Cousin Aurora has presented me with a novelty. Suspect it to be Common fig
The young tree is estimated to be around 8 years old,producing figs for the past couple of years.
These figs are large, of a light 'jade' green skin color, not very common, with full and  reddish pulp with plenty of crunchy seeds. Sweet but not too much, and a mix of delicious fruity flavors.....

No name has yet been given to this fig

Enjoy the pictures.

Francisco

Awesome figs and photos Fransisco .
I didn't realize so many seedlings develop into such nice figs , this is the second one you have shown this year I believe .
There must be many thousands of distinct varieties .

John

Thanks for the pictures Francisco, that is a beautiful fig and it sounds delicious

Nice pics, Yummy!!

Hi Francisco,

This is so interesting. Have you talked about these seedlings before and the process? I wonder how many grow up to be beauties such as these. Thanks for the wonderful posts.

Thank you all for taking your time to look and comment on this post.

Trying to respond to some of your comments, let me tell you that it is the wide presence of the wasp in this particular district that determines that a great percentage of all the Common and Smyrna figs be caprificated, thus producing viable, fertile seeds, propagated by birds, rodents, and people.

Numerous figs appear in many places as a result of such propagation, the majority being wild or caprifigs. A very small quantity may be good figs which, depending on the type of soil, available nutrients, humidity, etc, will grow into healthy and strong trees capable of producing good fruit in 4 to 6 years.
This particular fig, germinated and  grew up on the boundaries of a compost pit as well as other wild ones. I am sure that there will be many more good figs in the wild but because very few people cares about this fruit, they go unnoticed

For some of you who did not see a previous post let me show you another seedling fig rooted in the trunks of a palm tree, which produced some good/edible figs this year for the first time.

Francisco

They both look great.  Some day I'll have a 4 acre heated greenhouse and I'll import the wasp.

That could be done!
But a move to the West would probably be better ! ...or here (?)

Francisco

that jade fig is the most beautiful thing i ever saw.  can you weave a basket out of cuttings and send it over.?

i'm only partially kidding. your collection is just awe inspiring.

Thank you Suzie,

The 'jade' fig is not mine.. it belongs to my cousin Aurora and I will tell her of your kind  comments

Our common old grand mother used to say..  son, trust Him and He will listen to our entreaties....

cheers
Francisco

Both of your 'light' and 'dark' new fig seedlings look very nice & great...

Tell Aurora, congrats on having such a great fig tree.  Those are really nice looking figs.  =)

Francisco, Beautiful figs... I hope to visit you next year. :-)

Thank you ,  George, Jules  and Bass,

I appreciate the time you spent reading my notes and looking at the pictures

Will tell  Aurora of your  kind comments and on her behalf let me pass to you her warm thanks

Bass, you shall be always welcome

Francisco
 

Finding Figs in surprising locations or propagating an unknown variety always makes a good story.  
 still those wasps make a big difference i guess. does your cousing aurora have a male fig capri type nearbye?
thanks

Eli, around here you find caprifigs everywhere...in the fields, in town, in public places, boulevards,  in pots, ...etc. Aurora also grows caprifigs to make sure that they are ALWAYS available and at hand!

It has been so for ages.. I am convinced that they were brought in with all first edible figs by the Phoenicians who established the first trade outposts along the southern/western coasts of Iberia 1500 years BC.

Alternating cold and mild winters and summers soon gave the people strong indications of what was best for figs....quickly found that on milder climate the caprifig would produce good crops and this was beneficial to ALL other figs, increasing their ripening rates, and giving them outstanding quality.

My grand dad used to say that in a good caprifig year the tonnage of those varieties meant for drying (Smyrna and Common alike) would increase by no less than 10 to 15% and the fruit would get much better classification (grading), thus more valuable.

Francisco