What is your favorite tasting fig. Just based on your taste not the growing habits or production .Im just curious, oh please if you don't mind state the color of it when ripe.Thanks in advance.
Martin

Right now it is my ELANA fig -- Big, juicy & perfectly sweet. Dark colour skin & red inside.  Followed by Latarrula and Negronne. My Enrico or Vizenzo may be just as great as the Elana. Would know how good these 2 are by next month.

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Martin

Among the best tasting figs I've eaten are:
Dark figs:Dark portuguese, Vista mission.
white figs:Naples white, Brooklyn white.

I have some supposibly great tasting varieties that didn't bear yet for me.
Let me tell you that figs flavor varies by localities. When I was in Lebanon and Syria some figs I tried were super, but I bet if I would grow the same tree here the taste wouldn't be as great that if the tree does well.

Bass

Dieseler,

There was a similar thread recently, that may interest you, see:

Choice of top 12 figs
http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/figs4funforum/vpost?id=2613651

George (NJ).

Tough, tough question. Black Madeira (but needs long, long season). White Greek (slower grower, light crop). Falls Gold (need to test its brix, but it has to be near the top of any fig). Still love Celeste and Black Mission when fully ripened.

Gorgi,
thanks so much for that link i enjoyed reading both pages. It gets me going as i cannot wait for mine to ripe. Also it gives me a sense of direction on what type i'm looking for as well for the most part.
Best to you
Martin

I think LSU Purple was at the top, and Zidi right with it. I tried what someone said was a black madeira and found it chalky. That was very late in the season though.

This is very hard to do, that is, to list my favorite fig as I have so many that are favorites. Some are Kadota, LSU Purple, LSU Gold, Alma, Celeste, Hollier, King, Grantham's Royal, LSU Improved Celeste(O'Rourke), LSU Giant Celeste(Tiger), LSU Golden Celeste(Champagne), Bianchi, Flanders, Smith, & LSU Everbearing. These are some of my favorites but there are many more in my collection of 91 varieties. Many of these are 20-25 years old,but I have many that are just beginning to come into good production. All of mine are in the ground and thrive in the long hot summers with high humidity at times. I'm in NC but only a few miles from the SC state.

Incidentally, I have read many posts on Celeste dropping figs. This has never been a problem for me as I keep them mulched heavy and provide adequate moisture especially during the 95-100F temps when they are sized up and approaching ripening time.

Dan:Good Report,I would like to aditionally know if they were breba or main crop.
I did have one breba last year from mine ,and it was large with open eye,and average to good tasting.

Herman, did you over winter Mr. Robin"s Sicilian Black fig in the grown?  Do you know how hardy this fig tree is?

Vern 

Thanks Dan!
Vern:With a leaf bag in Top,it went trough winter(10F),wiyhout Damage.

Thanks Herman

Last summer I picked some Magnolia figs (with the owner's permission) that had been drying on the tree.  Delicious!

God bless.

I'm glad you bumped this old thread cbalducc.
This is the very thing I have been wondering about. Actually mine was more along the lines of everyone's top 10 favorite figs.

But it looks like that's been done at this thread:  http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=2613651

I have to remind how different is the concept of "good taste" from one person to other. For example I frequently see LSU Gold in the first positions of taste ranks. In my opinion, LSU Gold is very sweet, but a vulgar fig regarding taste, is like a sugar cube, very sweet but plain taste, without other nuances.

I am not saying that somebody who likes LSU Gold is wrong! but how personal is taste.

Taking into account all the above, out of all varieties I have tasted, my favorite fig is, by far, Coll de Dama, followed by Negronne, Ronde de Bordeaux and my unknown variety.

I agree with Axier favorite tasting figs will vary from person to person as we all have different taste buds some like it very sweet others rich I like a nice blend of both. I was lucky enough to sample a coll de dama this summer and was lost for words 2 other figs that I absolutely love are Verte & Ventura yet nobody really mentions those 2.

The good thing about a thread like this is, it gives us newbies someplace to start.

Granted we all have different taste buds. But there are SOO many fig varieties to choose from, discussions like this helps us to narrow down some possible new vars to choose from.

I'm already adding Ronde de Bordeaux to my wish list and will hopefully have Col de Dame this year. BTW, is Col de Dama the same as Col de Dame?

I've never tasted LSU Gold but if it has a high sugar content it might make a nice fig wine. You could even throw in some favorful dark figs to add color and flavor :-) .  

I enjoyed seeing what people's faves are.  I haven't been growing long enough to have tried a bunch of different types...  But love black mission figs among the ones I have tried!  Thanks to the generosity of some members I will hope to try some on my small trees this year! :)

Love figs!
Eun

My vote goes to VDB all ripe figs are very good.  Celeste are hit or miss.  Some are very good others not so much.  Can't figure out how the same tree can have such a wide spectrum of flavor.

Thanks for the clarification Ax. Did you get my PM?

My taste buds tell me there are a few broad groupings based on fig "TASTE":

1) The Celeste types .....Celeste, Improved Celeste, O'Rourke, Southern Brown Turkey, English Brown Turkey

2) The Mission types.......Black Mission, Violette De Bordeaux, Native Black, LSU Scott's Black

3) The Honey types......LSU Golden Celeste, Italian Honey, LSU Gold, Jack Lily, White Triana, Atreano, Florentine

4) The Black types.......Hardy Chicago, Sals, Sicilian Black, LSU Purple, Black Triana, Black Italian, Marseilles VS, Dark Portuguese, Gino's

5) The Adriatic types.......Smith, Dalmatie, Battaglia Green, Adriatic, JH Adriatc, Green Greek, Strawberry, Monstreuse
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IMO Everyone should have one from each taste grouping.

Col De Dame White....is hands down the best tasting fig in my collection. My in ground tree is VERY rain tolerant and my climate can ripen this fig to perfection.

Bourjosotte Gris runs a close second for taste.....it has a very strong strawberry flavor. Its productivity is still in question. It too is a LATE season fig.

Smith is often to die for good. It is a very well flavored, rain tolerant fig. As more growers taste this truly outstanding fig....you will hear them raving about its flavor.

IMO....Violette De Bordeaux is a MUST HAVE fig as it tastes so good and does well in most Climates.

Next for "taste" alone....would be a Louisiana heirloom Celeste fig that I found this past summer. I was in fig heaven for an hour as I ate some figs from the mother tree.  Celeste figs can be to die for good.
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IMO, other factors should go into cultivar selection besides "TASTE" (flavor) alone. Ripening times, number of crops, productivity, rain tolerance, bug resistance, skin quality, sweetness, pulp consistency, fruit drop, size of tree, cold hardiness......etc. should also be taken into consideration.

When ALL of the above factors are considered, I highly recommend Joe Morle's White Triana to my neighbors. I am very pleased with the performance of that fig in my yard.

Dan

Thank you for that Dan. This will aid me greatly in refining my list. I've seen you mention White Triana before with high regard. That one may be within my grasp so I may be able to mark it off my list this season.

My plan is slowly coming together. Woo Hoo!