I (Rigo) had the honor of speaking with Deborah for weeks. She told me so much about her find and I quickly found it to be an interesting fig with a unique back story. This variety was a volunteer in Deborah's yard and she has since registered it in 2019 with the California Rare Fruit growers. So far, the Stroz fig has been grown in the west San Fernando Valley and Thousand Oaks of California. I asked her if it was ok if I added the information and images for safe record keeping here on the database and she gave me the green light. The following is the information Deborah provided us all with:

Description of Fruit and Fruiting Season

Fruit is medium size, ~2” diameter, eye can be closed but is more often open, short neck, green w/slight purple blush exterior, thin/sweet white flesh, sweet/bright red pulp with crunchy seeds.  May have slightly hollow interior. Strawberry notes.  Excellent fresh eating or made into a jam.   

Breba crop is smaller, remains mostly green and dry and tasteless until the Main crop starts to ripen.  Late in the season some Breba figs may be almost edible.   

Breba begin to show up around May or June.  Main crop ripens in a 2 – 3 week period usually in August or September.    

 

Description of Plant Form/Tree Architecture
Trunk is smooth and whitish-gray. Leaves have 3 – 7 lobes, and are lightly fuzzy, about 5 – 8” across.  Tree produces several sports per year which are trimmed away. Branches fork in all directions. Occasional new growth curves downward ("weeping"). Fruit appears mostly within the last 12” of branch tips.

 

Extremely drought tolerant once established.  This volunteer tree was “discovered” when clearing out some thick plantings and was watered while young.  It has only had rainwater for the last 6 or 7 years.  Very Hardy , very healthy, very happy to propagate by cuttings. 

 

Scions may produce fruit while still growing their first roots.

Parent tree may have mosaic disease, some leaves appear to have yellow checkered appearance when held up to the light.  The tree appears otherwise healthy, no pests seem to attack it.  Scarabs love the fruit, so do squirrels and birds.  You may have some competition for eating!