And Winner of 1st ripe Breba of the season goes to...

6/26/18

I was fertilizing the plants when I ran into this little guy. My Tauro fig, less than 2yrs old.

I had him partially shaded and was surprised to see that it had a breba fig that was nearly ripe. Not even the Desert Kings are this close to ripeness. Naturally being the first fig of the season I have to protect it.

It's growing in a self watering pot which is why it looks so strong and healthy.

Check out the leaves on this guy.

The color of the fig is nothing to write home about. It's got a brownish color with green neck.

It should ripen up and a few days I'll be able to do my first review of the season.

Update: 7/3/18

Sadly before I had the chance to taste the Tauro Breba. The ants have found it and made a buffet for themselves. Oh well time for the next one.

At the risk of getting a stomach I did break it open to taste a part of the fig that didn't get touch. And from what I tasted it has a strong figgy taste and slightly melon like. It would have been good to eat.

Sigh...

Tauro Fig

Tauro Fig - Tauro -Zingarella Nero-Fiorone di Terlizzi- Fiorone Menghtaur

Another Monster fig might also be  known as Fiorone di Terlizzi- Fiorone Menghtaur. Been hunting this one down for about a year. I'm glad Harvey offers if. It's a large fig. supposedly gets over 300+ Grams. I love big figs but this seems to be an outrageous claim. Purchased cuttings from Harvey

Tauro -Zingarella Nero-Fiorone di Terlizzi- Fiorone Menghtaur

A Terlizzi (prov.Bari, south Italy) is growing a particular variety of fiorone, the so-called fiorone "Menghtaur", it was selected in the end of 17th century by the Mayor Domenico Tauro, (1776). These had the intuition to marry the fiorone "Suar" (named after the noble Spanish house Suarez de Figureroa) with a valuable delicate local breed, resulting in a new species of seedless fiorone which was called "menghtàur" in honor of its "creator" ("menghtàur" is in fact the dialectization of Domenico Tauro)

June 2017 update:

The Tauros are proving to be very vigorous and prolific figs. This little tree already has 4 big figs on it.