Thanks to Jon, I was reminded its the fig season. I just got all my trees out & root pruned those that needed prunning. Looks like I have a happy discovery -- lots of brebas on most of my trees. While root prunning I observed that although the top 3 inches of soil may seemed dried, yet there was adequate moisture content in the middle of the pot. I only gave my trees a small drink in February during the duration of winterisation. Hope all have a great fig season.

Good looking healthy plants. The fig fruit does not have a long neck but a pretty long stem. Is this a characteristic of Bayernfiege Violetta fig?

I guess those are the characteristics everyone in colder zones are looking for; early ripening and (if) dwarf. The following are some observations from other fig growers which may give you some idea (pick & pase): http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=2858750 or http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/fig/msg1022365116571.html

Hi! Do you know which Brown Turkey you have? Yours looks different than my Brown Turkey. I think I have the Eastern Brown Turkey, or is it the English Brown Turkey, or Texas Everbearing? Perhaps these names are all synonyms for the same variety. Anyone care to weigh in? My tree is very fruitful, but produces a very light breba, but a heavy main crop. Brebas and main crop figs are about the ssame size. The tree can ripen fruit even when resprouting from below the soil line! It has a medium size eye. I can't post a photo at this time, but perhaps next week when my daughter is around to help her technologically challenged father!