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Figs ID help

I got figs cuttings from a local gardening forum last year. The owner doesn't know what variety it is just got the description like:
"bigger than large eggs, green skin, and pink white inside, one crop. It is quite productive, though the second crops seldom ripen"

I got some fruit pictures from him but no picture of interior. Also some pictures of my tree and leaves. Can anyone help to identify what variety it is? Thanks!!

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I assume that is a Breba crop fig?

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Originally Posted by pitangadiego
I assume that is a Breba crop fig?


I guess so as of the owner's description:
"one crop. It is quite productive, though the second crops seldom ripen"

I didn't get Breba from my tree this year, putting hope for next year.

Hi,
With just one fig the task is almost impossible.
There are usual suspects of course: something in the Desert King Family, or something in the BrownTurkey (European) family (or something else ).
Let us know when you get more ripe figs and show us the interior of the fig.
You're in Zone8, so "though the second crops seldom ripen" would be translated to "it is a San Pedro type"... But it is just a guess . Do they fall out, or just stay small and never ripen ?

jdsfrance said:

"You're in Zone8, so "though the second crops seldom ripen" would be translated to "it is a San Pedro type"... But it is just a guess . Do they fall out, or just stay small and never ripen ?"

Not so!  Here in the Pacific Northwet (as vanfigs is about 180km or more north of me), the Main Crop of most varieties rarely ripens except in abnormally warm years.  USDA Zones are only measures of Winter low temperatures and have nothing to do with whether Figs will ripen or not.  The Fig shown in this post isn't in the Desert King group.

Happy Growing,   kiwibob

What Bob mentioned is very true. Here in PNW, winter is mild, temperature stay above freez most of time. Usually only get a few days of snow a year. Zone 8B means most of fig trees can be planted in-ground without protection.

However, summer is also mild. Mostly below 80, occasionally mid to high 80. After entering September, start to cool down with lots of rain. This past week, the end of September, night temperature is mid to high 40 and low 60 in the day. Most of main crop will not ripen here.

I will update this thread next year when I got ripe Breba, hopefully there is sufficient info to identity it.

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