Yes another ID request post..... sorry.

But this fig is a true mystery to me. It was dormant and not much more than a twig when I got it. All I had to go on was the story told to me by the person I got it from.

So here's the story as it was told to me. The tree was grown from a cutting off a mother tree in central Texas. The story goes that a commercial grower in the San Antonio area found some large fig trees growing on a old farmstead near San Antonio. They did not know the fig varieties, but after sampling, took cuttings off two trees. They were testing these to see if they would be commercially marketable. The company was supposed to have gone out of business before they finished. The man I got my tree from had a relative that worked there and got a few of these "research figs".

Here are some pictures of the leaves of my young tree and the first ripe fruit. I've been waiting for ripe fruit to post this request for ID help.

Does anyone any ideas on a variety? The fig is a sugar/honey fig. It was good, not great, with a slight melon taste to the white parts. I will let the next one ripen more to see if it improves.

Thanks,

CliffH

Mary Lane Seedless?

Hi Cliff,

Tim clymer ( an old member of the forum) grew a fig, originally called Unk tucker lake TX. It is somewhat far( north central TX) from San Antonio, but still a possibility. I had one of his Unk tucker lake's and it was virtually seedless, yellow skinned, but had a pinkish hue ( like George Castanza- Seinfeld). Sometimes it had more of an amber flesh, like the pics, depending on sunlight available, but the leaves, flavor, and fruit ( for the most part) seem similar. Maybe he will weigh in. Good luck!

Thanks for the input.

Ross - If it is a Mary Lane it doesn't look anything like the one I have. Maybe my larger one is miss-labeled.

Bill - Thanks. I have never heard of this fig or story before. Always interesting to hear about a tree found down here.

There's literally hundreds of figs that have a similar appearance

If I'm not mistaken, it's the Lemon fig. Top Left.

Just a follow up to my above comment. I've become almost positive that my in-ground "Mary Lane" from a local nursery chain was miss-labeled and is not in fact a Mary Lane.

I have a rooted ML cutting that has now produced and looks much more true to ML pictures I have seen than my in-ground tree.