This is a Persian fig from southern Fars province where wasp loves to roam. This is a tiny plant's very first fig and it dropped like many first figs do before they ripen... even if it's a common type. However the interior looks rather "feathery" to me and looks like kind of like an unpollinated smyrna? What do you guys think? Any ideas?

I should probably add this fig ripens tasty green figs in Fars province so it is not a caprifig. They dont hang caprifigs on it either but the wasp likes southern Iran so he might be around naturally. Are those unpollinated cauducous flowers? I dont think I remember seeing aborted figs on common figs having a feathery interior.

This capri fig stuff confuses me. So capri fig means must be pollinated. Common type means no pollination required. Whats the other type? Sorry i cant help you but trying to learn from you.

persianmd2orchard,

I am not familiar with Iranian figs ... but you have a good question.

The pictures do not give us a clear definition of the type of flowers right under the fig eye !..but,  whatever they are, they seem to be different from all other flowers inside that syconium.

It would be worth to try and get some close-ups to help. To me, they seem to have the looks of the male fig flowers but I may be wrong-
And if they were male flowers they should have pollen ( ?)

On another forum saw some time ago,  discussions related to early figs dropping....and the talk that followed is very interesting. have a look. It's is Spanish but you can always translate.

http://foroantiguo.infojardin.com/showthread.php?t=183090&highlight=Argelina

Hi,
One fig is hard to make judgement about one fig tree .
I had some figs like that on two of mines. They had overwintered on the tree and were "past due date".
They couldn't ripen properly because winter came and ripened oddly like that next summer.
It could as well be due to stress on your tree : like from lack of water .
Wait for the next ones :) .

I think you have a smyrna type because I have had a fig like that and I got rid of it because it does not ripe figs without pollination.

With common figs that are immature you often see very pale pulp but the texture of this fig seems different indeed.  My guess is that it is a smyrna; however, I would definitely keep it growing this season and see what the figs look like later this summer.

Speedmaster, thank you. That's a great overview. I'd not seen it written so concisely before.