Beginner Gardening: Celeste Fig Tree question, 0 by jomoncon

jomoncon wrote:
Naturelover, My fig tree is a Blackjack fig that I purchased through BayFlora:
http://www.bayflora.com/bjfig.html,

The figs are not really black, but a very dark purple. This is a picture of 2 of them from last year & they're just as big this year. They are really, really sweet. I'm more accustomed to Celeste and brown turkey figs, so these came as a complete surprise to me.

The skin of them are a little tough. When I canned them last year, I peeled them completely. Then I froze some. We tried to peel the frozen ones, but they were pretty much mush. So I just decided to try them with the skins on. They came out great. No discernible peelings. So this year, I'm not going to peel at all.

Try a small batch of figs with the skin on and see how it comes out.