Well, when I came home from work tonight and checked on the one ripening fig my unknown tree. It looked good to go tonight and two more are starting to ripen as of today. It tasted really good and sweat. Hopefully soon I will have others ripe figs to compare it too. Here are some pictures. Any help on IDing it would be great. I have a small Hardy Chicago and the leaves look very similar, but I do not have any ripe fruit from that to compare.  The leaf in the picture seems to be the predominant later leaf. All others on the tree look like deformed versions of this leaf.



 

I can't ID it but it really does look good

No id but congradulations on your first fig .  ; )

Looks delicious

This is one of the two trees I bought last year and planted last August. I did not cover it and it had little damage.

No ID here but indeed it looks tasty!

Thanks guys, I'm happy with it. I guess if we can't Id it I can name it. We can confirm though it's not a brown turkey?

inside doesn't look like brown turkey i had. your fig looks great. it really has nice color inside.

pete

Inside doesn't look at all like my BT.

If you did not smash the fig to be like that fat,and short,then your fig is similar to Sal(Gene strain)

That is how it was naturally. Since this was my first fig I handled it like it was evidence.

That is how it was naturally. Since this was my first fig I handled it like it was evidence.

I noticed the leaf is a little cut off in the pic. I have a better one I will post when I get home.

Leaf is consistent to Sal(Gene) too,cut or not.
I am happy you liked it because the conditions were not favorable to get properly ripe figs with all the rain we have.
If the incoming fruits are not as good it is because of too much rain,not because the cultivar is bad.

Thanks Herman! I know you had explained this to me before, but just to confirm. Since I don't think this tree originated from Gene's tree I really shouldn't consider this tree a sals gene strain?

If you get an unanimous ID from other people on this Forum,especially Gene Hosey in Wash DC,then you can safely put a label on it as Sal (Gene strain)
The difference between Sal(Gene strain),and Hardy Chicago is subtle ,but is there.
Sal(Gene),is like your fruit more flat,while Hardy Chicago is Oval elongated.
If most fruits on your tree look like the one in your pix,you got Sal(Gene strain).

There are 2 other figs ripening on the tree now. If they make it through the hurricane I will post them. Does Gene post on here frequently? How can I contact him?

There are 2 other figs ripening on the tree now. If they make it through the hurricane I will post them. Does Gene post on here frequently? How can I contact him?

Try to contact him,at "East coast figs.com"

71GTO ,
it does resemble my Sals also . Its my understanding that Genes Sals and mine are the same.

Which sals do you have?

Me ? Sals i bought from edible landscaping in 2003 as a Sals it was not listed on there website.

Sorry Martin, I was asking you. Thanks, I'm still confused by the sals. I'm just happy this appears to be a good fig. Im going to post up some other pics in a bit

Ok, here is a picture of the full leaf. Here are also two pictures of two figs that started ripening yesterday and today. There were two more that are starting also, but they are not as big as these two.