I haven't a clue as to what it might be but to hear it described by Mr. Richard who gave it to me it sounds pretty good. He said it is everbearing and he eats figs until very late in the year. In fact there were still figs on the tree a couple of weeks ago when he had a freeze down to 19 degrees. Even after the hard freeze there were still some little green figs on the tree. I figured that they were dead and ready to fall off, but that was not the case. I tried to break one off and it would not easily let go. When I finally put enough pressure to beak it, latex came oozing out. His tree was planted as a cutting in 1953 from a tree in a neighbors yard across the highway. That tree has be destroyed. Mr. Richard has also taken cuttings and started many trees from his over the years. He has 3 or 4 others planted in his own yard and has given dozens of rooted cuttings away. He gave me a pot with 2 started cuttings in it which I separated into 2 pots. Also here it is only 2 week after the coldest weather and the mother tree had buds swelling. I plan to visit him when the tree is in full production to get pictures of the fig and the leaves. Then I'll be looking for some help in identifying it.

Here is a figlet and also buds ready to break.



Buds ready to break.

Sound like you found a good one Gene. It is sure to spark a lot of interest. May prove to be a good for up north.

Congrats on your find. With your long growing season having varieties that fruit at different times would be ideal and add some ever bearing to that and you can have fruit for 8-9 months.   

I hope you're right Joe. I can't wait until the fruit on his tree is ripe so I can go see it. I got the clue to find this tree from one of our CDC members when I saw a picture of his small tree in the background on a picture he posted on CDC last year. I missed it the first time around but saw it when reading some back post looking for something else. Time will tell if it's good or not. The gentleman that gave it to me surely loves them. He told me that he picks ripe ones, cut the stem and them mashes them in a bowl. He then puts some honey on them and then freezes them in individual serving containers and has them during the off season.

Nice find Gene, sounds promising for our zone 9. Can't wait to see the ripe fruit,also.