And for God sakes, do not forget the Smith for that beats out most everything in the taste dept. and in Louisiana is loved by most. A true heirloom fig!
Smith in LA (high humidity) = great
Smith in AZ (low humidity) = poor producer.
Some figs like Smith are well-adapated to high humidity. Some figs like a Mediterranean climite, low humidity.
I have a several year old Smith tree. Smith in my environment produces excellent figs about 25% of the time. The other 75% of the figs are either bland / tasteless (cardboard) or completely dried out around the ostiole.
thanks, i will have to try and find a Smith.
i have 3 un-named, or mis-named. (one might be Smith)
1 is excellent. lots of fruit, taste great, no idea what it is.
i have a Black Mission, and i think its too humid for it.
it grows OK, but produces little.
this is the un-named, excellent fruit.
it gets larger and dark just before ripening.