Good day, i am seeking a White Texas Everbearing.  I struck out with Jon.  If yes, email me privately.  No problem with paying for the tree and shipping.

Thanks,

Is there adifference between white texas everbearing and Texas Everbearing?  I have a Texas Everbearing from Willis Orchards?

Please read this thread because I think it will address your interest in this fig.
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/fig/msg0614090722373.html

Dan, TE and WTE are completely different figs.  TE is a large brown fig.  WTE is a green fig.

Thanks Dr Edmonds!  That link explains it all.  I bookmarked that page.  I have 2 Banana figs that I got from Durio last year, with figs on now.  They are growing well in a self watering pot.  I got 4 Kadotas, all with figs on.  One from Durio, one from Caldwell Nursery in SE Tx, one from cutting and another from a private collector.  The link is perfect timing b/c all of my trees including Excel are ripening NOW.  The owner of Caldwell Nursery told me her Kadota was the sweetest fig she ever tasted!  This is one of the reasons why I want on White Texas Everbearing so I can document and prove it for myself.  Well, I got a private mail from another member who will be sending me one this Fall.  I love this forum!   We have some great people here!  Thanks everyone!

Dennis,

I got cuttings from Jon in Feb 2011. I have one in the ground and one in a large pot.

I was able to taste one last fall. It ripened indoors sometime in December. It was not bad for one that ripened inside and thought it had potential.

This year both plants have grown vigorously. The one in the pot has a lot of fruit. Unfortunately I have not been able to taste one this year even though several have ripened. The first to ripen started elongating its neck. Then it started to droop. I watched it for several days till it started to shrivel a little. Then I picked it but was dry inside. I did not even taste it. This is the one in the picture. It had a light green to light yellow color when I picked it. The second to ripen had the same shape but turned a nice yellow color. It started drooping. I picked it before is started to shrivel. I cut it open and there was still latex inside. I threw it away. Several have tried to ripen but get dry now. It still has a lot of fruit but a few young ones have dried up and fallen. I am sure the heat here is not helping.

So far I am disappointed in this one. I will hold out till fall to see if any that ripen when it is cooler would be better. This may be a good one for a cooler climate.

White Texas everbearing is not a sport of Celeste that grew in a Celeste orchard in Texas.
That is a made up story.
White Texas ev.is the same tree as Kadota,(Dotato),in Italy,and ,it does  produce spongy fruits ,in addition to some normal ripe fruits just like all other ,Kadota type figs.
It can be good only in certain climates,and especially where the fig wasp is present.
Those spongy dry cardboard tasting fruits,in my opinion,were Female fruits that needed pollination,and it did not have a way to get pollinated,so because the tree is persistent,it keep the fruits on branch any way,till someone removes it and find out it is dry inside,and  inedible.
Yet it does have more normal edible ripe fruits than dry inedible.
It happened to me with:
White Texas everbearing,Kadota, Dotato,and white Russion,figs that in my opinion are  all one cultivar.
Also according to Mountain man,in Texas,Banana fig is also Kadota but I never grew one once I figure it out Kadota type is not the cultivar for my climate.

Oh Dennis the force must be strong but in time hopefully it will weaken and you will stay away from decent and enjoy excellent for your palate.

Dennis:

That was a great explanation.

Herman2;
That is very informative on those figs BUT I will take the side of those that maintain that the Banana is something different. I have Kadota, White Texas Everbearing and Seabrook Banana. The Kadota does do a lot of those spongy things but the Banana produced a full, plump, succulent and wonderful fruit at every axil. First year on the WTE so no opinion on them but that the fruit seems to be later and more ribbed.

I have seen Mountainman Banana fig and i can agree with him it is the same fig.
The difference could be that your particular tree makes most if not all main fruits ,Mule flower fruits,and they will ripe juicy and fine,just like other good parthenocarpic fig tree.
But according to my experience all Kadota type fig can have Mule flower and pistillate flower(need pollination),in the main crop.
The mule will become juicy fruits while the Pistillate flowers will dry out,and be inedible,without pollination by fig wasp.
This situation is never noticed by growers in Ideal climate where wasp live because there all fruits become juicy and sweet,but is well noticed outside fig wasp territory.
Your Banana fig can turn on you and produce mainly female pistillate flower next year,and they will dry and fall out inedible,you never know even tho,it did not happen in the past.
The same way acts 2 other cultivars,Pastilliere,and Celeste,and  allegedly Burjasotte grise according to some sources.

That makes sense and I certainly bow to your greater knowledge on the subject. One would then presume/hope to have a stable sport in a better performing plant. The Bananas I have comes from Treesearch and have consistently produced splendidly for the past three years and the proprietor of that nursery indicated that it was stable and not given to reverting. Your phrase "turn on you..." is wonderful. I shall see lions when I go out to the figs from now on.

It is also possible that your particular tree is stable and only makes mule fruits,and if that is the case,It does look exactly like other Kadota type,but it does not produce female pistillate flower as main crop like other do,in addition to mule flowers.
I also do know a Celeste fig in Texas that is also stable and keep most if not all fruits,and last year with all the drought,in Texas it manage to ripe more than one thousand fruits.
That is a fact coming from a serious grower(Cecil),so yes there are in rare situation stable trees,but not all of us are lucky to have one like that.
I grew 6 different strains of Celeste,because I love the Celeste fruit for flavor and sugar,but mine all of them dropped the first part ,(about half),of the main crop,and ripe the remaining half just fine.

Herman, Celeste is such a common fig that I never even thought of it as being incompletely parthenocarpic. A lesson to beware of presuming. Cecil must have been a patient and happy man. That is a lot of tiny figs. Thanks.