There is a tree near me.
it's about 25 years old.
The owner said he never covered it, even when young.
I asked him what type of fig tree it was and if he knew the name, he said
" You have to be kidding me. a name? what do you think it's a person?"
Gotta love the old cranky Italians.
Anyway, it has the tastiest figs I have ever eaten sweet- without being overly sweet- with a hint of honey and with paper thin skin that easily peels off. They are a medium to larger size and as they ripen they get a light yellow.
The interior is either amber or pinkish. and even on the unripened/greenish side they still taste very good.
The taste may not be " Complex" or " exotic " with " lingering earthy after-tones "
But every single one is consistently good with a " just right ' taste.
Very productive tree with very few if any brebas but lots of main figs that are starting to ripen now.
I would love to know what the name of this type of fig.
The interesting thing is (and this should make the ID'ing part so much easier for this forum )
There are a few figs on the tree that look like have another fig attempting to grow out of it's eye.
It looks like the figs are giving birth to another fig.
All of the secondary figs are growing out of the eye, and they range from dime to quarter sized. Not certain if they will continue to grow and separate, but I will keep my.. sorry for the pun, " eye" on them.
There are at least a dozen " Fig in figs " that I can see.
Really weird sight, I would think there are not too many figs that do this narrowing down the possible candidates.
Any help would be appreciated.