Picked the first fig from the Martin's Unknown rooted over the winter. Because of the cool and rainy weather the past few days, the color did not develop as deeply as in other photos shared by Martin. This one was a little over ripe and has been dripping syrup for two days. Very tender and juicy but a little light on flavor and sweetness - not bad for a first season fig. The fig was big: 3.3 inches long and 2.0 inches wide.

Very nice pic hopefully flavor will improve as tree mature It sure is pretty

Nice Fig & Pictures
Is that tree in-ground or in a pot?

Thanks for posting them Steve

It's currently in a 50 quart pot. I have 2 trees and I'm considering planting one in the ground next spring. It took 107 days for that fig to mature and ripen. I attribute the long time to the poor weather this season.

Thanks Steve

Thanks Steve for posting the pctures.
Your outside color is different than mine and interior color is light for now in comparison. Both of ours though have the hollow type cavity. I would never think they are the same fig at this point in time, i guess because yours is so young and parent tree is in 7th full season or 8th i forget and maybe slight climate difference we have but i think out seasonal weather could be kinda close? Steve i never counted the days to maturity 107 days though does not surprise me, i do know this tree takes the longest out of my others. You know next year im going to count the days on this one and my madeira as thats suppose to need long season . Im curious if you will get the more round shape ones also like i get, i get the one you posted more oblong also.
If you go to this post
http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3653707
you can see the round one i picked this year, the lighter one was as it was turning colors, further down that thread post # 4 is when i picked it, the middle picture with a quarter in picture was interior of ripe one from last season.
The closet one i can find similar to your picture is this one from last season , inside color is a little different .
Thanks again and i look forward to more pictures in future whenever as its always fun to compare.

Steve while we are talking about the M.Unknown Fig

have you noticed it has to have a lot more water that the other figs ya have?

Cecil - yup, they sure suck up the water!

Martin - I was expecting my fig to look more like your pictures that's why I waited longer to pick it so it was a little over ripe. I was surprised how different it looks compared to yours, they could easily be mistaken as different plants. Of course, it was a first fig so in time I'm sure it will resemble the parent tree. Regarding the shape, look at the attached pic of the other one on the tree ... very different

Steve stop pulling on your figs your stretching the neck!!!   ; )
Yes its different looking . Time will tell how similar they get to be to each other each year as they ripen. Its lots of fun to compare this is why i ask folks to post one day when the scion i send to please post pictures i enjoy this part of the forum very much.
So thanks very much Steve for taking the time , i sure look forward to more in future. Oh and as it matures and plants puts on bigger crop its thirst will increase it did for me anyhoot.
Best Health

Martin,

It does look like someone was pulling on it. Thanks for the laugh. I hope that fig has enough time to ripen so I can compare it to the first one.

Steve,
from looking at it i dont think it will, darn things stay green forever it seems with this plant.
Not sure about your area but we can experience our first frost as early as Sept 17th, in 1995 sept 22 the whole state recieved first frost. Despite what some say about global warming from 1971 and on although they fluctuate our first frosts have been coming earlier than before that time. Also they say our fall here in our state have been getting cooler. Thats ok though nothing i can do but have some plants that hopefully are early ripers to compensate and in a good year the others i will get to taste that come later like this plant we have. Ah one day i go to move to a warmer state and bring baby plants from my trees and destroy the big ones cause it would be too much to transport.
Let us know what happens with that fig.

If that plant stays that thirsty with you guys it might not be well suited for me because of the God awful hot as H??? Summers
around here (not to mention the drought conditions most times in our summers.

Cecil,
in a container and i could be wrong about this , hopefully some inground growers might give advice but in pot the whole thing heats up more i think than inground plus the mositure inground im thinking does not evaporate like in a pot. For example in heat of summer im watering container grown fig plants a lot but flowers i have inground need much less attention to watering.

Hi Steve,

I have been wondering why your unknown don't look like Martins
mother tree's figs, Martin might have got them cuttings mixed up with the plant he got from Ole Zergy, If that is the case, you can name yours the Zergy Zoo Loo

All this is a joke....Smile your not on candid camera!

You guys are a riot. Thanks for the chuckles. I do agree with Marty about in ground vs pots. I have a few trees in ground that are also vigorous growers and I didn't water them once this season.

Steve,
I think our cold wet weather has had something to do with the color of the figs this year. My mature container grown Alma has always had a bronze/yellow exterior and ripened fairly early. This year, it is just starting to ripen and the skin is light lavender. It doesn't look at all like the same fig. It needs a few more days before picking and seeing what the interior looks like. Also, several of my purple figs are a beautiful vivid purple this year.

Peg in CT  

Peg,

Curious if the cooler weather, which should slow the ripening process, has led to a richer color development. You are seeing it in your figs, my Unknown is very vivid in color and I also had a Weeping fig ripen that was a rich brown color (see pic). All of these seem different than what is typical. Interesting thought.

For my area temps this summer everyone is saying in our area "what summer" for its been real cool summer along with nightly temps. I can go back to last year with my pictures of figs and the color is the same on them and last season was warmer than this season by far , this season figs are easily 3 weeks late and then some. Only thing i noticed different about them is taste not as sweet. But they seem to be a little better as of late with warmer weather that set in, now the folks in Canada will give us cooler weather for today 83 and tomorrow 71 for next several days.
Steve your M unknown is very young and my thinking is taste and color will change as the tree matures in a few years, the trunk color older limbs will also to a nice looking whitewash grey type color.
Best Season and Health

Martin,

You may be right. I don't really know how to interpret the differences at this point. Time will tell.

Steve,
I checked out Alma on Jon's Varieties. The writeup says Golden/Brown skin. That is what mine was last year. In looking at the photo's I note that some appear to have violet skin. That is what mine are this year. It has lots of fruit on it but only two are within a day of being fully ripe. It seems very strange to have changed color.

Peg, CT

Peg,
I'm hoping others talk about their experiences to see if the cool, slow ripening has a similar effect on color. At this time I do not have enough data to draw conclusions. Although my gut tells me there is something to this.