Here's my first main crop fig.
It's Sal's fig, and it looks nothing like Hardy Chicago.

great looking fig. My mouth is watering.

Is This Sal's Corleone or the Sal's(Gene Strain)you got from me?

I will be glad to know which Sal's that is too!
 
Whatever it is Bass, it looks like a winner to my untrained eyes.
 
Cecil

Hmmmmmmmmm,
Live & learn,    I just went to treesofjoy.com for the first time EVER :)
 
Learned plenty, I will put that in my memory bank!
Now where did I put that doggone mouse?
 
Nice site Bass
Cecil

Dang, you know what your fig looks like? There's a Persian fig on ebay that looks exactly like yours. Scroll down the the 3 larger images:

http://cgi.ebay.com/PERSIAN-FIG-TREE-ANCIENT-PLANT-IRAN-BIG-BLACK-FIGS_W0QQitemZ270265508385QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item270265508385&_trkparms=72%3A552%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Put both your image and the ebay one up on your screen. Similar leaves, same roundness to the fruit, ostiole looks the same, fig is squat. Another clue to the mystery?

Sue

Herman,
this is the Sal's I got from you...
Thanks Cecil, I named it after my daughter Joy, we just had twins a boy and a girl, named the girl Joy. I'm still working on my site, it's under construction.

Sue,
The shape of that fig looks similar to mine, but who knows it is a possibility.

Bass

I remember Lou, NE Pa
 
talking about the beautiful twins.
 
Cecil

That is what i said Bass.
This fig is not Hardy Chicago.
It is Somewhat related,like from the same family,but is not identical
.
I am glad you fill the same.

So, Herman and Bass, this is Sal's Corleone, right?  This one really doesn't look ANYTHING like Hardy Chicago.  The shape is wrong, and the eye is wrong.  The EL Sal's is the one that is similar-looking to HC, right?.  However, even the EL Sal's figs I got this year (GH) were noticeably different from Hardy Chicago.

No Henry,This is Sal's,I had from Gene,wich he got from E.L.,,and then I grew 4 cuttings and having extra i gave one to Bass ,when he visited me.
Sal's Corleone is a late fig so far.
I have about 20 figs on it but they formed late.
Sal's Corleone fruit is almost Identical with Black Sicilian,from JR,but it formed a lot later compared wit S.B.
Sicilian Black will be ripe shortly having formed fruits earlier.
I hope i am not confusing you worse.
Best Regards

Thanks Herman,
No, you aren't confusing me further.  It's just that the fruits on Bass's tree just don't look anything like the Hardy Chicago fruits I've gotten from two different HC trees this year (from two different sources).  After seeing fruit from Sal's (even the EL Sal's) and fruit from HC side by side in my hands (and also seeing Bass's picture here), I just don't see how anyone would think they were the same fig.

I hear what you have said about Mr. Robin's SB being earlier than Sal's Corleone yet very similar in appearance.  My SB (Mr. Robin) produced figs this year, and about half have already ripened.  I have to say those figs were as good as ANY fig I've tasted so far.  You know this variety came from Sicily many years ago.  The family who brought it lived in New York.  Then a family member moved to San Antonio, TX, and took cuttings with him.  It is from the mother tree in San Antonio that Mr. Robin got his cuttings.  Unfortunately, Mr. Robin can no longer get cuttings from this tree.  He has planted his last few SB trees in ground to use for stock, but it will be a while before they produce any significant amount of cuttings as they are slow growers - at least in the first 2-3 yrs.

Henry

Ah yes, getting old and the old thinker doesn't think as well :)  New York/New Jersey....San Antonia/El Paso...Dan is right about the cities - I shouldn't have gone on memory - I should have checked my notes before posting. 

My point was that this fig was brought from Sicily many years ago by an immigrant family to the New York AREA where most all immigrant families entered the USA and later found its way to TEXAS, where cuttings were taken that were later acquired by Mr. Robin.  The reason I mentioned this was that it is interesting that such a good fig found its way from Sicily to a small nursery owner in South Louisiana - with no commercial stops in between.

I did not suggest there was any connection between this fig and the Sal's fig sold by Belleclare Nursery.  It would be a fluke if there were a connection.

BTW Dan, Marion still lives in Metairie.  Katrina didn't "flood her out"   :)

Hello Dan,
 
My little LSU Gold is doing good, I decided not to plant it until about March of 09
 
Cecil