2021 Best Breba Figs in Seattle - Fig Tasting Meetup

[@SmokeyJoe613]

Tasty looking figs and so plump, I identified my fig tree, a Chicago hardy, not as big but so sweet.

[@gapey]

Awesome. Glad you figured it out.

[@umailab]

What a cool fig tasting! Do these top varieties all grow in ground and give breba in Seattle area? (I'm a fig nut in the area)

[@gapey]

Hi there. We just did another fig tasting on Sunday. We'll probably do another one in October. Not all of the figs were grown in ground. Some were grown in containers. I'm not sure which is which as they were brought by many different people. This year has been more of a struggle with figs. We had 10 breba varieties this year.

[@Robs346]

That was pretty cool fig tasing . I know want fig tree that’s on my most wanted list lol

[@gapey]

Yes you need one or ten. :D

[@alwyzDTF]

I planned to cull my 2 year old olympian because as many people that say they love it there are 2 times the people telling me about there bad experiences with Olympian in the PNW. I think it just needs to be picked at the right time kind of like my Osborn Prolific to get the quality it holds. I may just throw it in a 5g bucket and keep an eye on it for the next few years. Great video!

[@gapey]

Oh really? I was thinking I'd plant Olympian in the ground next spring. The main crop can be hit or miss but I think the breba does pretty good most of the time.

[@alanmercieca3086]

There are at least two different varieties of fig called Carini, both unknowns from Carini Sicily, I wonder which one was being tasted in the video, it's so much darker than the one I grow, the one from Figgy Frank.

[@gapey]

Hmm not sure and I don't recall who brought that one. A large majority of the figs we try here are grown it containers so perhaps that has some affect on the fruits.

[@alanmercieca3086]

@@gapey I have kept two unknown Carini trees in pots, when they cropped at first 'they were tiny, and dark', yet still not that dark. I'd expect figs in the PNW to be lighter than in full sun North Carolina, the next figs on those trees 'still in the pot' they looked a lot more like the figs on our in ground tree, a lot like the color of 'Olympia', then again the Olympian figs in this video of yours look darker than they normally do. Nature can play tricks on us, LOL

[@sunnysharma1701]

Can you add white marseille and kadota to next year's taste test?

[@gapey]

II actually have white marseille fig but it didn't have any breba figs on it to taste. Not sure if that variety gets breba figs or not. We may have another tasting later that will have more main crop figs that ripen later in the season. Maybe I'll have some ripe white marseille for that.

[@sunnysharma1701]

@@gapey white marseille does produce brebas, maybe your tree is still immature. Do you grow any honey figs like latterulla that produced quality brebas this year? do you have any trees growing in ground?

[@gapey]

@@sunnysharma1701 Yes, it's a bit young yet. Maybe it will get some main crop figs though. I planted a lattarula in ground last year but unfortunately it died back to the ground over winter for some reason even though we had a mild winter. It started growing back from the ground pretty late. Other than the lattarula I have a desert king in ground and will be planting olympian in ground next spring.

[@jackwo8708]

I would like to know that how old is desert king tree?

[@gapey]

My desert king I started from a cutting last year so about a year and a half. I only got 3 brebas on it this year but expect a lot more next year. It has grown a lot this season.

[@jackwo8708]

@@gapey , What I mean is Desert king fig in your video.

[@gapey]

@@jackwo8708 Oh I'm not sure we had 4 different people bring Desert Kings to the tasting.

[@jackwo8708]

@@gapey , I have Desert king, Figs from older trees are more rich flavor than younger trees.

[@gapey]

@@jackwo8708 makes sense. I bet the in ground ones also taste better than those in containers.

[@dianacoburn8269]

How can I get a hold of some desert King cuttings?

[@gapey]

Where are you located? If in Seattle area they are very easy to find. If not, you can likely find some on figbid.com

[@raykinney9907]

I'm in 8b western Oregon coast range, growing King (said to be from a cutting given to my father by a dentist having done work for the royal family in Saudi Arabia who gifted him cuttings). I love the flavors evoked by this fig, very similar to DK grown here, but maybe a touch of something more. Anyone have experience with this comparison?

[@gapey]

I haven't heard of that fig. It definitely isn't one that was at our tasting.

[@raykinney9907]

@@gapey Yes, it likely must be the stock source for DK, but I would really like to clarify subtle differences between them.

[@raykinney9907]

It produces breba just like a DK, and cuttings 'take' well just slid into the ground (any size cuttings) (no prep)!).

[@Kevin.K-CTH]

🤘😯👍 12 S.S.H.🦅

[@cmt6136]

how come i 258 figs looked like that? Look deformed

[@gapey]

I'm not sure. Perhaps they were a little over ripe. They weren't from my tree but it's on my wishlist. It's a very tasty fig!