Just looked at the figs…they are green. Soft to squeeze though. White flesh when cut open…..

Is this a variety of fig or not??

Also are they still able to be made into jam???

Lucky1 said:

Just looked at the figs…they are green. Soft to squeeze though. White flesh when cut open…..

Is this a variety of fig or not??

Also are they still able to be made into jam???

it will be the variety. Sounds the same as mine which stay green. In theory should be fine to make jam with, although once when I tried I was disappointed with the flavour. Too sweet and not much fig flavour. Good chance it was me though as I don’t make jam much because we don’t each much and it was the first time I tried to make fig jam.

The said fig

have you tried eating one yet? will soon know if they are ripe or not. that one in the picture doesn’t look quite ripe to me.

Lucky1 said:

The said fig

I’ve not seen one with so much pith? around the actual good stuff before.

Blan flavore but tastes like a fig.

Not juicy either

perhaps the tree wasn’t getting enough water.

bluegreen said:

perhaps the tree wasn’t getting enough water.

I did wonder this……

So do I make the jam or feed the figs to the worms??????

I’m thinking if there isn’t much flavour then they probably won’t make nice jam.

bluegreen said:

I’m thinking if there isn’t much flavour then they probably won’t make nice jam.

Yeah what I thought too.

Day has gone down hill even further now…..sigh. Oh well at least the eggs weren’t off I traded them for.

Looks like a Cape White fig or White Genoa(both too similar) and water is definitely a must for all figs. They look tough but fruit requires water. The Cape White though with tougher green skin is like cups of jam in the middle. In my mind the tastiest of figs.

There is another possibility.. and that is pollination. Figs are pollinated by certain insects which may not be present.

Another possibility is the source of the fig. It could be a wild variety planted by a bird. Mostly these figs are rather tasteless.