Update! Both trades completed. Thank you.           Hi,

I have extra cuttings of Corragio to trade for Kathleen's Black or JH Adriatic. I have them from the son in law of the Italian man who brought the variety to US.

Here is what the son in law wrote to John, the moderator of this forum, when he exchanged some cuttings with him:

"My father in law Isidoro DiBiase is an Italian immigrant (from the early 50’s). On one of his return trips from visiting his family in the Abruzzi he brought back a cutting of his personal childhood favorite fig from his hometown of Raiano north-west of Rome. The fig was spelled differently but named about the same, (corraggio). I think it actually means something like “strong heart”. When we built our house here in NC he brought me a cutting which has been growing here since. Oddly, the fig fruit actually grows with a crease that makes the fruit look heart-shaped. I can only assume it was named after the shape of its fruit."

The plant grows unprotected in Chattanooga, TN at the original owner's house. The son in law lives one hour driving time from me in a cold pocket of NC where even Celeste and H. Chicago freeze to the ground so Corragio freezes as well. It is a white fig and it does not bare on new growth. I have not seen or tasted the fruit.

Please PM me if interested in this trade.

My best wishes to everybody,

Boris

Thank you Jon,

I have updated my post. Now I am looking for Kathleen's Black only.

Update! Both trades completed. Thank you.

I thought that name Coraggio ring a bell from same region Abruzzi = this one dark type.


FICO NERA (Abruzzi, Italy )(Corragio) (a) medium, black fig, white flesh, dark red center (2 crops)

Hi Martin,

I have not seen the fruit yet and just repeated what I've been told. We might have the same fig, but some people might say that a fig is white because of its interior color. What is the source of your plant?

Hi Boris,

I do not have this plant and there are many syn for figs out there with same names, similar names, and given names by folks who lost the names, names by what they think they have "unknowns" etc etc.

There are some types of figs as well that go by the "same" name that are in both the dark and white class as well.

I was just pointing what i saw on the Belleclare sight as that name rang a bell in my head.

In my "personal opinion"
A family heirloom is one to cherish no matter what the name is.