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Got these from a co-worker whose relative owns the tree. The tree is in east Texas.

I tried a couple of one of them. It is sweet if not a litte watery with a fig flavor. My only comparison point is regular Celeste. It does not get near Celeste in sweetness although the figgy taste is decent. Seeds have more of a crunch than Celeste.
They weight around 30 grams.

Any idea's what they may be?

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This one should be easy....
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Easy?  Not for me.  I don't know what they are but sure would like a cutting or two!  :)  cheers
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I thought the same, Alan. Possibly a Portuguese variety. But large black it's are not my forte. I will link a thread here in a bit.
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Nana, see this thread:  http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=4828725

Note the eye size and shape, the fruit size, the characteristic skin splitting, and the interior.

I believe what you have is a Mission, personally, but I have seen at least one Portuguese variety that is somewhat similar.
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I seen these before, we have then in northeastern Portugal we call them Caralhal. They keep ripe in the trees late well after the leaves fall off the tree, which was great when I was back there groing up they were the only fruit available as late as November.

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Thank you Jason! I think that is the closest in resemblance. I started looking through the variety page but there are just too many. It did  not occur to be to look up Mission because I did not think it would survive in the climate the tree is growing at. It is growing in Zone 7b in ground. While I have not see the tree my co-worker says it is about 15+ feet high. The owners almost cut it down because it did not fruit but then the next year it fruited.

Dennis, I did get a few cuttings that I am rooting for my co-worker and myself. If I am successful in rooting them and have an extra one I'd be happy to share with you.

jjqp, the climate in north east Portugal seems very nice to me. Temp range is around 46 - 82F. Mine is probably 20 - 100
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Thanks Nana.  I did not think they were Black Mission because the little tree I have only produces 1 fig in late August and it doesn't look like those.  The fig on my tree is a bit longer and red inside.  I guess it is a sport of BM. Those figs do look awesome!
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Nana, the tree pictured in the thread I linked is in z8.  It is at least 20 years old, so given that we just became z8 in the last 5 years, the tree was previously in z7b.  With the changes in climate here, we're able to grow many things we couldn't grow previously.  We've seen some extreme heat and cold swings throughout the year as a result also... which seems to have hardied up the trees and plants in our area quite a bit.

It was proposed in another thread that (it's suspected) that fig trees can "acclimate" to cold weather by one or two degrees (ºF) each year that they are in the ground.  I don't recall if that was "with covering" or "without covering" or what, but it seems to hold true for most trees I've seen - if they can make it to the point that the tree trunk diameter is at least 7"-8", almost nothing can kill the damn things.

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