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typical..whats this fig??:)

I love it when I am driving and find a random fig tree... Or 6!! Behind this old shopping strip most of the stores are out of buisness I spotted 3 HUGE neglected fig trees.  Im posting the pics of the leaf and the fig because I cant pin down what I think it might be.. Maybe a King??? There werent many figs left on it and the ones I got were not what I would call ripe.  They taste very citrus/ melonish. I saw one ripe one that had been pecked and it looked normal red-jelly like on the inside. So here they are! There were 3 more on the other end of the strip with no figs and barely any leaves one almost dead. Sad :( Oh and I live in Texas so I might assume it would be something that does well in these parts because these trees are at their maximum size.Thanks for any help!

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Hey!  Can anyone just tell me if they think it looks like a King? I know with all these experts someone has got to have a idea :)

They seem consistent with what I know as Desert King. Less like the "King" that they have at USDA / UC Davis See http://figs4fun.com/Thumbnail_Desert_King.html  and  http://figs4fun.com/Thumbnail_King.html

Your's is obviously not fully ripe.

That hint of orange-red color on both the skin and the pulp (meat) looks strange to me.

Yes the only ripe one had was pecked and had bugs so I couldnt bring it :(
Thank you for looking at it!  It looks strange, tell me more?

That red around eye,tells me is not Desert King

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Aw shoot! Well I did notice that the leaves are quite different from the Desert King too.  My only other guesses are condria or kadota? What do youll think?

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