I would make 2 suggestions:

1) Try growing a variety that is known to produce larger figs, for example LSU Gold.

2) Pinch back the growing tips by early summer to encourage the plant to put more energy into the fruit as opposed to vegetative growth.

I don't think that increasing the level of fertilizer will do too much for actual fruit size.

Joe

There's a known variety known in Japan as Masui Dauphin. It's very large. The Japanese prune and fertilize in a certain way in order to harvest extra large figs. However the flavor from what I understand is not that great.

Here's a link for the different figs grown in Japan.

Bass

Here is a link that might be useful: japanese figs

Try blue giants from fig trees.net

Bass, is that correct that the Masui Dauphine gets as big as 200 grams?????????????????

Bob

Thanks, I will trim the branches this summer. Also I will buy a large fruiting fig tree this spring. It's interesting that Masui Dauphine is from America. Once Trees of Joy opens for business in the spring I am ordering/picking up a large-fruiting tree.
Yes to fistfulls of figs!

p.s. Just sharing a story: I was looking for fresh figs as holiday present for a Spaniard friend of mine. Just like orange was big deal decades ago, fig could be the next thing. But really it was impossible to find a seller. I settled with searching for fig flavored ice cream (Laloo's goat milk fig ice cream) but nobody had that either. Now what I need to do this summer is to make tubs of my own fig ice cream!

Huge fig and tasty are not frequently coincident, according to my experience, small to medium size figs are better in most of cases.
One exception is Longue d'Aout, it bears huge figs but sweet and tasty. In my opinion, it is much better and bigger than LSU Gold, and one of the best varieties.

Masui Dauphin was reported to be San Piero by Ira condit. My California Brown Turkey produced main crop figs that weighed between 160-180 grams taste was average at best big open eye wich soured and split during the humid periods of summer. California Brown Turkey is also a synnonim for San Piero. But like Axier said huge figs rarely taste as good as small to medium figs.

I have a brown turkey that produces baseball sized fruit.I believe it is refered to as a California Brown Turkey. This year I will have to get better pictures and gram weight from this tree. I have three of them right now.

Hi Axier

I am a keen fig enthusiast from Australia.

I have a variety of figs.

Is there a possibility of exchanging fig cuttings?

northeastnewbie
Is there a chance to swap cuttings?
I always thought that California Brown Turkey was just another Brown Turkey.
I am vitalucky on figs4fun

I'd say try that Banana fig someone posted from Texas. It was the size of an apple. Otherwise, not likely to get figs that size from most varieties. In zone 7a you will also have to watch what figs will grow. Plenty of cold weather figs to choose from. On the bright side, smaller figs = dry-able figs.