Lou:
Aldo's fig is one that I acquired locally from one of my Italian patients. Ironically, a few years back a friend from Shenorock, NY, named Clem, gave me a tree which originated from Palermo, Sicily. He told me that the Palermo fig was brought here many years ago and ended up in the Bronx, then on to Shenorock. When he gave me the tree, he said it would produce figs the size of an 8-ball.
While neither gentleman has no knowledge of the other, the fig trees they gave me are the same. My thoughts on this make me believe that the Palermo fig could have been an heirloom variety that was shared and propagated by many immigrants in the NY area much like the Hardy Chicago or Sal's fig of today. Aldo's family settled in the Bronx so maybe this is how his father acquired it. Aldo never knew the origen of this fig. Now we know by way of Clem.
The Palermo fig can become a large fruit with a juicey, sweet, amber pulp. The flavor is excellent and the production is outstanding. My Palermo fig only splits at the eye during wet conditions but retains a resin drop inside the eye. Even though the eye splits, like a star, the fig has never soured on me. Your weather conditions are different than mine so maybe that's has something to do with it. Here are some photos of my Palermo Red in recent days. It is the only red fig I have in my collection:

This photo shows an example of the split eye after several days of rain (note the resin still sealing the eye):

Thanks Leon -- Outstanding photos -- I like that you wrote the story behind the tree itself. Checking with Jose who told me that I most likely received the tree from you.
Your name washed off of the planting container but the ribbon is still attached.

From what you and he wrote concerning this fig I will definitely hold it over to see how it performs next season. This year the weather was not fig friendly. It just amazes me that a fig that hard can have a sweetness level as high as this one does at least on my tree. Next season I hope I can get to taste one when it is fully ripe.

My LSU Gold are really supplying me with a few figs daily.
A little watery this year but sweet. The Brooklyn fig not ripening as fast as last year but what I get is very good.

Again thank you for your time and information.
Regards
Lou NE, PA

Soft baby skin looking hands and nice looking fig. ; )