At first sight it looks like a pretty cool fig. Nice bell shape and great color. However the allure of the black spanish fig only goes skin deep.
Well after the initial "Hello" when you look into the eye of the Black Spanish Breba it splits. Which is not good for this area.
I was brave enough to taste the good bits in the middle and the flavor is quite blah and unappealing.
The sugar level was low and watery and the texture was very unappealing probably due to the split.
2/10
This is a 2nd yr plant. So I'll probably let it go another year before letting it go. If it doesn't improve with age.
Black Spanish: Breba (7/30/17)
Taste: 2
Sweetness: 3
Size: 6 (60 grams)
Productivity: .5
Total = 11.5
Ben, any updates on how Black Spanish has been in subsequent years?
ReplyDeleteI may have sold it off
DeleteJosiah, are you growing it? I'm growing one from a cutting given to me last year. I hope it performs better than the experience Ben had. Maybe we can compare our results in another year or so.
ReplyDeleteMy 3 yr old Black Spanish fig tree is a prolific producer of hard figs. They don't soften and don't drop off the tree, not even through the winter. Tree gets 10 hrs of sun/day. Anyone else have this experience?
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