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Quiz Just4Fun - ID this one - we have a winner

OK, here are a couple of pics of a fig I picked today.  The object of the quiz is to identify this fig.  The only clues are the pictures, and a couple of statements:

  • this variety doesn't usually look quite like this
  • this specimen ripened under less-than-optimal conditions
Here are the pics.  (I may post some more pics, of another specimen that I picked and ate 3 days ago from the same tree).  OK, that's enough clues.  Can you name the variety?

Mike   central NY state, zone 5a

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P.S.  Winner gets bragging rights as a fig identifier.

Might it be Genovese Nero

RdB

Sal's Corleone/Sicilian Red

Is it negronne

Didn't darken enough...
MBVS?

Look like dauphine........ Not sure too

 Ficus carica

LSU Tiger

Pasquale

Wow... I step away for an hour or so, and when I come back, I see 9 answers!  Of course, only 8 of them identified a variety/cultivar  (sorry strudeldog, genus and species isn't enough :-).  I can't believe someone got this so quickly, since it looks so far off  (those stripes on the skin just seemed strange).  And on just the second guess, no less.  Andy is right, it's Ronde de Bordeaux.  But a very strange looking RdB, imo.   Congrats Andy, you got it.

Mike   central NY state, zone 5a

p.s.  And thank you everyone who gave it an answer!

Cool! Shape and size did it for me, knowing it ripened in less than ideal conditions helped too.
Thanks for posting the pics. Seeing the variation under different conditions is always fun.

Siyah Orak - Turkey

I just saw this.. I would have guessed RdB based on the bottom eye view and the inside.

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