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Fig ID Please

My sister kept telling me about this  fig tree that grew next door to her son.  Branches hung over into his garden, but when I asked what it looked or tasted like,  she  would reply, it doesn't have a green skin like your Desert King. 

For a couple of years I would get the same response, and she never managed to get any to taste.   Apparently the owner of the tree would come over into my nephews garden when no one was home and picked the figs.  

I finally got some cuttings and propagated them and these are the fruits that ripened around the middle of September. 

It is a nice sized fig, I would say medium to large in size and would describe the taste as raspberry jelly and juicy.  I am hoping to get more than a couple figs this year to get a better taste of it.

Any ideas what it might be?


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Any background in the tree? Origin etc

Just guessing, but looks a lot like Olympian.

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This was my Olympian.


No idea.  Was hoping that my nephew inquired from the neighbor, but  he has not. 

He lives near Tacoma, north of  Olympia.

Looks like Sal Corleone

Looks a lot like this one

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Here is my Sals's




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Olympian. Very high demand in Tacoma area. 
Grows just 8' in 10-years and starts fruiting at a young age.


Probably NOT Olympian!  See Ben's Olympian photos which look like my Olympian from Burnt Ridge Nursery (one of the first Nurseries to offer Olympian after Denny McGaughy gave it to them to propagate):
http://seattlegardenfruit.blogspot.com/search/label/olympian

Happy Growing,   kiwibob, Seattle

I seen this fig posted here before with that unique club shaped pulp. Like a deck of cards club. Looks very good what ever it is

Judging from the pictures, Olympian it is not.
Inside matches, but the stem
isn't long enough to make the cut. 

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Originally Posted by figpig_66
I seen this fig posted here before with that unique club shaped pulp. Like a deck of cards club. Looks very good what ever it is
Mr Boni, that shape indicates the fig is a Breba :)

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