I found a nursery close to Houston the other day that had fig trees. The owner was a young Mexican woman who spoke broken English. She had huge 5 gallon fig trees for $15 ea. She only knew that they were from Mexico and said the figs were green. I looked them over & found some huge near ripe figs on them. Purple/Black at the bottom and green toward the stem. They look like the mission figs they they sell in the grocery stores for $5/lb. No guys, I didn't buy one---guess I was too overcome with "fig snobbery" not knowing the actual variety---completely overlooked the fact that they were only $15!LOL! I can always go back. I guess what I'm asking is, is this a common variety for Mexico(i.e.Mission)? I didn't have a camera with me. Anyone got any ideas?

Fatsassytexan, I would imagine the Mission is likely very common in Mexico, given who brought the mission from Spain, and with the Spanish conquering mexico, I am sure they brought their favorite figs with them as did California. Also, on another thread a Mexican gentleman was asking for figs, he said he was in Mexico and all they have growing in his particular place is Mission. So there you go, I would think Mexico would have more Spanish types as they are the Europeans who settled mexico  now if you were talking about Brazil or Argentina, then you would have other European fig influences.  Spanish Figs ( Mission ect ) in Mexico, makes sense to me!! Ciao

From what I read I would say that the Mission is the most common fig in Mexico believe it was introduced to mexico before it was in California. Read that somewhere on the net.

Thanks Maggie & Nelson, that is pretty much what I thought, but needed a little reassurance from all you great people on this forum. I still can't believe I didn't buy one!

It is hard to pass up a nice looking plant even if you don't know what they are.  I have my Walmart figs.  They were big plants in 3 gallon pots for $12 and were only labeled "pink", "black" and "large".   When I called the nursery they couldn't tell me varieties.  We'll see what they taste like next year since  I picked the best looking plants which ended up being the ones without fruit.

Lisa
zone 9a