Picked 9/18/18
1 Crop
This might be a Sao Luis. (https://www.facebook.com/timo.fig.9/posts/336741020420862)
Well this is not the first time I've grown a fig that I thought was a black madeira and it turns out that it is not.
These are my sources for BMs.
| black madeira Churl82 |
| Black Madeira David Eden |
| Black Madeira figrific |
| Black Madeira JFE |
| black madeira Rfactor |
| Black Madeira KK |
| Black Madeira UCD |
| Black Madeira Daniel Mitre - fake |
The sources in green are verified so that leaves just churl82 as the possible source. I myself do not sell figs that have not been verified. I do not want a reputation of being a scammer.
Well as you can see below I'm a bit perplexed to find amber pulp on this "Black Madeira". There's a slim chance that I may have misabeled this fig. Unfortunately I did not write my source on the label. I wish I did. Regardless of what variety it is, the tree however is absolutely loaded and looks beautiful with it's evenly spaced figs on every branch.
Now I have a new quest to figure out what this fig is.
Upon first look of the fig, it exhibits some characteristics of a a Black Madeira the leaf though is definitely not that of a black madeira.
37.9 grams
Well to my surprise when I cut this baby in half it was clear that it is not a black madeira. I'm a bit disappointed as well as excited to see if this was going to taste any good.
Well it was.
Maybe I was tainted by my fake wuhan black madeira last year. And I was left with some very low expectations but this is a legit good fig.
It's sort of a honey berry mix with very good sweetness and a syconium that give its nice firm texture.
I did enjoy this fig and will keep it. Who needs 8 black madeira trees anyways...
Mis labeled Black Madeira (9/19/18)
Main
Taste: 8.5
Sweetness: 8.5
Size: 4 (37.9 grams)
Productivity: 5
Total = 26
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