First of all, I want to thank you all for this site. I've been lurking around for a while now, and used the rooting instructions to try my hand at propagating some figs. So far, so good!

Secondly, for this little project, I snagged some cuttings from a tree I spied outside of a local restaurant. I stalked a few different trees around town, and liked the looks of this one the best. The flavor of the fruit was pretty good too.

Well, now my little cuttings are growing:



And I'm wondering what in the heck they are.

I realize (from reading this site) that's a pretty impossible task. But I was thinking if I could at least get the possibilities narrowed down some, I'd accept that.

Here's what I know.

The tree is very full and bushy, and probably 15' tall:



Here are some fruit I picked. Not sure if they were quite ripe yet (ignore the jojoba nuts!):



Sorry to say, this is the best pic I have of the interior of the fruit. I had lopped off the tops before I put them in the oven:



Thank you for any information you can provide! :c )

EDIT: I forgot to mention that the tree is in an old part of downtown Phoenix.

grrlscout,
Welcome aboard, you will love it here.

Congrats on your first fig rooting experience.
I looks that at least 1 of 3 should make it.
My saying is
baseball: 3/3 strikes and one is out.
figs : 1/3 strike and one is IN.

As far as the fig ID, I do not have anything like that
[and I have many figs].
Recently, I saw a couple of figs from other members
with that distinctive (sweet-lips) RED-eye.
One is called Chico Strawberry (that I am currently trying
to root), but I thought that the skin was green
(when ripe); while your new-found fig has a dark skin!

Possibly a Chico-"Something" fig?

Also, this is the first time that I heard of the jojoba nuts.
Are the edible?

Thanks for the info, gorgi - that's a start!

I only really need one to succeed, so I'm OK with those stats. Though, I told my boss I'd give him one too. So I hope the middle one gets a move on! 

Jojoba nuts are mostly used for topical applications. You see "jojoba oil" in a lot of hair and skin products, because it's moisturizing, but doesn't clog one's pores.

Sources online will say that they are toxic. But traditionally, they were, and sometimes still are used a food source by Sonoran people -- either eaten straight off the shrub, or  roasted, ground and used like coffee, or sometimes made into little patties that are boiled.

I've eaten a couple, and they taste pretty good, like almonds. But you have to go easy on them, as they can have a laxative effect, thanks to their waxy composition.  Yikes!

I was with gorgi when I saw the first pix, but the second pix looks more like a Brown Turkey, or maybe a Beall.

My first impression was Brown Turkey also, primarily because of the ripened fruit's color and shape, and the telltale pink/red eye on the unripe fruit (granted, some others have it also).    The leaf is very similar to mine as well.

But I rarely hear people say they like the flavor of Brown Turkey, so that threw me off.  The eye is 3x-4x larger than my Brown Turkey also.  Further confusing to me is the interior fruit color, my BT is more of a reddish-pink color than the pinkish-tan color of that fruit.

One thing characteristic of my Brown Turkey is the void in the middle of the fruit (which, again, I've seen other figs with that as well).  I can't tell if this fruit has a void, since it has some creamy white stuff on the middle.

Warm welcome aboard.

Great job in rooting those cuttings. Sorry, no idea what they
are. How great was the taste. Sure looks appetizing.

Thanks for the additional ideas and welcomes. Brown turkey is certainly possible. I see those for sale at nurseries all over town, so I guess they are pretty popular.

I wouldn't say the taste was great. It was good, but had a sort of astringent undertone. I didn't care for any of the ones I picked raw. I thought maybe they just weren't ripened enough.

A little brown sugar, a quick turn in the broiler, and some goat cheese made them pretty tasty however.

There's another tree in town I thought about taking some cuttings from. The fruit was tastier, but they were always full of beetles - ew!

I don't have an answer to your question but welcome aboard.

Welcome !
Post 7 looks like brown turkey type but not sure.
The picture below looks to me like they were late in season and not fully ripened.
Goat cheese on figs is very good i might add !

You said that you found them outside of a restaurant. Was it an Italian restaurant or a diner owned by a Greek? It's possible that it's not a known cultivar in the US but was brought from the old country.
Your second post definitely looks like a brown turkey.

Bass - it's a pretty famous pizza place in downtown Phoenix. The current occupant moved in in 1997. The building itself has been around since 1928, but I doubt the tree is nearly that old. Here's the full story:

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/2009/01/02/20090102azjournal0102.html

Well lookie here. I found a pic of said tree from Nov 2006:

My niece will be attending Grand Canyon State University in Phoenix next semester I will definitely stop by for Pizza and offer my Tree trimming services.lol
Pizza crust goat cheese topped with figs and drizzled honey. New menu item coming soon. lol
Sal

Now I finally remember why your profile pic looks familiar. You're part of the Phoenix Permaculture group. I saw the thread on that site not long ago when I googled fig cuttings.....

 http://www.phoenixpermaculture.org/forum/topics/looking-for-fig-and-grape?commentId=2008067%3AComment%3A64300&xg_source=activity

It seems like Chris Byers is into the fig collecting too. Hope you both find a bunch of new varieties! If you make it over to Tucson you can find a lot of fig trees on the university campus. The people with the university arboretum have them planted all over. Sadly a lot of fruit goes to waste.

Good luck,
Little John 

Welcome grrlscout
and thanks for finally deciding to join and for posting nice pictures.

Funny...I searched for the pizzaria and found it. Not much on the website until I clicked on 'Contact'. The image displayed on that page is of the scene above, complete with fig tree.

http://www.pizzeriabianco.com/bar/contact.html

Sue

I passed through Tucson yesterday.
There are quite a few houses with small large fig trees in their yards. I can see them right from the freeway as I'm driving by.

I'll be going to Phoenix soon for some personnel business.
I think I'll go have lunch at the pizzeria and maybe walk away with some souvenirs.

Little John - Yep, that's me! IIRC, Chris was collecting the cuttings for a lady who was growing them for some sort of project. Don't know what came of it.

And for all y'all planning to dine at Pizzeria Bianco, set some time aside for it. The wait can be hours long, and they are only open for dinner. But apparently, it's very worth it. Tuesdays and Wednesdays have shorter waits too.

Alternately, if you have a party of 6 or more, you can make a reservation. Though, you have to do so a couple months in advance. That's what I keep planning on doing, but haven't gotten around to it.

However, it was recently reported that Chris will no longer be manning the oven. So maybe the demand will taper off a little.

I see figs, dates, pomegranates, and citrus growing all over the place here. More often than not, the fruit drops to the ground, which is just plain sad.

It also reminds me that I need to raid my neighbor's lemon tree soon. ;c )