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Guess the variety of these figs

Time for some fun!

Who can guess the varieties of the figs in this bowl?  Here is a hint.  There are only 5 varieties!  Can you guess what they are?  All are ripening now and one started ripening a week a go!  Two on the bottom are medium size reddish color figs and are sweet.  I picked these yesterday and this morning! 

Can you figure them out?
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I for sure see Smith
that big one showing Dark is Black Jack?
Maybe a Strawberry Verte, Alama, and Celeste, and some honey fig?  

Phil, you are good my friend!

All of my Smith trees are putting out right now.  It is one fig tree that I will always treasure.

1.  Smith
2.  Black Jack
3.  ??
4.  ??

Celeste?  NOPE
Strawberry Verte?  NOPE
ALma?  NOPE

Who can guess the other 2?  Think about what figs would ripen around this time of year.......

Is Green Ischia the same as Strawberry Verte?  If not, I'll guess Green Ischia and Desert King and Brown Turkey.  If they're all wrong, don't laugh.  I'm definitely new to the seeing an actual fig fruit.  And maybe Dauphine.  And maybe Kadota.

I am spotting a black ischia 3'o clock and peter's honey dead center?

Tacoma violet 6 and 11'o clock?

smaller dark ones - RdB?

Cheryl  WRONG!
Mohan WRONG!
Ed    WRONG!

Good guess though!  I will reveal the remaining ones at 6PM.

I agree totally about Smith. My Smith was slow to start producing took a few years and this year has very few fruit, but it's a top fig.   How about I drop the Verte and just guess Strawberry?  That largish squat bright green one half buried looking like LSU Gold. And I am going to toss out Florea, even though I am doubting it, but I ate a couple this AM my 1st main crop of the year and I can't get her out of my mind.

1. Smith
2. Black Jack
3. Marseilles White
4. Atreano
5. Florea

So that was a Florea covered up down there at the bottom. Is the that the one that has been ripening for a week?  Thanks for fun Dennis I like the guessing games, it's tough on some without the inside view

Yes, it was Phil.  So far my most productive trees have been Smith.  It has been so freaky hot here in Charlotte the past month.  Its not hotter than last year but very close!  With daily watering and a tad bit of fertilizer, I will have a lot of figs this year.  I'm testing out some new fertilizer this year and its working a better than the organic I tried about 3 years ago.  But I still use fish emulsion too.

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