. 

 

 

 

I haven't had nearly the variety of figs as most here but have had some I consider very good from some older trees around.  This fig is outstanding, at least to me.  Don't even know what to call it.  The leaf is like Negronne but the fig as you can see is not.  They have Negronne, two yellow Italian type, a green Greek type and a BT they account for planting but this one is a mystery.  One I am surely looking forward to investigating.  

For me, out of 30 some varieties my best was Brooklyn Dark.
After that I thought Susser Georg was extremely good.  Then several more - Black Triana (before rains caused splitting), San Pietro, VdB and Emerald Strawberry.

Hi,
I liked them all, but the healthy "Longue d'aout" is my best this year.
It ripened the figs soon enough, had a big crop, the figs have a good size, they have honey inside, and the flesh is meaty.
LDA is, for me, in the dark figs class.

My best-tasting so far this year has been Malta Black.  I was shocked how good it was, especially off of a young potted tree.