Hello,
Need help identifying this fig. This fig dark red/black, is easy to grow, cold hardy and tasty. Medium size, sometimes small. Not too sweet very easy to eat as many figs as you want!
This fig was grown by my father for 40 years he gave me a sucker in 1990 and I have been growing it since. We are in Niagara region, Zone 6a near Niagara Falls.
For over 20 years I have provide minimal winter protection to these figs. There were also years that the fig trees remained unprotected for the winters. In those years the top branches didn't make it but grew back from the old trunk. The fig trees are grown in various shapes. A bush with 6 stems trained low and an espalier near a wall.
I found that the more winter protection can be provided, the bigger the breba crop. The main crop is large every year. Breba ripens in July, the main crop September or August depends on how hot the summer is.
Until it can be identified we are calling it after my father;
Ciccio Nero (pronounced; chee~~choh).
