Yeah I know I'm nuts for being awake at this hour but I work odd hours as well as have occaisional insomnia (as in tonight/today).

Here are some photos of a local fig tree I found. Any guesses on what it MIGHT be?

As for taste? It wasn't much to write home about. I know it's late season & might taste better earlier in the year but the flavor kinda reminded me of Pawpaws...?

Dont worry im up too! Im even going to get up at 5:30 am and go to they gym and start this day right!

I'm running a little late today by a couple of hours, but I'm glad to see that somebody somewhere also gets up early.

I haven't a clue about the fig, but I wish I had one even if it wasn't top notch.

The picture of the fig looks like it would taste good. The size and color looks like a Celeste, with it little red eye. But the leaf does not look like Celeste.

I'm not sure what it is. The leaf doesn't look like Celeste to me.

Not Celeste. Looks a little like Black Mission, and but doubt it.

I was about to post the other two pics I took of the tree itself but they both exceed 1 MB.

What do you think Jon. Maybe a variant of your favorite fig -Brown Turkey? :-)!

In the spring I may be able to at least narrow it down. I know the exact vendor the lady got it from a couple years ago. 

I think pawpaws are delicious, so I would probably enjoy this fig ;)

I like Paw Paws too mescalito. In fact I have a few saplings "tagged" down on the creek that I'm going to move to my yard this fall/winter.

The fig above was really bland and I'm geussing it wolud have more flavor in the summer heat. Paw Paw just happen to be the only thing I could come close to relating it to. So actual Paw Paws are much better than this was.

My tagging the Paw Paw trees in the woods is part of my plan to go more native with many of my fruit tree choices. Obviously, plants/trees do so much better in an environment that they've adapted to over a long long time.

A few other trees & plants I'm in the process of planting or tracking down are Chickasaw Plums, Mulberries, Elderberries (already on property just moved to cultivate), Blackberries to name a few. I don't think the Mulberry trees are actually native but they sure grow well here with little or no care.

Bear in mind that figs are still going to be my primary focus for some time to come :) .  

I don't thint it is BT. Looks more like MarseillesVS, Hardy Chicago, etc. But the leaves are too big, and not like any of them. Not sure we've seen this ne before.

Guess I'll just keep an eye on and see what it does next season.
Won't be hard to do since it's right next to the road.
In a few years you'll probably be able to reach out & touch it without leaving your car.

Sax like Jon said it does resemble HC somewhat i have had some big leaves come out at various times.
The inside did resemble my HC when it was late in season as well .
But its very hard to tell sometimes with fig plants as they take on a different look in different parts of the country thats what can be confusing.
Im sure the taste of that particular tree will be different when they first ripen not so late in season and you might really enjoy it.
Please let us know either way next season its fun to read what happens.

Thanks Diesler, The more I learn about figs the more I'm realizing that one fig type has the abilty to show varying characteristic during different times of the year as well as in different parts of the country/world. Makes them all the more interesting.

I can see why Herman2 (& others I'm sure) has spent so much time trialing & tasting so many different varieties to help him/them determine which ones perform and taste best in his specific envirnment. It's going to be fun to join in on similar efforts :-).

Did you see the shape of the fig leaf I posted in my very first post? It's the one with the heading "Another New Fig Person!". Being so new to figs I didn't realize at first just how divergent from the norm that leaf shape is! From what I'm learning now I wouldn't be at all suprised if the leaves from the same tree look nothing like those pics come spring. Will be interesting to see.

That leaf is from the parent tree of one of the divisions I got from my neighbor. It will be interesting to compare what mine will look like relative to his next season. He grows his in an area that's a bit wet. Maybe this has something to do with it...? Mine is planted in a more well drained spot....we'll see.

Here's a copy-paste-preview of those pics.
   

   
Wow! I guess I just learned a new trick (new for me anyway). I didn't realize that copy and pasting would allow the same functionality as an original upload. Tech is soo coool. But I'm still learning as I go!