Could not resist, when I saw that dark fig in the green shining foliage... so I stop and went to investigate...  it was a well formed tree with very long limbs, that have not been properly pruned, but it is producing and had a few ripe ones towards the road, but nothing on the sideway, I assume passers by were helping themselves...

Well, that routine you all know, knock on door and introduce myself...

"sorry to bother, but being a fig nut that I am I could not resist your tree..."

" a fig tree? Do I have a fig tree"... "isn't that city property" (the tree lives in the grassy strip between sidewalk and the street.   It is much bigger now than when Google took the picture, but gives you an idea of the shape of the tree


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Anyway, it was fun meeting the new owner of the tree, he picked some ripe figs and seem not bothered by my spill about my love for fig and fig trees.  He allowed me to take some cuttings. i was very careful, as each branch had a few figs and I want them to ripe for him. Told him about this forum, perhaps he will join us.

I was the most intrigued by the jelly feeling and taste and the velvety  of the back of the leaves. The front of the leaves look almost waxed, very shiny, whereas the back has this velvet feeling, which i was able to capture here.   the fig I picture I got it from the ground, so, it is not the best representative of this variety. there are some very swolen ones on the tree, but I did not have my camera.

here they are, anyone attempt to guess what this is?