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I have pink around my med closed eye until I am ripe.
My skin does not crack.
My insides when first ripe are pink but turn amber if I hang around a day or two longer.
I donot like to have a breba even when protected in winter.
My fruit can be from quarter size to a little over golf ball size when ripe.
My suckers grow very quick but the main body of my tree does not.
I do not need protected in winter in zone 6 b.
I taste very figgy with a slight honey/maple accent.
I have a mild but Pleasent seed crunch.
My dad dont know who I so nether do I.
Can you help me please.

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Hunt is usually darker color skin than that, but that's what tickling my figgy sense.
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Especially desired figs: UCD 187-25, UCD 200-48, UCD 157-17, UCD 309-B1, Princesa, Black Madeira, high quality sugar fig that ripens Sept-Oct.

Probable desired fig: Smith, St Jean, JH Adriatic, CddB, Gulbun, Pastilliere, Sucrette

Rooting:  Smith, CDDB--this pretty much means I have my fun tries (tho' important since they are truly desirable), and only interested for this year: Gulbun, BM, 187-25, or something wildly exotic or precious that nobody has any good reason to send me.
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Where are all the pros. Only one responce;-) its still early yet.
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They might be at a fig fest or in the garden :)
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Hello Dave,
IMO, the picture doesn't have enough details (Leaves and Fig) to make an ID, at best it would be a guess, and personally I have none, but from your written description it sounds like a Celeste ; )
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This was sold to me as a brown turkey almost 5 years ago by willace orchard. Last year I sent them some pics and they said they thought it was a pete honey. Or I think kadota was the other they said it might be. The did however send me another brown turkey.
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A yellow celeste?

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Dave,

    I can't help, but if it is hardy in zone 6, for selfish reasons, I hope you get your answer.
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I'm hoping to find somthing on this. They guy said it was ether petes honey, kadota, or some adriatic kind. It still taste wonderful kinda of a honey tast but a little more complex. A friend had a few and describbed it like tapioca pudding. Hope this helps.

Oh an up date if it stays on the tree to long it splits a bit at the eye.
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Dave,
Without a few more pictures, I would say it may be a Peters Honey or Kadota. Both these figs are in the same family Dotatto. Usually tough skins and amber Pulp. Adriatics usually have dark red pulp. Peter's Honey sometimes have distinctive 3 lobed leaves.
Good Luck.

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I also ordered a brown turkey and white kadota from willis orchard 5 years ago. They both produced figs for the first time this year and neither one was what it was supposed to be?? This is a common problem with them.
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