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mario's Salce Fig

Thanks for the clarification Mario.


Paully,
I've not heard of the Atrina fig. I'm trying to establish White Triana in my collection. Does make one wonder how many of these names are actually the same fig. As Mario and others have mentioned, different Italian areas have different dialects. The same fig could have very many names throughout a given region.

As for me, I will accept the names of these that Mario has shared with us. These come direct from the old country so I think this is the least we could do in honor of their origins.

In the end, the names don't mean all that much as long as we enjoy the fruits they provide us :-).

Mario, please do try to get some more pictures of the ripe fruits this season. I know you're a busy guy but we would all appreciate the pics very much. Maybe I'll be able to help with that if  I'm able to visit you this year when the figs are at their peak ripeness :-). Please keep me posted on when that time might be. I'm guessing that this could come earlier this year because of the unusually warm spring we've had.
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Hey Mario and Bill!  Just wanted to say a quick hello.   Looking forward to the meet-n-greet-n-eat at some point this year.   And of course, some plant swapping!

Sara
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Bill , i have already eaten a few figs this week .This year for the first time i should have two crops , i believe this year we should get together a little sooner than we did last year . I should have a bunch of salce figs this year as my outside trees never died back and the ones in the greenhouse are touching the ceiling, and putting out a bunch of figs.Sara i still got your fig tree it is growing like crazy and needs to go in a bigger pot.
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This variety sounds very interesting to me. I wonder if it might handle the zone7b winter in ground well. I am in northwest Georgia.

Mario what province of Italy are you from?

I am interested in Italian figs as my wife has Italian heritage.
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Womack i come from the Molise region it used to be Abruzzi Molise until the region was split up. These figs ought to do well in ground in Georgia. Molise is a mountainous region and we used to get light snow and light frost every year and they never died. If you ever come to Kentucky come and see me and i will give you all the cuttings you want.
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Mario,


I've lived in KY for a total of about 20 years and this past winter was the warmest and shortest KY winter I've ever experienced. It would be nice to get a couple more in a row like it. Our fig trees would get to put on some nice, uninterrupted, growth with a couple more winters like that :) .

It's good to know that your outside trees didn't experience any die back. Same thing with the few in ground trees of mine. If I hadn't grafted onto so many of mine I'm sure I would have gotten a lot more brebas. As it is, it looks like I will get to enjoy a few main crop fruits anyway. A couple of these are some unknowns fruiting for the first time. So it will be nice to finally see the fruits. Hopefully I'll get them ID'd with a little help from folks here on the forum.

Please keep me posted on when might be the best time to come up this year. Send me a PM or email.

 So far it's been a great year for fig trees in KY. It sounds like your trees are showing their appreciation for that. 
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Mario,

I am grateful for your invitation to visit and for the offering of cuttings. It sounds like your region of Italy has some similarities to my home.

How far are you from Nashville?
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Womack, i live 2 hrs north of Nashville. This invite is extended to any fig nut that comes by here, as long as figs are for personal use and not for resale.
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I love your good story about growing up with this fig.  Hope I can get on your list for trade of any cuttings at end of season.  I wonder how many fig trees I'll end up with.  Too many good descriptions on this forum.  
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Mario,
I have some relatives in Nashville. A side trip to your place would work out well. What is the best time of year for cuttings?. I will be in touch.
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Womack,

any time. i will get you some cuttings, i might even pull a rooted one out of the ground. So no rush. whenever you happen to be up here give me a week notice and come on up.
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Can someone please post some photos of salce leaves?
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Slingha here you go! if you didn't get a salce fig i will send you one.

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Mario,

These are the 4 different leaves from Uncle Luigi plants. If you could ID id appreciate it.

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The leaves do look different from Mario's Salce fig.
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Pauly,

IMHO I dont see a salce fig amongst them, but I also don't think that they are all the same fig.
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I agree no matches there. Of course I am terrible at fig id. Hey Herman!!
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I went to the web site( http://www.ficuscarica.com) WOW!! How many different types are there?  How many cross reference to our "Domestic" figs.

No wonder ID is so hard.

Danny K
Marshall tx
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There is no salce there i can't identify them unless you get a fig and a leaf and put them next to each other. You should have gotten at least 3 or 4 .different kind of figs which anybody would love to have in their collection. 
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Mario,

It doesn't matter what I got, just curious. Spending an hourwitty uncle Luigi was fun.  
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Salce is Italian regional dialect for salice. It means "willow" and might refer to the name of a place where the fig was found or grown.
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Thanks for sharing the joy Mario.   Got the cuttings and can't wait to get them going.  Some were starting to root in the bag already. 
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It has been nearly 2 years since this thread was started in Jan 2012.   Will anyone have Salce cuttings they could share, trade or sell me?
 I'm very intrigued When an Italian says "this is the best fig" I believe it!  My husband is from a very small town in Reggio Calabria and unfortunatey he only remembers the figs were called Melanzana. 

 Thanks,  Soni
   
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There are Salce cuttings on e-Bay right now.
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Thanks for the tip,  5 days left and it already has 3 bids. We'll see how it goes.  [image] $$$$$
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