Got you covered, George. Will notify you when they are collected. Thanks!

See, Now I regret getting rid of my beautiful tree.

I was thinking bass ackward.

Looks like I'll go out and buy another one.

Ruben, that's a nice looking fig you have there........

Dan
Semper Fi-cus

Leave them in the ground!!

Jason,

If you want, I can take some fresh cuttings from the parent tree and send them to you. Shoot me a PM if you are interested with length/width preference.

Dan,

Yes, I did notice the dried figs on your tree. That is another fig ripening characteristic that I llike to see. Do you recall the timeframe over which your tree fruits???

Dan
Semper Fi-cus

Dan,

The photo of the dried fruit was taken 22 August last year. Not sure when it actually ripened it's first crop. I have not seen a breba on the parent or my plants. The freshly cut fruit pic was picked and photographed on 4 August so I would speculate that they begin to ripen by early-mid July at the latest. It continues producing until frost. As Condit said, it is supposed to be able to carry immature fruit through the winter. I have not personally seen this as the parent tree gets pruned down to about 5' every fall/winter. I will leave a few on my own plants this winter and see.

I know you are all probably sick of this fig plant, but here are a cpl more pics I took of the parent tree when I took some fresh cuttings...

Based on pictures posted on this thread I must say my Green Ischia & Verte leaves are way off. Thats just great 3 plants with different synonyms neither one a real green ischia starting to get annoyed.

Nelson, that happens all too frequently. Did you see my post about my "Golden Celeste"? lol ..I also traded for a Fiorone di Ruvo. Not looking good so far...

For clarification, are the Strawberry Verte and IG the same??  Thanks.

Sara,

Technically, yes. They are synonyms. Strawberry Verte and Verte are the same fig. Possible cause for confusion is the physical characteristis between caprified and uncaprified fruit. Some will just have to be attributed to regional/ethnic renaming probably due to failure to properly research the geneology and origin of the tree. As you know by now, this is very common, especially among figs.

Very nice, Jonnydip! Like I posted earlier, I have not seen a breba from my local tree. Have any pictures of main crop fruit? What can you tell us about your tree's geneology? Sorry for all the questions, but my curiousity is piqued! Thanks!

One of the cuttings I took and started on the 20 May started rooting 10 days later.

Jonnydip,

Sure does! Thanks!! Looks a bit more yellowish than my strain. Is it caprified? What state is the tree in? Lastly, did you get any stats on the main crop?

@Ruben...thank you for the answer, I have a Strawberry that I got from Jon, so I am very thrilled and it is growing like wildfire in the hot Kentucky sun! No figs, but they will be pinched this season if/when they appear. So figdicted (new word), and I think I have my 72 year old mother hooked now.  She has enjoyed watching the progress on the cuttings, then the cups, then the pots while she recoups from her back surgery.  She doesn't know it yet, but she will get to pick her fig plant out tonight since I am packing up and going back to my home tomorrow.   

Sara,

Glad to hear your plants are doing so well and that your mom has taken such an intrest and is recovering from the surgery. The Black Mission and Unknown Morley liking that Kentucky sun too?

@ Jonnydip,

How did the main crop compare to the breba as far as size and flavor?

Picked main crop fruit from the parent tree today. Boy! Were they good!! Picked 16 figs and weighed them. Average weight was 20g. Not too bad considering the only care the tree gets is a severe pruning in the fall/winter. Judging from the amount of wrinkling and sagging of the fruit, I would say they have been ripening at least one week. The consistency was jam-like with lots of seed crunch. Hate to say it, but it looked and tasted somewhat like strawberry jam only not as sweet (but still sweet). Even the cpl that were a little unripe were pretty good. Dense texture to the pulp. Definitely recommend waiting for the skin to crack/check.

amazing looking fruit ruben - thank you so much

Those look delicious!

Ruben:I see you have an old specimen there,and it is Ischia green,I have no doubt.
I Condit,again makes a big mistake by saying in Hilgardia that the fruits of Ischia Green(Verte ),mature too late in the season,and that is why it was not a valuable cultivar for California.
According to your tree,and the tree does not lie,this cultivar is not late to mature if you have,main crop, fruits on,July 7 .
Of course this is in Texas,but I am a month behind you when about ripening.
So if that tree would have been here in NJ,it would have started to ripe August 7 2011.
That mean is as early as Marseilles vs  black and Celeste here in NJ.
The above are my earliest ripening figs here so Ischia green is not late at all,in fact.!!!!

Totally agree, Herman. Wonder if it has anything to do with the long drought period we have been having down here?

Ruben:Of course drought and high heat makes fruits ripe faster.
Also if you picked those fruits on July 7,the tree must have started getting ripe much earlier,as they start slowelly,first a couple of fruits and every day more fruits get ripe.
So the tree I am sure started getting ripe at about July 1st for the first fruits.
That is early,for any fig tree (main crop),and is not only because Summer is hot.
It totally contradicts I Condit writings!

Can some one tell me the difference between green ischia and verte? The descriptions on f4f is different but People say they are the same.