Interesting, no? Last year, this plant's first in the ground after I purchased it from JM in Boston, it did had a few figs ripen - plus mucho fmv leaves. The figs that ripened were light green in color. So different from the fig pictured above. This Spring, the plant appeared to be dead. It finally started to leaf out in June, and that is late for Georgia.
And yes, the fruit, as you see, is much darker skinned. The only other fig on it remains small and quite green and I do not expect it to ripen. Since the tree itself barely grew this season, I do not expect it to survive until next year.
Stress does strange things to plants.
BTW, when I purchased this tree last year, I also purchased a San Pietro from JM. It grew well but was deader than a doornail come Spring. I dug it up in July and tossed it.
Joe