Florea 2025

[Moonlight]

I am happy to have this fig variety in my collection.
I pecking 3 Florea figs today, they were all real treat after long waiting for first ripen fig off this season.
Quite a few figlets dropped as we had cold spring, and started fertilizing quite late.
Starting with about 18 breba on this tree I end up with 6 figs. Here are 3 from today.
They were delicious with sweet creamy test, but I could taste the breba in them.
I almost forgot to mention, the leaf that the figs are placed on is not Florea leaf️I just needed some contrast, but the leaves on Florea are quite small.
My husband and I enjoyed all three of them
Soon to ripen Blue Celeste unk, and Pingo De Mel.

 

[ktrain]

Very nice.

 

[Carmelo]

I had my third Florea today . Overall I have mixed feelings. Taste was ok , this one was better than the previous 2 and also bigger (24 grs) . Flavour wise sweet , figgy but not particularly exciting. Maybe my expectations were a bit too high. Will probably keep the tree to graft better varieties in the future .

 

[Figgin' A]

I had my third Florea today . Overall I have mixed feelings. Taste was ok , this one was better than the previous 2 and also bigger (24 grs) . Flavour wise sweet , figgy but not particularly exciting. Maybe my expectations were a bit too high. Will probably keep the tree to graft better varieties in the future .View attachment 9690View attachment 9692

Florea can be good if you let it ripen really well, then it acquires dark sugar/caramel notes. That said, there is a matter of personal taste when it comes to figs. Some people love honey/sugar figs, some don't and find them bland. You also have to consider the earliness of this fig, too. While earliness is a great trait of this fig, earliness often comes at the expense of flavor development. There are always trade-offs.

 

[Moonlight]

I had my third Florea today . Overall I have mixed feelings. Taste was ok , this one was better than the previous 2 and also bigger (24 grs) . Flavour wise sweet , figgy but not particularly exciting. Maybe my expectations were a bit too high. Will probably keep the tree to graft better varieties in the future .View attachment 9690View attachment 9692

You did better job at ripening it then I did.
Your Florea does look like it tasted better then you described.
There are 3 more on my tree, I will let the shrivel for few more days.

 

[RandyK]

Those look really good to me! I like Florea. I like it that it is reliably early and produces well. I think it is a good start to the season and a harbinger of more good figs to come!

 

[Figless]

@Moonlight I am not sure weather we rooted a Floria this year or not, Lord knows we had a lot of cuttings of this variety, and spread them all over our new membership. I May myself have underrated this early fig in my home Orchard

 

[JC Figgy]

They definitely taste way better ripened very well. I had some pretty good ones last year. My tree got hit by ambrosia beetles this year, so I’ll have to replace it eventually.

 

[Carmelo]

I will keep them longer these next ones hoping they don’t get eaten by the competition. I can’t even bag them has they are in tight clusters which makes it hard to protect them.