Some days, I take a step back from my life and, well, give it all a big bwa ha ha. It’s not like good things weren’t happening all along the way, but the good things that happen in this still-relatively-new incarnation of my life involve such fabulosity I can barely stand it.
One co-worker has brought me bags of persimmons and fava beans. Another, tomatoes. And yet a third, last week, invited me over to pick figs off her tree.
Figs. Fresh figs. Fresh figs right off the tree. I could not have been more excited if someone had handed me a pony and a big bag of gold.
“If you write this up somewhere,” said my coworker, who is smart like that, “maybe ask people what kind of figs these are. I think they’re brown Turkish, but I’m not sure.”
So, friends of the Internet, I ask for your input and support on this one. Can you tell what kind of figs these might be? Put your guess in the comments below.
on Oct 27th, 2009 at 7:04 am
Those look just like the figs we have at our community garden. I sort of thought they were Adriatic figs, but I’m not totally positive. Brown Turkeys are purpler than this, I think. But I look forward to reading other people’s comments!
on Oct 27th, 2009 at 7:45 am
Wow. You actually made me laugh out loud in my office with the ‘pony and a big bag of gold’ comment. Nice!
on Oct 27th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
Amelia, thanks for the lead on Adriatic! We’ll see what other people have to say…
Jimmy, ha! Thanks! Glad to be of service. :-)
on Oct 28th, 2009 at 11:07 am
I say brown turkey.
on Oct 31st, 2009 at 6:16 am
I think they look like Simply Delicious figs aka Figilicous Figs which is a very rare type of fig. They are never used in Fig Newtons or figgy pudding. I think I’m figgin out!
on Nov 2nd, 2009 at 11:54 am
I wish I had a neighbor with figs. There’s a benefit to living in California!
on Nov 2nd, 2009 at 4:36 pm
They look a whole lot like the ones on our tree in Oakland, for whatever that’s worth (not much, since we don’t know what kind ours are!) If they’re the same, they’ll turn browner as they ripen, and by the time they’re soft and ready to eat, will be mostly brown with a streak of green here and there, and pink and “jammy” inside. And if they are the same, then they’re something from a tree with five-lobed leaves that are at an acute angle to the stem (the other half of fig identification). If your co-worker wants to bring a leaf in for you, Ray’s Figs (http://www.raysfiginfo.com/) has a terrific leaf and fruit guide, but it helps to have the two together.
I don’t think they’re Adriatic since I’m pretty sure those stay completely green with no brown—but no clue beyond that. Would love to know if you figure it out!
on Nov 13th, 2009 at 8:36 am
Mike, excellent — thanks!
Karen, you crack me up. :-)
Magpie, oh, you’re not even kidding…trust me…I know!
Artemis, thanks so much for that link to Ray’s Figs — very helpful!