I recently obtained a small plant and a cutting from a gentleman in the UK called Mr.Sphikas.,The mother tree(pictured) has been growing on his UK allotment for 60 years and is thought to be an Italian variety but he didn't know the name.

I ordered a small plant from him on eBay as an unknown,wouldn't normally do that but the figs looked really good and as I ordered two great pomegranate plants off him before and he seemed like a genuine nice bloke I figured I'd give it a shot, he even sent me a box of figs as well with the order!.

These pics are his(mine were eaten by the photo size reducing app so will have to upload some more in a bit),of the Figs he sent the average size was about 70g,rich sweet figgy flavor,very juicy and perfectly ripe,they are however still bright green on the outside(I'm hoping that fools the birds,I don't think British birds know what a fig is!).

Eye is almost completely closed and white/beige,skin is a really bright green with white spots and he flesh ranges from strawberry red to burgundy,no cavity,many have 'jelly' in the middle,really good for a UK Breba fig ready early August and much better than brown turkey(which is the only other fresh fig I've tasted-it was OK but nothing special).

Really happy with the order but interested if anyone had thoughts on what it might be?,bear in mind variety is at least 60 years old and European,probably Italian.My bets from what I have read seen here is Green Ischia???,it would match the supposed place or origin as well, but I am a newb so who knows,temp name will do for now for this Unk

More pics to follow

Beautiful fig! You are fortunate to have found en excellent cultivar. Perhaps it is Lampeira???

Oooh! They look good, sounds like you got a good plant. Where was the seller? Hopefully it will do well where you are. Might have to start looking on ebay again...

Thanks for the replies guys,Leon,I've checked out some posts,in particular one from Lampo,
( Lampeira being Portuguese) and although leaf is similar for him(but not of the f4f varieties database)the fruit couloir is darker,the pulp is lighter,the eye for him is pink and the skin doesn't have the white spots,doesn't look like a match.Lampeira is I think a San Pedro type,difficult to say if this is as we don't have the wasp and summers are too short so main crop won't ripen here anyway.

Doricdragons,the seller is in London so a bit warmer than both my midlands location and yours.As a fellow UK newb PM me your address and I'll send you a cutting or 2,I've only got enough wood for a couple so might need to hold some back to root as back up).

You are very generous, pm on its way!

It looks like a great fig. And, what a nice thing that the seller sent you figs with your pirchase. Kindness goes a long, long way. Enjoy your fig tree!

What a nice seller, I hope it produces well for you!

Nice guy,trades as seasonseeds on eBay,mainly seedling plants,citrus,Arum lillies etc.I bough a few seedling Pomegranates from him,grown here and outside in UK for 2+ years so quite hardy.

I have a close up of the leaves and have been comparing to Green Ischia in the USDA collection from the varieties page,it looks like a good match(see first pic below),anyone growing this variety have any thoughts?

I've seen plenty of discussion here about Green Ischia,Verte/Strawberry Verte and the plant I have seems closest to the USDA Green Ischia,most closer than the Verte plants I have seen posted on the forum,anyone who is growing Green Ischia able to help?

Couldn't tell you what it is but I feel like I've seen a leaf and fruit pic matching yours before...but I see many many more than I own lol

devisgro,if it does come to you please point me in the direction of that fig!,I'm sure it is a known cultivar,geography and age narrow the choices,I have scoured the forum checking out green Italian figs and the same leaf pattern//coloration combination only seems to match Green Ischia(as opposed to Verte/strawberry Verte and s few other green figs which are ruled out by the eye colour/pulp).

You may want to check out Spanish figs as well. There is often some crossover between the two countries from what I have seen

Hi,
You may want to check "Desert King" and "Jannot" too .

Thanks for the really jdsfrance,Desert King is a good match in some respects but it seems to have a thinner white part,a shallower eye and the leaves seem more deeply lobed from what i have seen.Also desert King is from California In 1930,as the tree is 60 years old it would have needed to get from California to Itally and then to the UK between 1930 and 1950 which is unlikely(though not impossible).I would like it to be a desert King as it would do really well in my area,it is on the short list of possibilities,I'll check the other one out now,thanks these are great suggestions!

Can't find much on Jannot but I see from previous posts you have it jds France so it's a possibility, I found another possible,Filacciano Bianco,looks like a really close match to be honest,it's got the right leaf shape,colour,inner skin thickness and depth of the eye

Does it look similar to a Battaglia Green? Don't know that much about the orgins of it.

Good call,Comparing it to the figs4fun varieties photos it does look a lot like Battaglia green,it's worth bearing in mind that BG is the new world name for a fig which came to prominence in the states as an introduction from Italy.I think what I have is a really good match for Battaglia green to be honest,if it is it would have been introduced independently of the introduction of the same variety into the states.Battaglia is also noted to be 'late' but here it is early.Also I've seen a lot of pics of Battaglia with an open eye,unsure if it's cultural issues but my fig does not have any,they are almost closed.It is clear that there is a lot of overlap between the Green Italian figs,probably all very closely related genetically.I think of all the varieties I've checked Fillliciano Bianco looks closest,all the others have something which marks it out as different.

Anyone got any experience with Fillaciano?