I've been passing by this tree all winter and watching it. Something about it's growth pattern was different from the usual Celeste that grow here by the thousands. Well the figs started ripening recently, but we were having a lot of rain so I postponed stopping to knock at the door until better weather appeared. Yesterday, after almost a week of no rain, when I passed near it someone was picking figs so I pulled over. I talked to the gentleman picking who introduced himself as Al and he was the owner of the tree. We talked while he picked and then he offered me a few of them through the fence that was between us. It was a dark fig, almost black, the overripe one's were very black. After talking a while, he asked me if I wanted a tree. He had one at another location a few blocks away that had been almost destroyed by the hurricane. The part that was left was laying on it's side and many sprouts had started from beneath where another part of the tree had broken . He said that he had dug several from there and they were growing well and that I was welcome to come dig one up my self. He had no clue to it identity but liked it to make preserves with. The fresh ones I sampled weren't bad either, but I would need more to get a better idea. I was really surprised to find the inside so light colored. When I go dig my sprout, I get some pictures of the tree and leaves also.
