My 1st main crop variant planted in-ground to ripen in 2017 is Florea. The last 2
season was LSU Improved Celeste. My zone is Pacific North West, British Columbia,
Fraser Valley, Canada(near Vancouver).

I've only picked brebas so far!

Mine is lsu improved Celeste that we talked about Was bought as O'roukie but turned out to be IC.
Southern Louisiana

Last to wake up, first to fruit (due to april 15th frost?)....Fico Santo.

Florea, starting a few days ago, which is about a week late compared to past years.

The first potted main crop fig was a Lattarula, which started a week ago and continues in dribs and drabs.  A potted RdB started just after and has produced roughly 8 figs with many more colored and ripening.  

I actually got a pile of ICs from some 1st year cuttings, but I started those in December so they had a head start.

Like figpig, my first is Improved Celeste that was sold to me as O'Rourke. My LSU Purple's breba crop was ripening before the IC.

Hi,
No big surprise here in Zone7; my first main crop figs were Dalmatie but not from my main tree; I harvested 5 on Monday. My main Dalmatie tree has the main fruits ripening now ( 3 days later).
Wednesday, I got one Longue d'aout from my "healhty longue d'aout". I spotted a second fig ripening on the tree.
It got me reminded of how tasty the main crop is on Longue d'aout.
Waiting for the others to check in : Madeleine des deux saisons, dorée, ufti, Osborn prolific, violette dauphine, Panaché ( hahaha. LOL), Noire de caromb ( I'm laughing to death ), Sultane and 2 or 3 unknown more.
Knowing that I have at least two San Pedro strains is killing me for ... They are done for this year... Especially one whose brebas got all frost cooked ... 0 fig on that tree this year...

RDB was first to ripen then followed by Florea, Malta Black, Conadria and LSU Tiger.

My 1st IN GROUND figs this year (as in past years) is Ciccio Nero.
Picked some 30 or so breba figs since July this year and now many main crop figs now swelling.
I give this tree extra winter protection and it pays off nicely.

These 2 main crop figs picked yesterday.

Pastiliere/Rouge de Bordeaux for me, here in zone 9A.

RdB

Florea as usual.

Fern Forest, Hawaii Zone 12a.

Celeste, RDB and Conadria.

On the other end of the ripening spectrum. Figo Preto and Panache are last to ripen.

Petechar,
My Rouge de Bordeaux has already ripened a large crop.
Absolutely drop you to your knees variety.
I'm hoping like the last few years that it starts and ripens more figs.
I have fallen in love with this one!
To compare it with other black figs that are ripe right now.  I'm also eating Florea, Ronde De Bordeaux,
Negronne, Dark Portuguese, Black Malta, Black Marseilles VS - and probably a few I'm spacing on.
And as far as looks -- Ronde is beautiful -- black with yellow dots but some of the blue figs from Rouge are just one of a kind.

I know a lot of folks get impatient as this one tends to drop all it's figs for at least two years (unless your lucky) but it is absolutely worth the wait.

My Celeste ripned it's first fruit July 15th. It gave 3-4 every other day for three weeks, then gave 15-20 fig per day for about two weeks. It's just about done giving me figs now.

Great thread! My first was Florea followed by, only days after, RdB. Improved Celeste, and unk teramo were a few days behind the other two.

Michael, I wish i would have had your patience on the rouge de Bordeaux. That is definitely my mistake by cutting it off too early. I was patient enough to keep Kathleen black after four years ( again, worth the wait), but failed to keep it long enough to find out how good the rouge may be. Maybe some day I'll come to my senses and try it again. Thanks for the heads up!

my dominicks is the first to bud n the first to fruit. august 15.
followed today by black triana.
the trees are very similar.
hardy chicago is slow this year.
probably next week.

Bill,
When you're ready let me know.

Black Triana or Saint Jerome is in my opinion a very over-looked variety. I have 2 I've been getting excellent figs from for 4 or 5 years and I always think about how no one ever talks about them as I'm eating what are darn good figs.

mg, let me give a little plug to black triana.
 mine died to the ground its first winter n still gave me a nice crop of yummie figs.
got thru this past winter fine, with the same wrapping.
this is its third summer n it has hundreds of figs that i believe will ripen before frost.
i suspect it's a mount etna n they do best for me in zone 7.

Susie,
My only issue is that sometimes St. Jerome/Black Triana will crack if we get too much rain. Easy to deal with if in pots and there is a near-by roof.
I suspect out your way this is not an issue.
I had a handful of these figs yesterday and again wondered why this fig is not more popular.

Black Triana not suitable for my zone - splits too easyy

It would be interesting to design a map that was based on where figs grew.
Obviously PNW would get a zone as would New England.
Not so easy to figure out how to carve up what's left.
North, South and Mid Atlantic I guess.
Hmm too much work at 10 minutes to 5 in the AM.

What is your FIRST main crop in ground to ripen in 2017  

- This one! - always very regular between 1st and 2nd week of JULY.
(Figo Preto Temporão)

   

Francisco
Portugal

Very nice. That's early.

Francisco, is that variety common or does it require caprification?