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Ice Crystal seeds

I'm cultivating Ice Crystal fig.
A very robust and cold-resistant fig, as well as to extreme warm and arid.
I have harvested its seeds obtained from random pollination, in northern Italy.
If anyone wants seeds I can send them.
It should be considered:
1) I do not know if the pollinator has transferred the persistence condition of the fruits.
2) The sex of the offspring is obviously casual.
In the pictures:
The ripe fruit (65-85 grams)
Another fig fruit put in a bag to check its caducity.
The particular shape of the leaves.
The Ice Crystal fig is originated by Cor Van Gelderen, C. Esveld Nursery, Boskoop, Netherland, from seeds collected in East Turkey. DSC_1191.JPG  DSC_1196.JPG  DSC_1200.JPG 


Thank you for the information on this cultivar's origin.  Any idea which town in east Turkey the seeds were collected that resulted in 'Ice Crystal'?  Were they from a wild population?

Beautiful leaves and nice fig!

If I understand then your Crystal Fig is a common type ?

GregMartin
I received information from Cor Van Gelderen, as above. You can ask him directly.
He said me where he found a "dried fig" or "an overripened". For me is important the region of origin, and NOT if is cultivated or not. Many times fruits are collected from "wild", and instead are residual of very ancient cultivation.
This allowed me (after first tests, and by my knowledge) to conjecture by some elements, that is probabily a "wild type" of Ficus carica, as is the "mountain fig" (*) of Iran, or the Afghan fig (*), or the (once appointed) F. Johannis (*) of the Caspian Lowlands. (*)= documentation and pictures in net.
From about 250 seedlings born in Netherland only this survived outside in the winter. Surely is female, And is said is San Pietro tipe. See answer for pino. 

pino: no.
Is said:
- is San Pietro type, So meaning breba (without pollenizing) and true fig caducous.
As results of my observation:
- produced 1 (one) breba, that dropped unripe
- produced (till now) five large very good true-figs, full of seeds.
Conditions:
. The tree is small, 3 feet tall, 4 wide.
. As in second my picture I putted a paper sac to control if the fruit (not pollenized) drops. This for control
- The condition of the seeds, permanent, or common fig, OR caducous, is said depends 100% from the male (uncontrolled) caprifig. 

I'll try to sow these seeds, i'm curious to see the leaves of these hybrids.

I have to say that the flavor is pretty good, altough the size is very small, if you have chicken it's good food for them.

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My cultivation (only for Ice Crystal) is particular.
I planted it the past year, in a large pot (approx 8 gallons, and this is on my terrace (NOT in my orchard).
My terrace in summer is faced south, and is REALLY very, very hot (terrace is equipped in part by protective curtains, that protect also the fig plant).
Fruitification is continuous, in sequence, one fruit ripens followed, few, days, one week, later by another, and so on, till now fruited five fruits.
The fruits are quite large 65 - 80 grams.
Probably because of the strong heat (and abundant irragation) the fruits in the last maturation phase split, exposing the pulp.
The flavor is good and very sweet, although the pulp exposure, in dry climate, triggers evident fermentations (not mold).
The reason for the placement on the terrace is that I wanted to control the ripening cycle from a more convenient position for me (before I was observing the DFIC 023).
My orchard is not close to home.

I'd Like To Get Some Seed, Is That A Possibility In The USA?

Yes, of course, also if I've very few material having yet distributed in Italy, Philippines, Malaysia, the States (Ohio), Canada, and Netherlands.
I only conserved very few material for me, for so excuse if quantity is very small.
Send me by a private message your postal address, and your e-mail address.
I should like have notices of development of the "sow-cultivation-fruiting" project, but this is not a binding condition, if you prefere send me only the postal address, I send HOWEVER the seeds.
B.

Is the first year of fruiting, ofter one year of settling, I've had only five fruits!
(The plant is small!).
And two figs was eated by my daughter.
B.

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