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I have received from a romanian fig grower friend a rooted cutting of a cold hardy fig.
It is a pear shaped green fig, with amber interior. The mother plant is planted in ground
in zone 6 or 7, with heavy winter protection and ripens both breba and main crop.

I could find these pictures of this fig (they are not mine):

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Hard to tell without a clear picture of the leaves if it is as hardy as you say you got yourself a really unique fig

Hi,
Can't be sure, but looks a lot like my Dalmatie which is known for her cold hardiness and small size; Stella or Adriatic on your side of the big swimming pool called the Atlantic ocean.
I just can't get the fruits to shrivel like that here, as the weather is a bit too humid starting middle of September here. It was my best producer last year, and as far as I can see the matter will even get worse this year :) as two daughter trees seem to go into production .

Hi Jdsfrance,

Thank you for your feed-back! The leaves pattern is very similar with Dalmatie leaves.
My question is if interior colour is right for Dalmatie? First two ripen figs are brebas,
the figs on plate are from main crop.

Also, from what I have read Dalmatie fig tree is dwarf, under 2-3 meters in height and width.
This fig tree seems to be a little more robust!

The interior color could just have to do with growing conditions but generally it remains unaffected. 
Brebas tend to be paler in color but even so a Dalmatie/Stella breba should have a certain degree of red pigmentation.

Rofid, Ð~н.Ð "Ð ° л мР° .D £ МР° Ñ,вÐμÑ ?? .. JPGDalmatia trees can be 5-6 meters in height. In the picture the garden of my friend near Sochi.


Hi rofig,
yes the inside color of the fruit is consistent with the figs I get from my Dalmatie.
Red on a Dalmatie? I've harvested more than an 100 Dalmatie figs, and can't remember ever seeing red on one fruit.
The fruit is greenish, yellowish , pinkish - mix them all at different degrees and those are the fruits I get from my tree.
The fruit shape varies with the age and the condition of the tree.
If the tree sets a replacement crop - when no breba -, the fruit have a totally different shape - they are bigger.
One question: on pic4 , that white wash (ice?) ... Are those, some frozen figs?

Is Dalmatie a single unique cultivar or are there several dalmatie figs such as the mt. etna type?

Vladis,
Thank you for the pic. Maybe you can collect cuttings from your friend fig tree?
If it is so productive and cold hardy, I would be interested for cuttings..

Jdsfrance,
It is clear that this fig is a Dalmatie strain, thank you for details about flesh colour.
The figs from plate maybe were frozen, they were prepared for making jam.

Pino,
That's a good question to ask, there could be more variants of Dalmatie
or different climates make them look different.

Thank you all !

Rofid, мои 2-летние Далматин растений, выращенных из черенков деревьев из сада.

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