Anyone know EJP3? 

He is selling Latarulla and Sal's Corleone on Ebay.  If he has a true Corleone the bids are still very low.  Like to have one myself.

He says his mother tree came from Belleclaire, is potted and has been fruiting for the past two years.

I ran onto an old discussion on the net between several of you discussing the differences between Chicago Hardy and the EL Sal's (Gene's strain) and saw a mention of Sal's of Corleone, Fico de Capo and Fico Nera. 

Since I know nothing of Italian and darned little of figs, would someone comment on
(1) when Belleclaire sold Sal's Corleone and (2) what means "fico de capo" and "fico nera".

T'anks. 
Ox

I have a latarulla that I got from ebay from ejp3.  It was a good size plant and quite healthy.  Even though the post office smashed the box and it had some leaf damage, it has flourished.  It has doubled in size in about 5 weeks and now has figs on it.


Lisa

I saw that too. "Fico de Capo" if I understand it right means Fig of Head literally. Capo, if I understand right means head and is used as we do in english to mean the "boss", "leader", etc. In this case I assume the connection is to Corleone which is the ancestral home of Don Corleone, head of the five families mafia organization in the novel/movie Godfather. Supposedly the head of a mafia organization is the Capo or head.
Fico Nera, IDK. Maybe this is the "real" name. From what I understand of reading other threads Belleclaire sold this fig as "Sal's", as well as one other by the same handle. The fig is supposed to trace back directly to the town of Corleone.

See http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/profile/717143

I have dealt with ejp3, and had a great experience.  I would definitely recommend him.  He gave a couple of extra cuttings for one or two of the varieties, shipped promptly.  There was nothing really to complain about with the transaction, and I'm pretty picky.  The guy treats transactions seriously.

The cuttings he shipped are already seeing root initial swells after ~2.5 weeks in baggie @ ~67º room temp. 

Jason I think you will like the Conadria I'm partial to dark figs but this is a very good fig I just picked 2 this morning and it has been cool here with temps in 40's and the taste was still good. Not as good as earlier in season but still sweet for a warm weather fig from what I read. I'm looking forward to next season. By the way the one I have has red pulp almost purple earlier when it was warm.

I am definitely looking forward to it, Sal!  I admit, with it being a Condit fig, I have high expectations.  This can be a good or bad thing.

I am also partial to dark figs.  Conadria, Latarulla, Hollier and Marseilles were the main non-darks that got my attention, and I have plants, cuttings or rooted cuttings for all of those except Marseilles.  I decided to stop looking for Marseilles, since folks seem to say Latarulla is similar to it, but much better in many ways.

I just returned from visiting the parents (mine) in Bradenton.  It was really tough to go from 50º nights there to 29º nights up here!  Thinking about that transition in temperatures, I can only imagine what it must be like for the folks in NJ and PA that take a similar step from here to there.

The Corleone cuttings are up to $22 now with four days yet to go.
Ox

sounds like a $50 closing kind of thing.

Don't hold your breath on the $50.
There's still almost five days to go.

This is the Grand Daddy your talking about.

Just curious. Who is battling it out for this one?

Yes, this is the granddaddy.  Ejp3 reported almost three years ago that he had bought the Corleone for almost sixty dollars from Belleclair. 
Ox

Perhaps another granddady but not my Sals Corleone. "J"
Enjoy : )

Here we go again! LOL! Martin, you must really be bored and holed up in the house!HAHAHAHAH!

OX,
thats ED with the corleone scion, yes he has the real thing from my conversation with him in the past as i was offered some in the past but had already made a commitment from another member that also bought 1 personally from Belleclare just before they closed.
He is right on the money in stating that there are other different types of sals out there.

Well the original $60 to Belleclaire has been recouped. The cuttings sold for $61, $12.20 per cutting.