Hi,

Been reading this forum for a while, but  my 1^st post. I normally hang out in a general fruit forum, as you Fig people seem a little Cult like to me, but I admit I did taste the Kool-Aid and I like it. I am in North Georgia and have about 6 six Fig cultivars, and quite a lot of other fruits. I started some plants from a Friend’s figs that have been in her family here locally a little NW of Metro Atlanta for a few generations.  I know you figheads probably get tired of identifying posts over and over, but the variation in the leaves of even the same tree seem to confuse me, The dark one they have always called Brown Turkey, but I know how generically that label has been used. It actually looks more similar to Celeste pictures to my novice eye. The light fig is the one I am more curious about. This is not the original plants I have pictured, they have been started from their prior home place, but she actually stated they have been in her family since the late 1800s. The plants do not receive good light, and in my opinion are overgrown and leggy, but are both maturing fruit right now. The dark one is sweeter than the light fig, but I find the both tasty. Thanks for any input, and I hope I am successful attaching the pictures.

the first plate of darker figs looks like a dead ringer for Celeste.  and that is a huge problem with people around Atlanta, everyone thinks that it "it's brown, so it has to be brown turkey, right?"  drives me crazy.

i have no clue what the green one is.  are those ripe?

The yellow fig looks like the  Marseilles I got from LSU.
Jeff

I think they are ripe Jason, but I may be wrong, The ones in the tree picture are not ripe  The ones on the plate are very soft and moist, drooping from the stem on the plant, and the birds and hornets were eating ones just like them. I ate a lot of them. Some of them may have been a little more yellow and the interior is a little darker than the picture looks. Maybe my palate is so not so discerning, and  a few days might have improved them. You are not far away I have read your post about checking out local trees downtown. These are about halfway between Alpharetta and Canton, you are welcome to check them out if you want. Thanks for the input on the dark ones

Strudeldog, this is your barbecue, man, and it tastes good, but I agree with Jason on both accounts. The dark figs look just like Celeste and the light figs look a little bit underripe. Has it been extra rainy there recently? Sometimes my light figs get brown spots when there's a bunch of rain, and so they look overripe on the outside, but they're actually not quite ripe on the inside.

If this is the same fig that LSU calls Marseilles then I would say they are ripe.  They have a really good seed crunch and are sweeter than they look.  They stay white inside even when fully ripe.  I will try to post a picture of the LSU fig tomorrow so we can compare.
Jeff

I also red the inquery,and before I red the rest I recognised the 2 cultivars:
Celeste,and Marseilles white,no doubt in my mind.

Thanks Folks,

The Marseilles looks like a likely suspect for the light one, reading that it is a heirloom fig, the ribs which this fig does have, the ribbing is very pronounced on the immature fruit, and maybe these were not quiet ripe, but they were very soft, and moist. I thought the dark ones looked like Celeste myself. I am not going to label either one, other than Unknown, just curious about what they could likely be. Jeff that would be great if you could post a pic of your LSU fig, there is a crunch to the seeds, but I am not any sure more than the dark ones. I just ate the last light one, and the interior was still very light colored but softened even more almost to a jelly texture. Guess I need to go grab some more this weekend.

Celeste and Marseilles have been around a very long time down South.  I think they are Celeste and Marseilles.

I just posted and then saw Herman posted as well, so it seems very likely I will have a Marseilles white to go with the Marseilles VS black I purchased from you recently on Ebay. I am hoping I do better with those cuttings then I did with the Col De Dame and VDB I started from UC Davis this spring. I move them up to 1 Gal. recent and the leafs yellowed and dropping this past week and I am thinking too wet. The Marseilles VS black are not that far along yet, maybe they will benefit from my learning of on the UC Davis cuttings

Celeste and Marseilles, although your Marseilles looks greener and smaller than ours. 

Try letting the Marseilles ripen up a little more and see if you like them better that way.  We let ours get dead ripe, ready to fall ripe, and then they are very sweet and good flavored.  A little weak when not fully ripe.

The Celestes have a richer flavor, but it takes a look of those to make jam or anything else.  Our Marseilles are the size of small apples.

Best wishes.

John
North Georgia Piedmont
Zone 7b

Here is the picture of the LSU Marseilles. The interior looks a little different because I pulled it apart instead of cutting it, but you can see they are the same.
 

 

 

That seems to be it, I didn’t expect 100% consensus, but you all called them the same. I have a couple started plants of each.  I think the owner is going to prune them back next year so more of the fruit is within reach. Jeff, your pictures look more like my figs than my pictures, I am not very good either side of the camera, and really appreciate the photo’s.