Sicilian Black, my new fave!

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Howie73x

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Posted 1372812637	Reply with quote #1

Holy moly, I had to pick a Sicilian Black fig early because some little critter has been munching on them. Even though it was a bit premature, The taste was amazing! Extremely sweet, with excellent flavor and the figs love the heat and get pretty big! They usually get nice and dark when ripe. __________________ Zone 8 So Cal desert Wishlist- Rouge de Bordeaux, Fig de Parfum, St. Rita, Pastiliere, Norland, Smith, (Native) du Argentile, Col de Dame Noir,

c2meang

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Posted 1372816925	Reply with quote #2

Wow, that looks really good Howie. Mine is now about 5' tall with 31 figs on it. Yess.. I counted :). Now I'm really exited. __________________ Peter Magnolia, AR Zone 8a Wish list: Maltese Falcon, Maltese Beauty, Galicia Negra, Col de Dame Gris, Toni's Brown Italian, LSU Red

Tam

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bullet08

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Posted 1372817313	Reply with quote #4

nice rolex sub there. fig doesn't look half bad either :) __________________ Pete Durham, NC Zone 7b "don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash." - sir winston churchill "the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." - the baroness thatcher *** all my figs have FMV/FMD, in case you're wondering. * * and... i don't sell things. what little i have will be posted here in winter for first come first serve base to be shared. no, i'm not a socialist...***

hoosierbanana

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Posted 1372818721	Reply with quote #5

I have a little one and it has one fig on it now. I am hoping it becomes my new favorite as well. __________________ 7a, DE

Howie73x

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Posted 1372821535	Reply with quote #6

Quote: Originally Posted by c2meang Wow, that looks really good Howie. Mine is now about 5' tall with 31 figs on it. Yess.. I counted :). Now I'm really exited. Oh wow 31! I only had about 6. Is your location hot? The heat wave the last few days brought out the sweetness. My plant is only 1.5". __________________ Zone 8 So Cal desert Wishlist- Rouge de Bordeaux, Fig de Parfum, St. Rita, Pastiliere, Norland, Smith, (Native) du Argentile, Col de Dame Noir,

c2meang

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Posted 1372827049	Reply with quote #7

Howie, This past June has been very warm and humid in south Arkansas. I got the plant right before winter. It was almost a foot tall. Freeze killed most of the green woods until about 6in of good hardened wood left above the soil. When spring came, sicilian black and atreano outgrew everything else in the yard. __________________ Peter Magnolia, AR Zone 8a Wish list: Maltese Falcon, Maltese Beauty, Galicia Negra, Col de Dame Gris, Toni's Brown Italian, LSU Red

paully22

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Posted 1372831080	Reply with quote #8

JR used to have Sicilian Blk. Hence is this variant from him(JR). If I am not mistaken, there are a few figs known as Sicilian Blk.

c2meang

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Posted 1372833006	Reply with quote #9

I got mine from johnsvmf1 on ebay last October if I'm not mistaken. __________________ Peter Magnolia, AR Zone 8a Wish list: Maltese Falcon, Maltese Beauty, Galicia Negra, Col de Dame Gris, Toni's Brown Italian, LSU Red

AaronT

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Posted 1372849344	Reply with quote #10

Nice to know. I have two rooted from cuttings I received from a very generous forum member this past winter. Now I just need to wait. That's the part I'm not very good at... __________________ Pittsburgh, Pennsyltucky Zone 6b give or take

Howie73x

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Posted 1372881873	Reply with quote #11

Quote: Originally Posted by c2meang I got mine from johnsvmf1 on ebay last October if I'm not mistaken. I got mine from johnsvmf1 too. So you were the one, who won the 1st Sicilian Black auction lol. __________________ Zone 8 So Cal desert Wishlist- Rouge de Bordeaux, Fig de Parfum, St. Rita, Pastiliere, Norland, Smith, (Native) du Argentile, Col de Dame Noir,

hoosierbanana

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Posted 1372886596	Reply with quote #12

It is always awkward when things like that get figured out, making frenemies ; ) __________________ 7a, DE

Herman2

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Posted 1372894045	Reply with quote #13

The fig in the first post is Sicilian Black JR,just like I have. I also had Sicilian Black,from Italian Fig trees,similar to Hardy Chicago,but ,badly infected with Fig mosaic virus,and a real; loser.

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