Fig ID? Pete's Brown Unkown

[JMS]

Attached are some pictures of a tree my father in law brought from a gentlemen in Columbia MD. The guy is known throughout that community as Pete the Greek and has set up a farm and snow cone stand off the road. He has been a part of the community for 30+ years.

The tree was propagated off a large fig growing next to the side of his house. It's probably over 10 feet tall in a large bush form. He couldn't tell us the type of tree other than it was a brown fig.
We think he may have brought it over from Greece.

I am am very new to this hobby so my first impression is that it looks like an O'rouke based on the pictures I have seen. The picture was taken last week so the fruit ripened in late July. It was good although it turned out to not be completely ripe. Tasted like a normal fig to me. Being new to the hobby I don't have much experience with tastes and other flavors. Never had a honey or berry fig for instance.

[JMS]

Forgot to mention that the zone is 7.

[don_sanders]

I can't tell you what it is but it is not LSU O'Rourke. O'Rourke is an American fig bred at LSU.

[JMS]

Thanks for that info Don. At least it narrows it down further lol.

[ross]

Is it just me or does this tree have Etna leaves, but the fig doesn't strike me as anything I've seen before.

[Rewton]

Thanks for posting this interesting fig. It must be relatively cold hardy growing in our zone in the ground. Do you know how it did during the last few colder-than-normal winters? I assume it isn't protected. So are the figs ripening now or were the pics taken last year? If they are main crop then it is a quite early variety.

[JMS]

It must have done ok the last winter cause the tree was too big to protect. It was taller than the 1st story gutters and maybe 8 ft wide? It was planted against the north side of his house, back yard. The picture was taken this year and was the first of the main crop. Took the pic a couple weeks ago but couldn't post anything till now.

Here is a screenshot of the place in google maps. He is a friendly guy and will show you the tree. He sells 2 yr old trees in a 5 gallon bucket for $20. We couldn't resist. I bought another "white" fig tree from him that day as well but the figs havnt ripened yet so I haven't posted anything.

[Rewton]

Two weeks ago would have put the main crop ripening date at July 22. That seems much to early for any fig main crop for figs growing in the ground in our area, especially with the cold, wet Spring we had. That would definitely be earlier than Improved Celeste and Florea. Are you sure those figs aren't brebas. Anyway, thanks for the tip. It is always very interesting to find trees that do well growing in the ground locally.

[JMS]