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black ischia AD

This is my black ischia AD, a cutting I grew from Rafed this past winter. I left 3 figs on it to ripen just to try and I was totally surprised at how good it was for a first year tree. I know a lot of people believe this is not the real black ischia but more of a violet de bourdeaux type. I agree it is closely related to vdb but this one fig was better then any vdb I grew so far. 
I'm not good at flavor profiling but this one was a little figgy,  sweet and thin skinned. 
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Originally Posted by Quackmaster
This is my black ischia AD, a cutting I grew from Rafed this past winter. I left 3 figs on it to ripen just to try and I was totally surprised at how good it was for a first year tree. I know a lot of people believe this is not the real black ischia but more of a violet de bourdeaux type. I agree it is closely related to vdb but this one fig was better then any vdb I grew so far. 
I'm not good at flavor profiling but this one was a little figgy,  sweet and thin skinned. 


This is what Jon, the seller of this fig, said about it in a previous thread:

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/show_single_post?pid=1279533569&postcount=16

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Originally Posted by Jon
I do have to say that getting a mislabeled BI fig that turns out to be a VdB is not a bad deal - you are still getting a very, very good fig, albeit not what you expected.


Yes, it's a good fig, but I personally didn't want yet another VdB.
This fig really should be called Unknown Black Ischia AD.
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Thanks gina, I have a few vdb types and I can very well see this black ischia AD replacing most if them, as of now anyways. 
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