looks very enticing to eat, have to visit my friend in Maryland, and go fig hunting...
please put me in line for some cuttings...if you can get to some.
Mark

Thank you for watching my photos. White Madeira No. 1 still has excellent in taste even though we had a lot of rain here in the spring and summer. White Madeira No. 1 is more superb than the following figs that I have been eating this year so far: Hardy Chicago, Hunt, LSU Scott's Black, Marseilles VS Black, Smith, Negretta, Chris Black, Paradiso, Peter's Honey, Ronde de Bordeaux, Sal's EL, Sicilian Black, Violette de Bordeaux (Negronne), White Marseilles, Portuguese Celeste, Petit Negri,  Atreano RR, English Brown Turkey, Brunswick, Filacciano, Grantham's Royal and Black Mission.

Best,
Tam

looks very good. nice pictures,thanks for posting

Thanks for sharing more beautiful photos of beautiful figs, Tam!

That's a beautiful fig!  Great pics. I can almost taste them

Do the birds stay away from it or is protection usually needed for them?

Thank you for watching. 

Chivas: Birds, bees and flies are not bother them. I have not seen any fruit damage or eating by them so far. There is no protection for all his fig trees.

Best,
Tam

Hey Tam, thanks for sharing, this is a great looking fig, if you can get cuttings and you want to trade send me a PM

Hello Tam,

Your fig could well be one of the best Common, small Portuguese white figs, still cultivate by old connoisseurs in Madeira as well as in continental Portugal.
Bears the name of 'BACORINHO' in both regions.

May I invite my good friend Nelson to verify this... He may already have in his rich collection at least one Bacorinho.

I have two small trees rooted this Spring but no figs yet.

It is a delicious fig with a red pulp with purplish tones.
If I find pictures , will post them.

Francisco

Tam
Those figs look great. That's the way I remember figs as a kid! Thanks for posting.
If there is a possibility to buy or share some cuttings, please put me on your list.

Francisco: Thank you for your comments. Please post your photos. I did not see any purplish tones in the pulps of these figs. 

Best,
Tam

I have noticed the eyes of these figs are getting smaller as the weather becomes more dryer (less rain).

Best,
Tam

By the way, I forgot to mention that a few real ripened figs did have a little spicy flavor. 

Best,
Tam

Francisco you beat me, I was just going to say just that this fig is more than likely Bacorinho and I had my cousin driving around madeira Island for 2 years to find one. He sent me 2 cuttings but unfortunately both eventually died.

Bacorinho is a very rare fig in Madeira today sadly, considering they are probably the best white figs on the island.

I will try to get new cuttings next year of the bacorinho and hopefully locate an Anjinho fig tree while im at it.

That is a beautiful fig, I would also ask to put me in line for cuttings but the list is pretty long, lol

Hi Tam,

Found the pictures I mentioned before.
These figs are 'Bacorinho' taken from an old and sick in ground tree. The owner is trying to tender it as best as he can but the signs of improvement are not yet there.
These figs may have been pollinated and never been artificially irrigated.

Francisco

Francisco: Thank you for your photos. Bacorinho figs have purplish red pulps. Skin on Bacorinho figs are thicker and more round at the base. The necks are more shorter. Do you have pictures of the leaves.

Best,
Tam

Will see if I may still get any leaves and send you pictures.

Francisco

Francisco: Can you please let me know the taste of Bacorinho figs? Thank you very much.

Best,
Tam

Francisco the pics you posted look more like the bacorinho as I remember been a long time since I ate them atleast 23-24 years but I remember it having a short neck and red pulp. Also makes an early breba that is very good flavored.

Tam it's a strawberry type fig, the closest fig I had to date even leaf was very close from what I remember was strawberry fig from almostedenplants I lost that plant over winter and definately want a replacement.

http://almostedenplants.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=1008

Well it is an amazing looking fig, I like the looks of the leaves too and find many excellent tasting figs have this plainer looking leaf. I'd be willing to trade cuttings of just about any fig I have for this one.

Tam,

I am not keen on these sort of descriptions, although I can distinguish between several cultivars where the best fruits are. On the other hand my ideal ripeness gauge for tasting figs is probably not similar to yours, once I do not let the fruit  go over-ripe for the effect of tasting. For me, the moment to taste a fig is right under the tree, early morning, minutes after sunrise, select the one with soft but firm body, some skin cracks already evident, may be a tear on the eye, the fruit starting to bend on its foot...

From what I recall, Bacorinho is a sweet, fruity and flavor rich fig, aromatic , leaving a lasting souvenir on your palate.
Long ago it was a must in every orchard or backyard... now very difficult to find

Francisco

I hope your survive Fransisco, I want to see more pictures of this one it looks very very delicious even if it isn't the same as Tams.

Francisco: Thank you for your information. So, you think White Madeira No. 1 is 100% Bacorinho?

Nelson: I have the Strawberry tree from Almost Eden Nursery. The leaves and fruits are not the same. The fruits on Strawberry have shorter necks and long stems vs White Madeira No.1 has longer necks and the very little to no stems. Strawberry's pulps are purplish red and the skins have a little light purple. Thank you.

Best,
Tam 

Hi

Tam,  I got a promise for one or two (late) , end of season Bacorinhos . Hope they will get ripe before the rain coming stronger..(already started), will then get additional pictures of fruit and leaves.

The purplish hue on the pulp color, according to a friend, comes from the caprification process.
The standard pulp color is exactly as shown on those Tam's  excellent pictures.

Nelson, from local contacts there has been not many Bacorinho brebas. The trees are small, about 6' high, same on round.  It's somehow a delicate small tree.
I bought two rooted trees earlier this year and they seem to be OK. I have to wait for the first fruit to be sure of what they are....the nursery 'surprises'.

There is another fig called Bacorinha, (feminine word)  also a Common . It's a totally different fig, yellow skin and amber pulp... and

One more variant, dark green skin, with carmine pulp very similar  in shape to Bacorinho and BM, called 'de Pé Comprido' ... translates to ... ´Long Foot' . Have a promise for a couple of rooted trees next year.

Francisco