Three Ripe Figs- BG, BMKK and PR

[Bellefleurs]

Today I picked my first ripened Battaglia green along with Black Madeira and Paretjal Rimada.
Without a doubt I needed to allow the figs an extra day or two to fully ripen. The BMKK and the PR are grafted onto the same frankenfig. I find it interesting that the Paretjal Rimada had the beautiful cracking.
All three figs were sweet and delicious.
Without question the BMKK was the BEST of the three.
Black Madeira is king of figs for a reason.
So far it’s my favorite fig this Summer.

[Evan]

Beautiful! The PR looks like a tasty one. Can't wait for mine to ripen

[Halligan-]

Those look killer!!
Great job!

[ZingsFigs]

They sure do look good. Thank you for posting and sharing with us.

[JT1923]

That PR looks especially wonderful

[Bellefleurs]

I was surprised to see the cracking and the closed eye despite the humid, rainy weather that we have been having.

[Fruitgrower]

Very nice looking figs Denise! We really like BM too, it is a great fig, never disappoints.

[RandyK]

Great write up and great pictures. Thanks!

[Otis]

BM in early Aug. That's wonderful. Keep em coming.

[Ktrain]

All of them look great!

Making me hungry. Lol

[JoePAFig]

Great looking figs. Did you start them in a greenhouse or is it warm enough that they are in ground and got started so early?

[Bellefleurs]

My trees are in the ground.
No greenhouse …just hot, humid weather. 😊

[Recklesstown_Chad]

Very nice. Thanks for sharing!

[cvarcher]

I know Battaglia pretty well and that one looks like it could use more time ripening. Try waiting till that BG is starting to shrivel and you wont believe the taste.

[Bellefleurs]

You are 100% correct.
This was my first fig that appeared near ripe and I wanted to try it before it got stolen.
I still learning how to determine when the green gifs are ripe.

[cvarcher]

HA HA my critique but I cant follow my own advice either!! Maybe its fig fever!! LOL

[BrandonP]

Agree with cvarcher. Not saying Battaglia is better than BMKK (I don't have that variety though I do have Preto), but Battaglia is awesome when it gets fully ripe. Our family has liked it the best so far when compared to Adriatic JH, Green Ischia and Strawberry Verte, though the differences are subtle and some individual figs from any one variety may be better/worse depending on the day/conditions. Here was a Battaglia from a couple days ago.

[Bellefleurs]

Wow!!
That looks incredible!

[Rudypayraise]

They look great. Lucky trio.

[RosyPosy]

Looks great!

[RosyPosy]

@Bellefleurs

Exquisito, my first fig

[Bellefleurs]

That is quite the (first) fig!!
Beautiful!

[RosyPosy]

Bellefleurs Thank you! It looked great, but didn’t taste like much honestly 😂 Met first fig taste expectations.

[Fig-Doctor]

Over 200+ varieties, still BM KK is the king for me!

[Bellefleurs]

Considering your collection, this is quite the endorsement.
Last year I was on a quest to collect and compare all of the black Madeira synonyms.
Considering how good this one is, I’m glad that I decided to collect them.