Apparently there is a variety in the Houston area, called the Banana Fig.
I was told by the nursery owner, that when ripe it is yellow and red on the inside.

Here's a description, I found on the net:

Banana Fig A medium size yellow fig with pale strawberry flesh. Very sweet, full flavor, no bitterness, closed eye, but will split if not harvested when ripe. Low spreading tree, but can also grow tall, so prune to the size you want. Good production. Good cold tolerance. One of the very best. Grown in Seabrook, Texas since around 1910.

Not sure what it could be and out of curiosity, I got myself a baby tree.

I used to Live in Seabrook, when it was very small and I did not see any fig trees there.  I have been back several times and have looked for any older trees, I have not found one.  We had a member that promised me one but he didn't stay around very long.

Hope it is a Banana.

Congratulations on the aquisition Sas.
They look super healthy, hope you get the chance to taste those baby figs and veriffy if  they taste that good.

OBTW - I am not looking for that fig.  Didn't want it to sound like I was fishing.

Danny,

As soon as I have some, you're welcome.

I really appreciate it but I simply do not have room for any additions right now.  LSU Red, different story, I would toss some to make room for that one, LOL.

My banana fig is about 15 yrs old or so. Pretty good tasting fig. Not really red flesh, maybe light pale strawberry. They do tend to blow up with not much rain at the time of ripening. Get a crop about every other year due to bad timing of rain.

I was at a nursery on the far north side of Houston this morning. They had a large yellow fig tree that the said was a Banana fig. It was covered in large yellowing figs. Pics attached. The pulp is actually a dark amber, and not really the pale red.

I asked if they had this fig in stock. They said no. But said that we could take a bunch of figs home. We loaded a plastic grocery bag mostly full. And as we were about to leave a worker there said that I could take a couple of small cuttings if I wanted. They are in the moss to root.

CliffH.

Years back, JH did a nice comparative and found that the Banana Fig is most likely synonymous with Kadota.

Very helpful, Thank You Leon. I guess I ended up with a Kadota. LOL

Definitely Kadota..

I'm going to revive this post because I am trying to determine if there truly is an "Banana" fig to be found. I have been visiting many nurseries around the Houston area, and asking about this fig (including nurseries in Seabrook).

Like many of you, I have read a description that states that the Banana fig originated in Seabrook Texas. That it is "yellow fig with pale strawberry flesh", "closed eye", and "local fig not grown anywhere else in the US". This definitely does not sound like a Kadota.

However, after many discussion with nursery people I have arrived at the conclusion that most people in Houston use the term "banana fig" to describe the Kadota variety. I have had people at very reputable nurseries, including their "fig experts", tell me that they have never heard of the Kadota fig. I showed most the pictures posted above. They said that was the correct fig and the one they were selling, but their's is a Banana Fig and not a Kadota. Most never heard of this name. 

I am still searching and hoping.....

CliffH