Name your top 3 figs of 2025!

rNexus said:
It was a strange year for ripening fruit. Some early varieties like Florea are just now trying to ripen. Many trees going in ground next year and hopefully that will help with ripening. I still have thousands of un ripened figs on my trees.

1) Euclid Unk AND Jamal Al Asfar
2) Arros Maxima (Almost tied for first because I let many of them dry on the tree)
3) Vagabond
Click to expand...
Cool that you have tasted Jamal Al Asfar!
I read that is it one of the sweetest figs. I have the sweet tooth of a 6yo, so this really appeals to me, lol. Did you find it super sweet?
 
BucksCountyFigs said:
Cool that you have tasted Jamal Al Asfar!
I read that is it one of the sweetest figs. I have the sweet tooth of a 6yo, so this really appeals to me, lol. Did you find it super sweet?
Click to expand...
The one earlier this year I allowed to dry on the tree was pure fig candy. Top level sweetness. The other recent figs were ripened in cool weather. Good sweetness, exquisite flavor.
 
BucksCountyFigs said:
Great post!!
I have been researching Galicia Negra for next year and have only heard great things about+ it supposedly does very well in a pot.

Other ones that I have been looking at that you might like are:

- Han Ram- OTBP raved about this Moroccan fig + it ripens in Sept, which is nice that it’s earlier.
- Ischia Black: is OTBP’s favorite Bordeaux fig. He bought it 6yrs ago from Herman (Vasile) - the healthiest strain. His is the most concentrated flavor of alll the Bordeaux’s and resists splitting.
Click to expand...
Ham Ram is Bourjassotte Noire, VdS.
 
Below are my top figs that I fruited in my collection this year based on growth method (potted vs in-ground). I also include figs that I was fortunate to taste that were grown by others. I can’t choose a top 3 this year. It was a harsh year for in-ground trees. Many got slammed by a late frost and were delayed by a month or more by weather issues. This year, my favorites changed a bit due to new arrivals and differences in production. The favorites consider taste, consistent quality, and productivity.

Potted
1. I-258 - clear winner this year.
2. (Tie) Ondata (new to me this year)/Sumard
3. (Tie) WM#1/CDF

In Ground
1. (Tie) Unknown Sicily/Takoma Violet/Mavra Sika/RLBV/Malta Black (my top Etnas). These are production powerhouses that are really wonderful if you let them get dead ripe. They are underrated in my opinion.
2. Longue D’Aout - clear second place winner.
3. (Tie) Green Michurinska/Campeniere/DTE

*runners up were Peter’s Honey, Barbillone, RDB, Pastiliere (Raintree), and a newcomer that is an unknown I believe to be a VDB type. Production issues due to age or weather complications are the reason some of these are runners up.

Standouts tasted from other people’s collections:
1. San Mateo
2. Weeping Apple Pie
3. Irene’s Black Greek
4. DSJG
5. Black Madeira
6. Iranian Candy
7. Izbat An Naj
8. Hmadi
 
Picking just 3 is next to impossible for this year, with inground trees getting more mature and new 1st and year trees fruiting for the first . 2nd year trees starting to show what they are capable of producing.
Early varieties, Iranian candy, San Biagio and DTE
Mid season, Angelito, Ondata and Cessac
Late season, Borda Barraquer, Cipolla and Madeira Island Black
 
vjmax said:
@2Angels In your opinion is Fig de Sollies similar or different to Violette de sollies fig ?
Click to expand...
I have grown Violette de Sollies and Bourjassotte Noire for five full years. Figue de Sollies is new and fruiting for the first time. I do not yet have enough data on FdS to form a conclusion. I can say that VdS and BN appear identical. FdS is definitely similar. The leaves are similar, but it is a young tree, and I know that it takes a few years for leaf shapes to stabilize. The fruit is similar, but FdS had a different flavor. It was a distinctly blackberry and blueberry, and was wonderful. But that doesn't really mean much at this point since this year was its first figs. All I can say for certain is that I'm looking forward to more next season.
 
2Angels said:
I have grown Violette de Sollies and Bourjassotte Noire for five full years. Figue de Sollies is new and fruiting for the first time. I do not yet have enough data on FdS to form a conclusion. I can say that VdS and BN appear identical. FdS is definitely similar. The leaves are similar, but it is a young tree, and I know that it takes a few years for leaf shapes to stabilize. The fruit is similar, but FdS had a different flavor. It was a distinctly blackberry and blueberry, and was wonderful. But that doesn't really mean much at this point since this year was its first figs. All I can say for certain is that I'm looking forward to more next season.
Click to expand...
Thank you @2Angels !
 
#1 Negra d'Agde ,2yo, easy to root & fruit in yr1, very prolific, july-sept some into oct 30+g mild berry,juicy,thin skin goodness #2 Golden Riverside; 278-128, 2yo, lite honey/citrus flav, 75-100g, small eye, aug-oct - Zone 8b Tx - #3. all 1st yr. figs close on flavor & good; SV, unk.P, AJH, WM#1:: i have a few more that rooted this year and have many fruit that wont make it this round...ie. dsjg, cdd geg. & mutante, F.preto, smith, tx-ba, paratjal rim,, vds, & LdA.......and just 3 yrs. ago i had only 2,,,celeste & brn.turk,!! no fever here! & as i told my neighbor, "Yes i do need all these fig trees" they really don't understand; until BAM!!!!!
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top