Hello everyone,

One of my neighbors has a fig tree in the pot that she wants to give me as she has no interest in figs. She has allowed various other plants to grow in the same pot competing with the tree. She keeps the tree in an unheated part of the basement. I have no clue about the ID of this fig tree.

Here are a pictures of leaves from this tree, the other a picture of one of the 4 or 5 figs on the tree. I would much appreciate your thoughts on what it might be.

Thank you.
Marcel
Marcel    

Likely Hardy Chicago or variant.

There is really no way to tell until you get the tree growing healthy. I will say this though, it looks like a fig worth saving! That fig wasn't ripe, but when you have a ripe one update us.

 At this point I'd say just give it a year growing in the sun and post pics of the ripe fruit and dominant leaf patterns.  It could be a very common fig or it could be a very rare one, but in any event, from the way that unripe fruit looks it will most likely be a delicious fig!

Hello Francisco,

Thank you for your kind words. I like the little cousine or twin sister. What is the varietal name of your fig? Do you grow many figs and are they mostly Portuguese or Spanish or you have a wide selection of figs?

Regards,
Marcel

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/the-sparrow-fig-6481106?highlight=sparrow&pid=1279163723

Hello Marcel,

The above link gives you the whole story of that Little fig.
It's still there and every season produces a few dozen sweet and flavored figs. Believe they are of the Smyrna type

For a number of reasons, I had to sell the land with my fig collection. Re starting now in pots but with a restricted number of figs
Portuguese varieties along many centuries have intermixed with those of Spain, however official literature from their respective
specialized agencies and National Plant Germplasm Systems, defines distinct varieties for each country.

Francisco
Portugal

Francisco,

Thank you for your post; the link provides a wonderful story and I am glad to hear that the fig is still growing on this palm tree.

My "twin fig" is no longer unknown. Yesterday my friend asked me to take the fig to my house. The poor plant (6-7 years old) has been mistreated all these years. So this evening I decided to take it out of its pot. It was totally root bound and a fair amount of roots were rotted. There were also about 100 plants growing in that pot, competing with the fig tree Some of these plants had a root like a carrot in size.

Buried deep in the mass of roots was the old name tag. The plant was labelled Petite Negra.

I pruned the root mass and potted the plant in new potting mix and will keep it indoor for a while to give it a chance to grow some roots before going dormant.

Cheers,
Marcel