This came to me as Flanders, but doesn't look like it to me. First fruit ripened 12/1/2008. For that date, it was pretty good. Had it ripened in summer I am suspecting that it would have been fabulous. Looks to me like another for the "Unknown" pile.

Keep this one for ready-made jam. It looks as if no elaborate efforts will be required to make Jam except just a spoon.

It sure looks yummy!!
If this is the first year bearing, it might be too early to judge it now.

I expect it to be a definite keeper. I finally bought a Flanders from Dave Wilson because all the ones I have grown from twigs do not seem to be Flanders. Add this one to the Unknown pile, I guess. Pretty soon, with gorgi's unknowns, my seedlings and unknowns, and those in some other collections, we'll have to start having "Name the Fig" contests. Good thing flavor is all that matters. ;-))))

Jon,

Based on the color of the pulp I would say no (with an exception noted below).  I had lots of really good Flanders figs this year, and the pulp was amber in color.  However, I know that when caprified some figs have red pulp that would not if they were not caprified.  Since we have pretty much established (haven't we?) that at least some of your figs are visited by the wasps, the red pulp in your fig may not rule out Flanders.

Even though it's sort of shriveled up the skin color looks like it could be Flanders (with the green and purple verticle stripes), and the pyriform shape is correct for Flanders.

Who knows? 

The Flanders that produced good figs for me this year came from Rolling River, and it wasn't until the tree's third year that it fruited.  They were larger than I expected too - probably 2 1/2" tall and 1 3/4" in diameter at the largest place.  It's been a rather slow growing fig, but it branches well and forms good "double"  buds at most of the distal branch ends.  I look really forward to the figs next year.

Henry