Texas Gardening: Ficus Caricaplease identify for me, 1 by go4broek

go4broek wrote:
Thanks for your responses, guys. I realize that there is a lot of confusion out there about Brown Turkey and that figs seem to have a peculiar ability to change characteristics depending on horticulture, region and pollination so identification can be practically impossible. I am hoping someone out there has a bush/tree that more closely resembles mine and may know the variatal. The Brown Turkey on that link bears almost no resemblance other than similar skin tones. Neither is it a Celeste. The probability that it would be a BT or Celeste based on sales discounts the many other ways figs make their way around the world. The parent is an in-ground, single trunk specimen. The fruit in the picture was picked the first week of August and was fully ripe. This fig has a closed eye, seedless and only produces leaves with 5 lobes. Just for laughs, take a look at the "Black Mission" I picked up from Lowes last winter.