Figs

The best resource I have found to keep on hand is a small and inexpensive paperback book copyrighted in 1944. Armstrong Nursery carries it - How to Prune Fruit Trees, R. Sanford Martin. It is easy to take outside to follow along. It covers training in the initial years of new trees as well as maintaining older ones.

Fig - There are many kinds, and the most common in San Gabriel Valley are White Kadota, Brown Turkey, Black Mission. I love the white.

They are easy to grow and like full sun. After initial training of a new tree, they can do well with or without yearly trimming. If not trimmed, they can get too big to manage and have too much fruit.

Fruit does not ripen after picking and is best picked on or one day before perfect ripe, But if you want any, throw a net over. The animals like perfect figs, too.

East warmed brown figs drizzled with olive oil or add a piece of prosciutto.

This link has very good further details.
http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/fig.html/