George :It is less dark because the tree is young and this Sommer was soooo cold,rainy,and short here.
Also Mi first fruits at the end of August were eaten by Squierel,before I had a chance to see them fully ripe,or to get them myself.
So next I took pix before ripe so i beat the squierels to it.
I am sure next year they will look almost black.
The size of them is huge for a Mission,but the taste is there.
And The figs in the pixes are taken after the double rains we had in September when you had so many splits in your Pix.
It did not split,and did not sour at all,despite rain.
I really like it.
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I Have Three cuttings out of this tree wich i would like to trade for other Mission Fig only to reaserch the Mission Type fig Farther.
So If you have a Mission fig,Different than What you see,in the Pix,here is your chance to aquire another strain of it.
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Happy Gardening