A YT channel said that most of the time they are disappointing or fall off unripe. What has been your experience with breba figs?
Not worth bothering with. break them off before they steel energy from the tree. Chicago hardy
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I’ve only had a few that were really good, mostly Adriatic types. Both Strawberry Verte and Angelito have produced excellent breba. Those are usually overlooked until they shrivel up on the tree. When found they are very sweet and highly flavored. They hang on the tree very well.
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This is too general a question. Some fig varieties make great brebas and others don’t. Each has to be judged individually.
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The only place in the country where breba are an important part of the mix is the PNW. That’s entirely climate related. It’s too cool in summer to mature many main crop fruits. But just right to mature breba of varieties like Desert King in late summer and fall. Their variety mix is limited compared to warm summer areas. It’s Desert King and a few others. That’s it. Things like Angelito don’t produce enough breba to compete with Desert King.
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‘Desert King’ is a mid-summer fig in western Washington. I’ve found ‘Valle Negra’ can make excellent quality breba here too. At a fig tasting, a couple of ladies told my they thought the VN brebas I brought tasted better than the ‘Black Madeira’ someone else brought. ‘English Brown Turkey’ ripens a fair amount of brebas for me but they are too bland. Still, last year it managed to ripen lots of good tasting main crop figs before the weather got too cold.
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OK, for those figs that are supposed to make good breba crops…are you satisfied with the figs or not?
Yes, some make very good breba figs.
My Negronne or Violette de Bordeaux makes excellent breba figs. The main crop sometimes ripens, but during cold weather and with all the fruit flies it isn’t as useful. So usually they need to be removed in the winter to avoid lots of rot and fungus because they don’t drop on their own and aren’t eaten.