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Please help ID this fig.

This fig tree belongs to an aunt and uncle who planted it when they bought their home 30 years ago. They don't know the variety. My aunt takes does most of the pruning keeping it short for easy access to the fruit. It's a green fig with red interior and it has a strawberry taste to it with alot of seed crunch. The color of the interior is allot darker in the summer months. It's still ripening figs into December but they're not as sweet or as big. It's a late ripener, mid to late July. Any help would be appreciated.  20141207_122208.jpg  20141207_122141.jpg 
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Elfarach,

IMO it seems to resemble "Chico Strawberry", or "Saratoga". I also have a tree that has similar fruit, similar leaves, and similar growth and fruiting habits. There are a few pictures of "Saratoga" on the figs 4 fun varieties page.

Hey Simon, kadota maybe? Do a google search on the name to compare pics. Here's one very similar to Yours! Good luck on your search!

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Thanks fellas, I kinda think it might be a Kadota also. I have one at home with the same leaf pattern, just wanted a second opinion... I got one single fig from my Kadota but it was awesome, I want so bad to believe it was mislabeled, hahaha... This fig had a dark almost purplish flesh to it. Anyways, for now it's a keeper...

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Originally Posted by Elfarach
Anyways, for now it's a keeper...


Yep...that's all that really matters. If it's good, then propagate it, grow it, eat it; don't be losing sleep over it's identity (I'm not saying you are, I'm just exaggerating a bit to make the point). But I'm glad that you found a winner Simon! Best of luck to you!

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