The traveler Alphonse De Lamartine documented in the 1835 in his book "journey to the east" that there were 32 varieties of figs in Jaffa back than.
https://archive.org/details/travelsineastinc01lama
From my knowledge fruit export from Jaffa was big to all over the world and untill now the name Jaffa Orange is known.

I wanted to document the fig trees of this old place for sometime now.
They are hidden in alleys and besided old buidings and not very much looked after.
most are of the same two varieties, one is yellow and ripens early and the other is green with brown stripes.


The green fig with brown stripes-
very Late ripener, me and other tourists were having hard time to find ripe ones.
taste- figgy honey rich , no berry at all.
     

The second variety is green with a pink interior
 

Second variety is green but i couldnt find a ripe one.
 
 

And various pictures of the tree's
     
   
Hope it was enjoyable...

Thanks for sharing?

There wernt so many for me either :) 

Eli,

Thank you for sharing.
Nice trees and fruit !
A lot of History behind those walls

Francisco
Portugal

prior to growing figs. I would've walked by one without even noticing. however now every where I travel I'm keeping an eye out for figs. It would be amazing to go to the Mediterranean in late summer. definitely on my bucket list.

Lovely pics Eli thanks for sharing.

Ok, so the green fig with brown stripes is the Khurtmani,

The green fig which was unripe at the time, I took cuttings last year and already i have fruits.

Nice berry and sweet. seems to be well adapted to dry climates..  Dont know the variety..

Enjoy.
         

Nice one, Eli.

Is the green one with brown stripes, in the first message, the one you sent me as Khurtmani (later you said it may be Asali?)

My grafts of that one are full of figs

 
 
 

Jaime Hi, 

The tree seems well cared for and i am proud you devoted a tree to this variety and soon you will be rewarded( Btw your " Rei " is a variety to have or sure). 

Asali is different from Khurtmani although possibly have same ancestors.

What you have in the picture is the Asali. (in my younger fig years 2 years ago i tought they are identical but was wrong abit).

A very prolific variety with good growth, mid season but some figs last to the end and are great, You will love the outcome, Trust me.

When you get to taste it remember watermelon.

No figs, but my view of Tel Aviv from Jaffa. Quite an amazing place.



 

Ross, that's awesome!! Great view!

Thanks for clearing that up, Eli. I'm glad you are appreciating some of the varieties i sent you.

It may seem so, but the tree it's not all devoted to that variety. I grafted only the 3 branches you see in the first picture (2 on the top left and one on the top right). They just developed a lot quicker than the other grafts. I have 5 more varieties in that section of the tree.

The branch in the center is your Hmari. It has also a few figs developing (not many, but they should be enough to taste the variety).

 

There was only one Breba developing, on one branch on the Asali, and the birds didn't let me taste it. But the main crop showed up in force.

The figs have been 'quiet' for some time now. Almost stopped in time. But now, a few are showing signs of entering the maturing stage. I will post some pictures when i finally have a few mature one's.

they are correct.

Notice the growth difference of the two, Hmari is slower.
Also notice the bark of the Hmari is much lighter  in color.

Once you taste the Hmari imagine being in the desert and tasting the only fig in the area.
It has a strong special taste that comes up the nose too (hard to describe).