Likely Ficus carica 
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Haha, exactly what I was thinking!
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Yes sorry for teasing- it is probably that species. In terms of variety, it’s going to be difficult based on leaf shape and fig growth pattern at that stage. @Richard has a wealth of knowledge for figs and is in the California area. If you can grow those figs to maturity, he is your best bet to narrow it down at least to “Adriatic, mt etna, etc”
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But even with his wealth of knowledge it has been pointed out that the stability of leaf shape which would allow near-identification doesn’t generally happen until the tree is well-established.
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Here’s the statement that I was referring to:
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F. carica contains two species: Ficus carica subsp. rupestris and Ficus carica subsp. carica. See the distinction here.
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Man.
I’m a little bummed out. I bought this fig and stuck it in the ground a few years ago. This is the first year it fruited.
Now I was told it was a Green Ischia, but the inside was not pink or red. It was tan in color and had some tiny flecks of pink, but nothing like you see in a green ischia.
It has a closed eye and stays green outside, but starts to turn yellow outside right as it ripens. What do you think it is? It’s about 1 3/4 inches wide, and about 2 inches long.
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How’s the taste?
Maybe Lattarula aka Italian Honey, which has dozens of other names too.
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I don’t know yet. The only one I saw the inside of was because it split. We have been abnormally wet this summer. Anyway, I didn’t eat it because I didn’t know how long it had been split open.
I should have at least taken a picture of the inside, but for some reason I didn’t think to do so. Next time. This one looks close to being ripe, so once there I will split it open, photograph it and taste it. Then, I will report back.
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I thought about that, but I had a Lattarula before, which I gave away to a friend. Anyway, the figs on that variety always had open eyes on the fruit when they were ripe. These figs on this unknown tree are still quite closed.
But maybe…
Are you growing it outdoors year-round?
Yes. It’s in the ground here in Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas. This is probably the third year in the grounds, I believe.
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@Thazo1979
Here is a photo of Ischia Green fruit from NCGR Davis. It was ripened in Winters CA, 2019. It has been caprified.
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Lsu gold in the tiny pot with red/clear label
Lsu gold now in 15** gallon nursery pot.
It’s surpassed its pal figo preto and a ton others
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They look great, congrats!
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white genoa almost ripe. just barely soft
black Bethlehem have a way to go
rdb (negronne on label) acting oddly but covered with unripe fig
unlabeled varieties;
ischia has a very stemmy growth habit and no figlets yet. another year maybe.
florea my beloved
Texas Blue is happy
there’s a few over achievers too, i rooted over winter and they have a few fruit
that’s a florea the second one. it’s already making ripe fruits from a cutting taken in January.
second round of ripe fruits starting to arrive. florea, ch (?)
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All my cuttings surprisingly have 10+ fruit from Jan, they are definitely thriving currently. The ones I put in ground(potted) last fall actually don’t have fruits yet, I think they did a lot of root growth, I’m assuming. Also the cuttings all of course have had an exceptionally long growing season.(starting in Jan)
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