I have not heard the BT splits, but you will want to stay away from a brunswick for sure. You should be ok with anything with a tight closed eye. Welcome to the forum.

BTW, that is a rockin price for the BT! Hylel is from a rainy and humid area and would prob be able to better answer you.

growing in pots, hot and HUMID and terribly wet summers, very rare frosts, lots of sun... Sounds like Houston.

Somewhat in this order:
Celeste
Alma
LSU Gold
LSU Purple
Kadota

I say somewhat since I put my own taste preference into the rank. All do well in Houston and all have at least very good taste and all should be readily available in your area.

Touching on what loslunasfarm said, it is important to realize that quality differs from tree to tree. I have a Kadota tree in Houston and one in NJ. Both originated as Monrovia trees. This is the first year the tree in Houston had fruit split, but it was an extraordinarily rainy summer. The Kadota in NJ splits when conditions are much less moist than even a normal Houston summer.

If your neighborhood is anything like mine, you will have many people with fig trees growing above the fence line (if not ask your friends and neighbors if they know of anybody growing figs). You may want to knock on the door and ask for cuttings. You can root them when the weather warms up. In the summer go back and sample fruit from all the trees you took cuttings from and keep the ones you like.

~james

thanks! i just got a kadota (from willis) and will be on the lookout for a celeste... just fruits is out of them at present.

I've heard that nematodes are a problem in Fl. If this is true of your area, you might want to also consider LSU Purple as it is claimed to be nematode resistant.

~Chills

i just bought an LSU-purple and celeste from johnson nursery... thanks, guys. that rounds out my fig palette (and maybe my palate, too)!