Hello everyone!

First, i apologize for my english, i have several difficulties with the language...
I deal with agriculture and gardening as a hobby, since i was a child.
From a few years i  discovered the wonderful world of figs, and i started to collect them.

Before starting to gather information on figs, i cultivated some varieties, but didn't know the enormous diversity , and i was convinced that there were basically only "blacks" and "white" figs.

Luckily, in a few years, i managed to pick up a decent collection, and new varieties and new varieties are added each year (most are all small plants).

In my country the fig is cultivated for centuries, and is one of most common and important fruiting plants.
Unfortunately, the sardinian varieties haven't been thoroughly investigated.
I'm trying to retrieve old varieties;  i have found some in my village, and in others.

Here a document in italian about cultivars of northern Sardinia (you must be logged in this site for reading).


In the future i hope to be able to talk in more detail of my figs, and posting some photos.

I don't know what to write...Thank you, and greetings from Sardinia. Bye...

Hi Fico, welcome to the forum!

I actually grow a variety from Sardinia called Macca.

I hope to see some fruit of it this year.

Rob

Welcome Fico!   I look forward to learning more from you about fig culture in Sardinia.   Great that you are trying to preserve the old varieties!

Great to have you on the forum, please share some photos of your collection!

Fico, welcome to the forum!

I just looked at pictures of your home on Google, and it is beautiful!  Don't worry about you English, it is more than fine, better some Americans..  LOL

You will certainly find additional cultivars to grow, it is just a mater of time and looking.

Scott

Thanksfor the welcome, i'm very happy to be in this forum, i read so many times a lot of topics from this site.

Rob, i heard about "Macca" fig, but i never seen. Pictures or links? Googling i find nothing.
You know, "macca" in sardinian means crazy, is funny, i don't know why a fig it's called crazy!

Welcome to the forum, Fico.  Looking forward to hearing about and seeing your varieties!

Benvenuti Fico!
You may find some figs you are intimate with but know only as black fig or white fig now have American names.

Welcome to the forum Fico, looking forward to learn the many interesting experiences that you have with growing figs in your country. By the way, I think you are doing very well with English. Good luck and good growing.

Il tuo inglese è buono... sicuramente meglio del mio italiano, ma provo. Ok. Basta. :X

I'd love to see what you find! Do you grow any figs from outside of Sardinia?

Welcome Fico
Benvenuto mio Zio viene della sardegna.
Lot of good people here to help and learn
ciao

I try to answer to all ...
For me it is relatively easy to grow figs, i live in the center of Mediterranean Sea, the climate is ideal for the fig: hot and dry summers, indispensable for obtaining good quality fruit, and mild winters, so it's definitely harder to grow figs for the majority of users of this forum, rather than for me, therefore those who cultivate figs in difficult conditions, like much of north America has all my admiration.

I grow, in addition to sardinian varieties, some italian and european varieties.
Mostly are little plants, some bought, other from cuttings.
In Italy, and even more in Sardinia, are on sale the same old varieties, about ten (Brogiotto bianco and nero, Verdino, Dottato...), it is difficult to obtain new varieties, especially those rare and endangered.
Some nurseries, given the growing interest for this species, started importing from France the most popular french varieties.

At present i've approx. 30 varieties, the most common of my zone, of Italy and of France.

If you like i can take pictures of my plants, but there is little to see; in the coming months certainly will post photos of leaves and fruits.

@Luzzu: which zone of Sardinia?

Welcome aboard! I can't wait for your figs to grow so you can share your pictures with us.

Welcome, benvenuto fico, come ti chiami?

I read some of the article you linked to , it mentions a cultivar called "Genovese." We have a very fine fig here called Genovese Nero, there is also a bianco. I wonder if they are related to the Sardinian Genovese?

Hi rafaelissimo,
the problem with varieties found in USA is that in America people gave a new name to varieties unknown, like "Italian", "Sicilian" "Genoa", then is difficult to identify these varieties with with their real names.
Have to add, that all variety have a lot of dialectal synonyms.
Nurseries also give new names to the plants, even for a matter of marketing.
"Geographical" names, often are misleading, because even if the mother plant was found them, does not mean that it is native to that place.
In Italy, for example, "Genovese" fig is usually "Brogiotto bianco". The sardinian Genovese fig is another variety, which received that name because imported in Sardinia from Genoa.
In USA there is White and Black Genoa, that in Italy will surely have another name, or maybe they aren't even italian!

cis4elk, i will certainly update you on my figs.

Welcome!  You should be able to get cuttings from Pons - he has many outstanding varieties

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Montserrat-Pons-i-Boscana/100711893251

Welcome Fico!

Thank you!
rcantor, Monserrat "donates" cuttings to those who request it?

He sells them.  Ask RobSter010 for details.

Welcome to the forum Fico.

Salve, Fico.
Welcome to the forum. There are many members here of Italian origin including myself. Sono di origine Calabrese, ho studiato a Padova e adesso vivo nella Florida. Siamo tutti grandi amanti di fichi.

Welcome, Fico

Welcom to the forum, Fico

Welcome Fico!

Have you heard of Montserrat Pons from Mallorca?  He wrote a book called "Les Figueres A Les Illes Balears" which documents the fig varieties from the Balearic Islands.  Some of the same varieties in his book may be growing on Sardinia as well.

Hi Fico,
Welcome !
When the season allows, do not hesitate to show us photos of your varieties of figs leaves and fruits :) .
Do you have the fig-wasp were you are ? You should be able to grow more than varieties than me .
I have to stick to parthenocarpic type of figs as those don't need the fig-wasp.
What is good with French people is that some like to name what they see or have - French were sort of in a competition with English people to name plants and animals in past centuries...
It is handy when trying to exchange plants or infos on plants ... And of course, now nurseries do take that opportunity to sell accurate and recognizable products.
Which is good for us customers with zones in the limit of hardiness for fig trees.