I'm hoping someone can help me id this fig. I thought maybe it was a Verte but I'm not sure the leaves match that of Verte but I'm no expert. This fig was roadside near Fresno in the foothills. There were a few ripe figs left mid-October..so I guess it would be considered a late season variety. Fruit is yellowish green on outside and red on inside. Fruit was on the small side and skin was medium thick/tough. Taste was great: like berry jam. I took a few cuttings and am starting them now.

I'm hoping these flickr links work; I'll fix them tomorrow if they don't. I unfortunately couldn't get pictures to post in-line.

Thank you in advance!

https://flic.kr/p/N2iyXA

https://flic.kr/p/N2izg1

The shape of the leaves doesn't match a Strawberry verte fig tree.

Probably an unknown seedling if it was on the roadside.

Not Verte. Wrong leaves, Wrong fruit.

Thank you both. Yes, you are probably right; it is probably an unknown seedling. It will be interesting to see how it performs in my garden. It was a pretty tree and the fruit tasted great (in my opinion). I hadn't tasted a fig like it before with that intense of a berry jam flavor.

Doesn't match Verte as others have said,can't think of a finger leaf fig like that,I think you have the wasp in your area,or birds carried the seeds from an area that does and 'sowed' it there,looks like a nice fig and if it's growing healthily without human help that's a bonus

It was in an interesting spot next to a back road near a spring "seep" in ranch land in the Fresno foothills. There was a row of figs next to the road...basically a thicket about 100 yards long. Judging from the fruit and leaves, there were at least 3 different fig varieties and maybe more. Fresno is major fig country from the early 1900's...so hard to know how this "thicket" came about. Thought it might possibly have been planted way back when...but probably not. I took a couple other cuttings; we'll see how those turn out.

Bent, I live here in Fresno.

Fig trees were on Watts Valley Rd. on the way to Pine Flat Lake...outside of Fresno.

Hi,
One cent on Dalmatie (leaf) and one cent on Alma (ribbed fruit) ...
When you have more pics of the leaves and fruits ... post them :)

Brent is this the tree? LOL I did a google search of Watts Valley road Clovis CA and I have to say that road is littered with fig trees man I wish I wasn't 4000 miles away,,,,, maybe if gas prices come down 

 

Dave...yes, that is the spot.  Too funny!  LOL is right. As you can see, there are many fig trees lining the road...basically growing into the road....at that particular stretch of road. There are a couple variations on the 5 "finger leaf" variety, and several with 3 lobes that aren't cut deeply.  The ground was littered with dried figs around the 3 lobe varieties although it looked like the the one I posted about had been "harvested": meaning the ground wasn't littered with figs and it didn't look like animals/birds had been a problem.  The ditch you see behind the trees in the pictures had some water flowing in it, despite the drought, so it was a perfect spot for figs.  Maybe there was an original fig tree nearby and birds/animals spread seeds to this spot which would account for the variation/"evolution".  Because of the constant water source, they clearly thrived and continued to spread.

Thanks Bent! Wow, great looking fig. Almost worth the drive. Hmmmm.

My King River (verte) seedling cuttings made it through the winter and are starting to take off. It seems healthy so far and no FMV from what I can tell.  I can't imagine I'll get any figs off of them this year, but I can always hope.  I'm curious to see if this fig pans out and produces good figs in my garden.  I doubt it is a common fig, but I guess we'll see, eventually.  Next year, maybe?

 


 

and the following photos were from the original post Fall 2016 of the figs and a leaf from the mother tree..I finally figured out how to post pictures inline:

 

It's a new variety and it's from seed. Probably a smyrna. Take some panty hose and wrap a few figs when the get about the size of a dime. If they drop you know they are smyrna.

I will definitely try that out, BRIANM, when it starts producing figs.  I was wondering how to test it.

I love this! Roadside finds are so thrilling.