Hi all I am new to the forum and was hoping for some advice
I live in Northern New Jersey and bought this fig tree on Arthur Ave. in the Bronx.
It has been doing very well in the ground for a couple of years but it seems to be a variety that is not ideal for my climate. I get about 40-50 ripe figs but unfortunately there seems to be many more left on the tree. Any advice or thought would be appreciated.

Welcome to the forum, I'm sure you will get some good advice here.

Might be a Stella.  Might be a tree with no name that someone brought over from the old country a long time ago.  I'd let those figs ripen 3-7 more days before picking, next time.  They should be drooping limply and very soft.  You might have to protect them from critters.

My first thought is Brunswick.  Compare your tree to my unknown:

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/please-help-me-identify-my-unknown-5983133

It is pretty clear that my unknown is some variant of Brunswick.  It's a very tasty fig but splits in the rain and then the ants go crazy.

Thanks everybody for your posts!!

There are so many figs left on my tree and it's Oct. 20th in Northen NJ can I assume that this variety is not suited for my climate?
Any suggestions on a better variety of figs for my area or a way to make them ripen earlier?

Thanks!!

GeoffNJ: Welcome to the Fig Forum. Your figs look more like Stella to me. Can you take more photos of the leaves on the branches and more fig photos? Thanks for sharing.

Steve: Yes, your link to your old thread in deed was the Brunswick tree, thanks for sharing.

Best,
Tam

Geoff,
Welcome to the forum community.
Your fig resembles the Brunswick/Madonna variety, which has an Amber to Pink interior and Tan to brown exterior.
The Stella/Cordi cultivar has a Red interior and Green exterior... note attached Stella pictures, the leaves do look similar. The Stella fig pictures are from a vendor's web page.

You could try pinching the branches or thinning the figlets to reduce production and concentrate the plants energy into ripening the "limited" crop of figs. There are many other cultivars that will produce earlier and are cold hardy enough for in ground planting in your zone (improved Celeste, Celeste, Hardy Chicago Sals etc). Good Luck.
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Pete: Thank you. Very tasty and very beautiful photos, thanks for sharing. The leaves of GeoffNJ's tree do look like Stella, I have seen many Brunswick trees, but none of them are like his tree. The figs look like Brunswick, maybe this one is another variant. I wait until he posts more leaves and fig photos. Thank you.

Best,
Tam

I had a similar find last week and managed to score some cuttings. 




I can see it looks somewhat like a Brunswick but I've never heard of them here before.  Time will tell I guess. 

>>> The Stella/Cordi cultivar

I know my good odle Stella very well, thank you.
But what about this new "Cordi" suff?!?

George,
This link is to a forum Topic started a few years ago linking Stella and Cordi. Also several vendors are selling this cultivar with that alias attached.