Ok, so I found another fig tree in Grant Park today on my way home from work and was elated to see there were two very ripe figs at the top of the tree just waiting for me to pick them.  The house is under a massive remodel, and they've all but killed the tree by compressing the roots with loads of brick, but it's still fruiting out.

Thing is, I haven't a damned clue what the heck variety it is!  Can you help to ID?  I don't have pictures of the leaves because the guy who picked the figs didn't think the owner would be happy with him damaging the tree, so let me tell you this - they are SMALL leaves, just like the fruit!  The leaves have 5 lobes, the middle three are most pronounced and the leaves are only 4"-6" wide on the largest ones.  The tree was about 7" thick at the base and approximately 10' tall with sparse branches, mostly only upper foliage.

It has a breba crop (as pictured).  The fruit that you see - obviously, it is very small - less than 1.5" by 1.5" - all the fruit ripens to this golden amber color with a raspberry colored eye which is very, very tight, some are vibrant raspberry, some are more strawberry colored (as you see).  Amber-ish pulp inside also.  A few seeds inside.  Fruit is very round, as you see.  The fruit skin is tightly pulled across but very, very soft.  There is no neck to the fig, and the stem is very short on all of them; a lot of the fruits seemed to grow in pairs, but spread out on the highest branches.

For taste, where a 10 is "highest possible", this rated a 6-7 on sweetness, 2 on crunchiness, a 2 on richness, and a 5-6 on juiciness.  Overall, not a bad fig, but I like dark, rich figs, so it's not necessarily my cup of tea.  This one tasted like a very diluted/watery light colored date.

Got any thoughts on what this might be?

Someone has to start guessing with your description of the leaves and the fruit approximate resemblance of the outside and inside of the fruit and my guess is Brunswick. But of course it could be just one of many meeting this description.

if this is Brunswick we would need to see the leafs to confirm it

Hi Jason.  I have no idea what it is, but I just wanted to say this is a very cool find, and fun to see.  Thanks for sharing this.

Hope you are well my friend.

John
North Georgia Piedmont
Zone 7b

The leaves looked similar to this, they were no more than 6" wide and tall, but the two fingers closest to the base of the leaf were a little smaller.

Leaf looks nothing like Brunswick from what I can tell.

Sure these leaves don't look like Brunswick at all.

I like the color. No idea what it is, but the leaves look a little like Celeste.

Celeste was my first thought as well, but I've never seen them this round or small in my area, and they're usually about 25% bigger (main crop).  There's a Blue Celeste about 5 blocks from this tree that is huge... and the figs from that one have much more of a neck, similar to what you'll see in the varietal info.

It did taste a lot like a typical Celeste fig, too.  The leaves are about 3/4 the size of a typical Celeste, but it could be due to the stress on the tree.

Does anyone else have pics of Celeste brebas for comparison?

I'm sad.... this tree is heavily neglected with the property under heavy construction and it is likely to die this year, whatever it may be - I still do not know, although I feel like it looks a bit like Royal Vineyard or something.

The leaves are strikingly small on this fig tree, they are approximately 4" x 4" at most.  The tree obviously has a breba crop, so it is definitely not Celeste.  I do not know what it is.  I have not seen the second crop on this tree, but it obviously would be very late to ripen.

Jason,

Why can't you get a cutting from the owner?

noss

I can. I just haven't yet. The fit had a nice light brown sugar taste. It wasn't bad at all.

这种无花果在中国被称为“丰产黄”或者“韶关黄”因为非常丰产，是中国南方一个很普遍的品种，不知道国际上叫什么。

"bumper crop yellow" and "Shaoguan yellow" work for me!  thanks, abcd ;)

hey jason!
nice find!  one of friends has a similar fig with small leaves and a fig that looks similar!  unfortunately they don't know the variety name! hopefully someone will know!  i had a cutting taken of theirs and my leaves are ginormous compared to the mother tree's... so it confuses ID'ing things.

i found some brebas at their tree today and they look similar! good luck id'ing things!  the main crop is usually really really sweet (not as figgy but juicy/sweet)!  you'll have to update us when the main crop ripens!:)