First SMITH and a TERAMO graft

[drbud]

Picked first SMITH of the year. My wife said “it tastes Ike a Jolly Rancher and that means it’s great!!”
After five days of rain, I was surprised it had any taste at all (like my Celeste right now) so I know it will only get better. The other photo is of a Teramo graft I did onto an in ground Celeste tree in mid April using a 12+ month old Teramo cutting from Rewton that I found in the refrigerator. 3 buds grew out and they are all loaded with figs. I know nothing about this fig variety, but am impressed with the growth/fruiting so far!

[TNJed]

Congrats on the first Smith, Hilliard! Looks like I may get down to the Delta the third wkend of Aug…let me know if you’ll be around.

Teramo is supposedly an early brown sugary fig

[figs and tropicals]

where is the pic of the smith !!!!!!!! I know...you ate it in a hurry !!!!!! lol......smith isn't fruiting for me yet in my dry climate. I guess it likes the humidity. I'm trying Texas BA 1 It is supposed to be more intense flavor than smith. maybe it will handle my dry air better.

[Figarious Maximus]

I've grown Smith and BA-1 side by side for a few years now. There are slight differences in the plants, but if blindfolded, I couldn't tell them apart by taste. They're both my favorite fig.

[drbud]

Can you not see it?

[RosyPosy]

Only one picture is showing for me. It looks like there are supposed to be 3, but two are blank squares.

[drbud]

Ok maybe it is there.

[figs and tropicals]

I see the smith fig now, Hilliard. looks very ripe! considering all your rain, you showed a lot of patience waiting for this one to fully ripen! And it seems to have held up well with all that rain!

[Figarious Maximus]

Teramo is a good fig. It's a sugar fig similar to a Celeste, but with a richer, flavor and a creamier texture. I love it because it's always my first ripe fig of the year.

[ginamcd]

Unk Teramo is one of those varieties that pumps out figs at every node. As an added bonus, they ripen early! Just make sure you pick them very ripe. I picked the first few too early last year and was disappointed, but when I let later ones hang longer, they were very good.