Thanks for replies! There weren't any ripe figs on the tree that I saw. I talked to the gas station attendant and she said, " It is a fig, sometimes it put on figs sometimes it doesn't." I asked her about cuttings and she said," it is a fig." Then proceeded to tell me to take whatever cutting I would like. Needless to say she wasn't full of information:) I am headed back to get cuttings in the next couple days, and I will check for ripe figs again.