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I got the plant as a Deanna. After consulting pictures and taste reviews, just don't seem to match with mine.  Anyone here grows it and can offer some insights?  Thanks.

 

Green fruits & leaves.

 

 

1st ripen fruit.  Maybe picked too late, tasted awful.

 

 

2nd fruit.  Picked greener, tasted better (texture wise) but not sweet at all.

 
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Sounds like you were disappointed ... Looks like a lemon fig to me. Hmmm.. I have to think a about this one. 
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Hi Martino,

By awful, what was awful about it?  Can you describe what the awful was?

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jennifer - you bet! I will wait a while to see if it turns good tho.

 

noss - not sure how to describe 'awful', just bland, not palatable.  Maybe over-riped?

 

Especially for those who have Deanna, do the shape of the leaves and the look of the fruits (inside and out) match those of yours?
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Looks like the fig was picked too early (2-3 days) rather than too late.  That skin is way too firm to be "too late".
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Looks like the fig was picked too early (2-3 days) rather than too late.  That skin is way too firm to be "too late".

 

yea, with the first fruit, i didn't think it was too late at first.  I felt it before plucking, and thought it was right.  But the colors inside, and the texture and taste, all seemed to suggest over-riped.

 

With the 2nd one, I picked earlier, and texture was right, thought taste was bland.
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The 'bad' fig may have gone sour for any number of reasons.  That could have contributed to the taste problem.
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It does not look like my Deanna.  Here is pics from my tree.

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Thanks for posting your pics, Dennis.  Fruit both inside and out very different indeed. Hmm....
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I have come to terms that it may not be Deanna, but what does it look like?
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Deanna should be yellow on the exterior.
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Deanna should be yellow on the exterior.

 

oops, my bad.  I meant to ask which variety does my figlook like?
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