This is another possibility. Hirts also sells Lemon Italian Honey Fig Plant which looks a lot like what you have.  Maybe it was a mislabeled fig?

http://www.hirts.com/Lemon-Italian-Honey-Fig-Plant/dp/B00L1JC00M?field_availability=-1&field_browse=2260876011&field_keywords=figs&id=Lemon+Italian+Honey+Fig+Plant&ie=UTF8&refinementHistory=brandtextbin%2Csubjectbin%2Ccolor_map%2Cprice%2Csize_name&searchKeywords=figs&searchNodeID=2260876011&searchPage=1&searchRank=salesrank&searchSize=12

Perhaps they sent me the wrong fig, perhaps not. As previously noted, there was a such run on this fig from members of this forum that it forced Hirt's to place it on back order for over 6 months. So, soon there will be many more people posting pictures of their ripened figs and we shall see. BTW, Hirt's is not known for its friendly customer service.

The figs from my tree from Walmart labeled "Ischia" looks just like yours Frank.  I bought in 2012 and the pot was marked from Dewars Nursery in Florida.

OK, I took a couple of leaf pictures of my "Blue Ischia" trees.  As you see, mine look different.  For the record, I ordered mine from Hirt's Nursery on 2013-10-28 (and it shipped that day).  It arrived with so many tiny trunks, I was able to split it into three trees.  They're thriving OK, but they would seem to be a different variety from yours Frank, and different from the others posted above too maybe.  Two grown leaves plus a juvenile leaf in the pictures.

<<edit, a couple of minutes after posting>> Looks like possibly the same leaf as john's (deerhunter16b's), and can't tell but possibly same as waynea's.  Different from the others>>

Mike   central NY state, zone 5a


"Blue Ischia" leaf A, 2014-07-10
 

"Blue Ischia" leaf B, 2014-07-10
 

"Blue Ischia" leaf C, juvenile, 2014-07-10
 

I don't know Mike. Leaves can have such variability depending on age of plant, sun exposure, time of the year etc. For example, the leaves in the top picture could easily look like mine if they were a little older. The one thing that has always stood out, to me, was the deep dark green color or the plant.
Regardless, once more people start posting pictures of the ripe fruit, we will have an answer. Should they all tuen out to be green figs, I strongly suggest inundating Hirt's with complaints. They should at a minimum change the name of the fig.

Have to agree with Frank....I guess time will tell

My prediction :
All those TC Blue Ischias will turn out to be different varieties.
LOL

I believe your prediction is correct. If you are an expert on predictions you should have told us so before we purchased these new unknowns. LOL! What? New unknowns??? That's it Frank, we need to resell them on ebay as a new rare variety Unk Golden Blue Ischias discovered in the Hirts neighborhood, we could make hundreds$$$$$$$$.

The crazy thing is that I keep looking on eBay to see if FMD is selling them there yet.

Hershell, I can sell you a very nice rare specimen of an Unk. Blue Ischia outside eBay,
use your time to watch the FIFA Final instead of wasting it on eBay :)

I wouldn't be surprised if they pulled a Ty Ty and just sent out any ol' tree as long as it had fig leaves. Then by the time it produced fruit people would forget about it. Being that their 15 day policy is too short to be able to tell exactly what tree you get would go in their favor. You might get better results by calling them to complain. If they get tired of hearing complaints they might give a full refund or send the real Blue/Black Ischia.

At least it's not Brown Turkey!

In Russia you can buy Brown Turkey, under a new name: 1. Kadota Purple. 2. Kadota Blue.

I emailed Matt Hirt and this was his reply to me:

Thanks for following that up for us, Wayne. 

How about some corporate responsibility,Matt? Now that your supplier "claims" to have the correct Blue Ischia, I'll be sure to order half a dozen more plants and wait two years to confirm the "claim".

 It appears that "Hirt-ing Our Customers Since 1985" would be an apt company logo. Go ahead and use it, Matt. No charge.

Lol

Interesting. I suppose "Hirt-ing" is defined by blind trust. Is it fair to expect that someone at Hirts sampled the fruit and received photos of the correct Blue Ischia after having sold an untold number of incorrect Blue Ischia? Better...grow and fruit it before selling to the public.

Very good point. Oh well, I still feel that everyone needs to email Hirts, it won't hurt!

• Phone: 1-330-239-0506
• Fax: 1-330-239-0305
• Email: greenhousematt@gmail.com

Well at Daves Hirts has.....

141 positives
32 neutrals
117 negatives

Not good!

Anyone else get a ripe fig from this loser -- yet?

Things like this happen often but are not always disappointing.
 I had received a BLack Mission from a fig friend here and it turned out to be greenish/yellow. I like it so much that I would not want to change it for any strain of Mission. OK, may be except for Vista Mission if it is a Mission strain but I already have this one. Also, my squirrels (my nemesis) like it more as well.

And look what happened to this very dark fig !!
http://figs4fun.com/Thumbnail_Very_Dark_Greek.html

No ripe figs here yet from this variety.  But as the tree grew (and it did grow fairly vigorously), the leaves now do resemble yours Frank.  I expect the figs from it will resemble the ones you got too.  Did you ever get any more figs from it?  I mean, some that weren't bird food, and that you actually tasted?  
Mike 

Mine made a couple of Celeste fruits ,(like),that dropped out before getting ripe.
It went in the chipper,so I have no( hard evidence).