Just thought I'd share my latest find....
I spotted this bush-type fig tree a while back and figured by the size of it that it was another Mission. I had some time on my hands this morning so I went to get a cutting. It was alongside Interstate 880, near the San Jose airport, so luckily there was a frontage road with a single branch hanging over the fence and I was able to get a cutting pretty easily. Upon a closer look, though, it does not appear to be a Mission... I did not see a breba crop (but then again it was a rather large bush about 25 feet in diameter and 15 feet tall), and all the Missions in this area (Santa Clara Valley) have rather large and visible breba crops right now.
Comparing it to my other Missions, these branches are light brown with green undertones as opposed to the white trunk or dark brown branches of the Mission. The leaves seem darker and "fuzzier" (???), similar to a Sal's that I have in a 1 gallon pot. The biggest difference that I see - although the main crop is under-ripe - is that it's not elongated like the Mission fruit. Hopefully you can see in the picture that the fruit looks like it may turn purple, as there is a ring of purple between the seed pocket and the meat. It just doesn't look like any Mission that I've seen... so it looks like I'll have to go back this Fall to find the ripe fruit!
