De La Senyora (Hivernenca) -- the Destroyer of Black Madeira 

As I mentioned in my closing thoughts post last year: www.ourfigs.co... -- DLS (Hivernenca) was one of my new favorites. Namely because of the very short hang time and it's ability to ripen well even in cold fall weather. I picked one two days ago before the rains we've been having at a day 3 hang time and it was still very good. Ideally you want this fig though at the day 4-6 mark. The longer the better of course, but it's one of the few figs out of hundreds that I've ripened now that can be picked very early and still be considered "ripe". Raasti's Persian Unk is one. LSU Champagane the only other I can think of. This is why I highly value these varieties. Because with a lightning fast 4 day hang time, you can almost guarantee that you will pick a high percentage of the figs your tree is ripening. Out of 100, I would argue that you will pick at least 90-95% of the crop. While I have other top name varieties like BM with a 6-10 day hang time, I may only enjoy 30% of the crop in a normal year. To prove my point further, this fig is very tasty. One of the few I rate at a 5. The flavor and texture is very reminiscent of BM. It also ripens roughly at the same time of the year BM does, so in a sense.. this fig is the Black Madeira killer.
In my recent episode of Fruit Talk!: • Downsizing the Fig Col... -- my viewers thought that I was losing interest in collecting figs. That is far from the truth. I have simply come to the realization that I have figs that are superior genetically. That are replacements to figs that I held so dearly over the years. Without emotional attachment, it will be easy to move on this fall and therefore I will be saying goodbye to my Black Madeira. I am not saying this is the right course of action for everyone, but growers in the area will soon realize what I'm talking about after acquiring this variety.
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