I have had this tree over 15 years and can't remember the name the nursery guy told me.  It was something non-specific like "Tropical Fig" or something.  At the time I had no idea that there were so many types of figs, and I just thought bigger was better.  Anyway this fig produces large green figs, round with no neck, and they are not very sweet.  I keep hoping they'll get better but so far they just don't taste very good to me.  I might preserve them or pickle them although I don't want to waste the sugar if they aren't going to cook down and end up sweet. I have attached two photos. Could anyone help me determine what type of fig this is?  

Marta73,
Welcome to the forum community.
My guess would be a Conadria.
The pictured fig looks to be unripe, which may explain why they aren't sweet. Ripe figs would be soft with translucent pulp and no signs of latex when picked
Good Luck.

Atriano?  ugh, what do I know.

I have no clue....but I have my doubts that "Atreano" would be commercially available, 15 years ago. 

If that's a ripe, no-name and sold as a "Tropical Fig"...you may have a dud variety, that's been grown from seeds.  Has this tree ever produced good figs?  It also might be a variety that needs a wasp, for caprification, but I'm not sure.

I would make one last effort to grow this variety to perfection, and then, if the properly ripened figs still taste like crap....I'd start year 16 with a new, named-variety, tree.  Don't waste your time on a fig tree that produces figs that you can't eat.  Life's too short.


Frank


WELCOME!

Wow--thanks so much for all the answers!  I will research the varieties you have all suggested.  And I realize that particular fig was unripe.  None have ripened fully yet and there is a chance I've never HAD a fully ripe fig from the tree because of BIRDS!  One year I left the figs on the tree and one day went outside and there were none.  LOL So I have begun to watch them carefully and perhaps have picked them early (not as early as that one but as soon as they're pretty soft.)  I could be picking them before full ripeness, as none ever really have sort of "wilted" on their stems, not sure whether there was sap when I picked them, but that is a great clue, one I didn't know.  I now know a lot better even after this short tutorial from all of you.  I yearn for a truly sweet fig and will hang around looking for the name of one I should look for.

By the way, Dave, the leaf is slick not velvet-y.  And until now, when I've gotten these suggestions, I sort of thought it might be Kadota, due to the way the fruit looks.  Not sure it is like Kadota leaf, though, and frankly I don't think Kadota is sold or grown around here much.

And I looked up Conadria and my fig looks VERY VERY much like it.  I sort of doubt it could be, though, since that seems to be such a carefully-bred variety and I bought this from a nurseryman who had a virtual jungle of plants but none of them with official-looking tags so he well may have grown them himself.  I am learning so much already from being here, because I figured that if it fruited then the figs would be worthwhile.  I didn't realize figs might never be really excellent from a tree.  It is HUGE and the birds love it so in a way I would hate to find out that a ripe fig is never going to be satisfying, but on the other hand there was a real point in growing figs and that was to get some I wanted.  I will keep watching these and keep you advised.

I got my Conadria plants in the mid 90s and they were fairly easy to get.  Those leaves don't look like my Conadria leaves tho, which are not so deep lobed.

Cover some figs with organza bags to protect from the birds so you can have a taste of a ripe one

If you do eventually decide this fig is crap, you could graft a better variety/varieties to your already established strong root system/trunk to get great production sooner

Good luck!

Marta, have you ever seen a well ripe fig on this tree? if you get one please cut it in half like you did with the one in your pic and show us... the final colors vary when ripe.

Marta

my multi grafted tree here in BR has a conadria graft that looks very similiar to yours.  The very first fig I tried was after our 2-3 wk dry spell that ended 10-12 days ago, and was amazing.  The ones since have either been slightly underripe (and greatly undersweet, and dryish) or overripe and souring because of the open eye.

One other candidate would be magnolia/brunswick, which has similiar appearance and characteristics.

If you would like to come by and see my frankenfig, compare with my conadria, or pick up a few rooted cuttings for planting or grafting, give me a pm

andy

I'm with Pete (ascpete) on this one.  My Conadria has some leaves that are almost as deeply cut as those.  (And some that aren't... a lot of variability in the leaves).  A truly ripe fig cross section will help with ID though.  (I agree that one looks under ripe).  Regardless of what it is, welcome to the forum Marta.

By the way, Nelson had some really great pictures of Conadria in his thread, found here:
http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/conadria-6549147?highlight=conadria+nelson&pid=1279724022#post1279724022
In that thread, he and mgg also listed some tips for knowing when this variety is ripe.  (It seems it's a little different in ripening habit from many other varieties).

Mike   central NY state, zone 5a

Although the fig is not ripe.  I think its Atreano.  Atreano has specks of red inside like in your pic.  It's a good fig but in my climate they can be a bit watery if there is too much water.

Welcome to the forum.