This has been one of my top figs this season, producing an abundant crop of large red Palermo figs which I've been picking daily since the first week of August. Sweet, with an excellent fig flavor.

Looks like Sal's Corleone and I do beleive I heard somewhere they are the same. Very nice!

There are a number of figs out there which bear a strong resemblance to each other. I have compared most of them and found these varieties to be identical:

Aldo's Fig
Palermo Red
Black Weeping Fig
Sal's Corleone
Pan e Vino Dark
Clem's 8-Ball Fig
?Sicilian Black
...to name a few

The stories behind most of these figs seem to correlate to one source,
Sicily- specifically Palermo.

Sicilian Red is supposed to be the same as Sal's corleone, and hence the others as well.

Look so good Leon. I agree with you so many of them are some variety different name.

Hi Leon,

I took a pic earlier today of a fig I am planning on eating tomorrow.  I'm still not sure if it is 'Aldo'  The figs are still much smaller than the ones in your pictures. 


I'll see what it does next year.

~james

This must be a more commonly grown fig variety fig than anybody ever thought.
Mine is still tagged as GM#17.

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/FIg-ID-Please-2249851?highlight=gm17

It roams free in Wilmington as well. Calling it Tatnall Red for the street it is on.
http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/show_single_post?pid=1269943248&postcount=1

Hi Leon
I have the top five on your list and I think you are right!
I will taste soon, Can't wait.

Are the leaves and growth habits the same/similar for those varietals? Can we post pics of those here?

"Schar Italian" = Sal's Corleone


Frank

Hi all.

@ alanmercieca, the Aldo's- Sal's Corleone and Black weepplng are identical except Black weepplng produces very large brebas.
Vito

Seems like these different names for what is likely only a few fig cultivars seems to water down what great figs these are. 

Don't understand why these figs can't be called by the original Sicilian name? 

The belleclare list has Fico di capo as a synonym.  Condit lists 2 fico de(i) capo.   Even the Law and Order TV show had an episode "Fico di Capo" specifically referring to these figs.  Who can argue with that name when you compare the taste of these figs to the Mt. Etna types that also originate from there?

I am just saying but it does look like some name simplification would help here.

I agree. Find the earliest used name and that's the reference until an earlier one is found.