So far so good, on one of my several ficazzana's. Lots of brebas and they're quickly gaining size. I'm preparing the netting to put over the plants and keep the scrub jay's (local PITA birds that think they own my yard). I believe the drought we're going through has kept the rust fungus at bay and also the spot that these figs are in has a constant breeze that keeps fungus  issues down, at least until the rainy season starts.
The tree that is loaded with brebas is also against the house wall and probably has roots deep under the slab, where no nematodes are supposed to be.
The pineapples are racing the brebas to the finish line, last year the first fig (almost fist sized ) was ready on Mother's day and I believe I waited too long for the pineapple and a raccoon must have beat me to it. Will not happen this year.

There are a couple of 7 gallon pots in the pics also, these are TBD figs (To Be Determined) figs that I picked up at a nursery in the smack middle of the boonies. between Clewiston and Labelle Florida. I saw the sign of a nursery while driving by kinda quickly and had a hunch....
Stopped to see if they had, desert roses (adeniums), other fruit trees and figs... Of course the one man who came over to see me didn't speak a word of English.. Not a problem... I know how to say 'higo' and he says SI! tenemos higos.... I could'nt believe the wanted a whole $10 for a 7 gallon fig tree loaded with fruit.... They're probably celeste, I couldn't leave without at least a couple  of plants. That is all I could fir in my work vehicle.

Forever hunting for figs...

BTW looks like some family members in Sicily have gotten the facebook bug, I will have to ask for pictures of some of their better fig trees... and select some for cuttings for next winter...
Life is good...

Very nice plants, George! May have to add that Ficazzana to my list. Good luck!

Hi George

never heard of this fig

Can you describe it, and its origin

George

Ruben... where did you get George?
Signature says Ben in So (South) Fla (Florida)......LOL...
George, this Ficazzana fig came over from Sicily many years ago, my Wife's Grandfather brought it over and had been growing this tree in NYC for many years. I believe it was covered during winter. It has languished in South Florida for easily 20 years until I recently developed an interest in different variety of figs and about three years ago I took a few cuttings from the languishing tree and they pretty much exploded once I put them in the ground. It is a very fast growing tree, very long internodal gap. It is a bifera classified variety (Two crops) and makes substantially large white figs with light colored interior and very sweet but not overpowering taste. The skin will tend to crack slightly. brebas and main crop are both large figs. Hard to tell in South Florida as due to our short and warm winter, these plants might not get enough chilling hours, this can vary from year to year. A cold dry winter can equal a bunch of brebas, a warm and wet winter will trigger continous growth and sparse fig production. Here are some more pics from last year and year before that.

He wrote "George!" ...the exclamation makes me think he is saying something like "gorgeous" and not assuming your name is George.

And nice looking fig tree btw

LOL! Sorry, BEN!! Must have been the late hour. I believe I was thinking of another person I had traded cuttings with. Great looking fig though. btw, I got 24 plants (and counting) from the Black Mission cuttings you sent. Thanks again!

I was told last season by a fellow fig enthusiast in Toronto that he had been growing ficazzana that he brought from Sciacca, Sicily in the 90's in 2005 he bought an italian fig from Colasanti farms that turned out to be identical to his ficazzana. I too have the colasanti white and it looks Identical to your Ficazzana Ben, in everyway this fig has a Destinct leaf shape that I have not seen in any other plant I have.

Wow, I am glad you revived this post Nelson. This looks a LOT like my mother-in-law's fig tree. I have been trying unsuccessfully to ID it for a while. Family legend says her dad brought this over with him from Italy. He came from Calabria, but the family name (Carabetta) is supposed to be Sicilian.

Good to know... BTW I have a couple available for trade if anyone is interested. I will be using one of the mother plants for  surrogate graft mom and will air layer just below the graft. Will take some pics.. It should interesting..

Hi AaronT, we have a ton of Carabetta here in Connecticut, I went to Calabria with one of them last year, they are from San Giovanni ,Calabria. Many good figs there!!!!!!!

Hi Ben.
I have one that I started from cuttings from you about three years ago, I love it, its one of my favorites and one of the most productive fig I have, thank you
Vito