I've been asking people to identify this variety. I got this from a friend who owns an arboretum . He usually sells Ornamental trees. He got a huge fig tree in his nursery and propagated one tree for me in 2013 . According to him this tree originates possibly from Spain or Portugal from one of his holiday. I have posted all different forms of leaf shapes and pictures of main crops. This is the first time I tasting this fig. As with all Brebas very sweet, but not watery at all. It had very nice flavour, almost like a caramel. It's a slow grower but puts out clusters of figs . I'm not sure about the colour of the fig as it was a bit shaded. Anyway It's a winner for me, can't wait to taste the main crops..Enjoy the pics!

Lovely fig, nice shaped fruit. Is it outside or in a greenhouse?

It had an early start in the greenhouse, left it out till last week. Brought back in as I didn't want to take a chance and loose the fig to the wind . I think it's a Portuguese variety called Bacorinho!

Looks good,glad to hear it's doing so well in sunny Bognor!,Maybe some the members from that neck of the woods could help ID it

It sure looks like a Pingo de Mel strain, Vinny.

I'm saying that based on a neighbor's tree of that same, very common variety, over here.

I have a Moscatel Branco (that in some areas is used as a synonym for Pingo de Mel).
It really is a very similar fig, but my strain at least is not so early (Late august, instead of early August for the main crop) and the fig is a bit more elongated.
Furthermore, i have never tasted a Breba as it gives very few and they usually drop. 
But it compensates that with plenty of delicious main crop figs. 

A few photos of my tree - this year i had a few health problems and i didn't prune it, so it's a bit on the wild side (more figs).
Also, we had a couple of weeks with very high temperatures, i was absent and i didn't water it in time, so some leaves are showing that hydric stress (yellowing, with some fungus and they will soon fall).

Nothing to worry about, as the tree is very resilient and it will bounce back without any problems.

I also included a few photos of last year's crop.

       

Thanks ,

Is the Pingo De Mel strain with Brebas called 7-Camadas or something??

I've recently remembered something that Francisco has told me. That in different conditions, some of our varieties can produce more prolific Breba crops when they don't do it so often over here. Probably because of colder winters than we have in Portugal.

What i can say is that you probably have a regular strain of Pingo de Mel - not necessarily the more prolific one, with the bigger Brebas, that has the name 7 camadas, that Francisco has mentioned.

I believe that many strains of Pingo de Mel that we have over here are capable of producing Brebas like the one you picked, but climatic conditions, birds, pruning methods and a marked preference for the main crop, tends to make them less frequent.
 

I like this fig alot. Looks almost blue / black in the inside. I feel you have a special variety for sure. We should form a tread or something on just the best unknowns. Doesn't really matter the name. The fig speeks for itself.

Jsacadura,
Thanks a lot for taking time and replying. After reading further about Pingo de Mel, I think in Portugal there are many figs going under that name. For now I'm just gonna call it an unknown and I was told by the person who sold it to me that it gets slightly darker. Its a delicious fig with an excellent flavour, I can't wait for main crops to ripen .

Richie,
I couldn't agree more.
Thanks

Vinny,

The main crop should tell us more about that fig. Best of luck with it and be sure to post some pictures when they are ripe.

Great looking fruit! Enjoy!

Looks interesting.  I love seeing these unknown that crop up unexpectedly.  I look at it this way.  People most likely would not say this fig taste terrible so I will carefully bring it to another country and take care of it for years.  They would try and bring something that was the best.  Just because they didn't know the name or maybe it never had one doesn't make it any less tasty.

That fig is Desert King.
If the wasp is not present in your area you will  not like main crop taste!(sorry about bad news,regarding main crop).
However the Breba is indeed delicious and bountiful.!

From the Seattle area where DK is the best in ground fig. The climate here is similar to the UK.

My DK looks quite different from this unknown. There's never been a single lobe leaf that I've seen on my DKs.

 

 

 

 

 

Herman,

The ostiole and general aspect of the Breba does seem similar to Desert King. But if Vinny's tree originates from the Iberian Peninsula i would be very much surprised if someone on holiday in either Spain or Portugal would get their hands on a Desert King, as it's not what we would call a common variety over here.

Well, in a few weeks we will know for sure. It doesn't seem that those main crops figs are going to drop anytime soon (they seem too big for that) and those clusters do seem very similar to our Pingo de Mel strains.

Jsacadura
I agree with you. My dessert King be very produce clusters of figs also DK is a very vigorous grower . Taste is different too. It's funny because all my Italian friends are saying its Dottato, Portuguese are saying its Pingo de Mel and Americans DK lol . It could well be a PDM strain as you say but definitely not a DK. We have dessert King growing everywhere in my country like in Seattle.

Ben,
Thanks mate those are some beautiful pics.

As binbin9 Desert King fig picture it is apparently different from Vinny unknown fig .They are both different from pulp color and leaf shape.Why some people insisting on wrong guessing ,it is really interesting.Just waiting to see true guessing..

My Desert KingPixies:
From Burnt Ridge nursery:It has ,one lobe and three lobes leaves,and it is genuine.

By the way there is no fig under that name Dessert King in Europe . I think it's an American named fig. We have Fior di Fico, Fiornone, Bianca, Blanche , Dottato, Pingo de Mel and about a zillion pons figs that got silimilar Brebas.

Purple coloration like that means it did not ripen well, too cool.