Yumm, yumm, yumm!

Looking great, does it taste as good as it looks?

Congrats Leon. Thanks for the pic's.

Slow growing for me too -- 2nd season. Did give me figs but pinch them off as there is no chance of them ripening.

It looks a lot like my White Greek, which is the hands down green-fig winner in my book, and would go a long way to explaining my WG. My VS hasn't grown a lot, and hasn't fruited, yet.

White Greek



Leon, if it is the same as my White Greek, give it another day or two to ripen, until it is a little uglier, and you will roll on the floor in happiness.

This fig takes a long time to ripen. It is one of the best tasting white figs I have ever eaten. It has a lingering flavor. My potted VS is full of figs but this is the first year it bore fruit. I doubt all of them will ripen by the end of the season but it was exciting to at least try one. It is a keeper. You're right it looks alot like your White Greek and I wouldn't be surprised if it isn't the same fig. Do you have photos of the WG leaves? I will post pics of my VS leaves to compare.

I checked the leaves of my VS and White Greek --- and they are different. Both my VS & WG came from Encanto Farms. The VS has more finger like leaves compared to WG. Wished I knew how to post pic's.

Here are photos of Vasilika Sika leaves and unripe figs:

Stella looks very much like Vasilika sika,and also like white greek that Jon Verdick is mentioning,fruits and leaves.
Just compare the white greek to Stella on Jon site and you will see.
Also the leaves of my Stella look like Leon Leaves of Vasilika Sika,and the fruits too.On 2 open fruits Stella is the dark red interior

Herman: Are your Stella figs ripening now? What is the flavor like? The VS has a very nice berry-like flavor. To me, and also to my wife, it's a taste that seems to linger for a bit.
You are right about the similarities -they could very well be the same fig!
I'm curious to see the leaf shape of the White Greek fig.

White Greek leaves.

The WG takes its sweet (no pun intended) time ripening, and needs to be what looks like over-ripe for most any other fig before it is ripe. Then, it just melts in your mouth, but has some complexity beyond just drop dead sweet.

The Stella is similar, but, at least here, has a fairly large hollow in the center (kind of like Brown Turkey) and I don't see that in WG, or it is much, much less pronounced. Stella also spoils quite often, and is later than the WG for me, anyhow. It is also slow ripening like the WG.

Good pics Leon, 

Vasilika Sika, White Greek, Stella, Dalmatie,   All look very similar. I am growing all 4. Dalmatie is only 1 season old and for me is the slowest growing of the 4.  My Vasilika Sika is the oldest of the 4 maybe 5 years old. It is a fast growing fig for me and ripens earlier than Stella.  while all 4 have leaves and figs that look very similar. White Greek seems to develop a taste that is like a full flavored fig jam while the others have not been as strong a flavor. Not sure if they are the same or different figs but I am happy to have all 4 as Vasilika, White Greek, and Stella could be the same or different but are always splendid tasting.
Vasilka grows like a Busch for me and is early and fast growing. White Greek leaves and figs looks the same but growth habits seem different. My White Greek  grows fast as a single trunk and does not branch out much. Dalmatie is the slowest growing of the 4 for me. Stella fruited this year for the first time and was later than Vasilka and White Greek. All hang well and don't crack. Stella for me has been later than the rest but this could be and age thing.  Vasilika needs a large pot to grow fast. For me It will take another season or 2 to decide on weather they are the same,or related or diffrent.
Best
Ed

Ed,

Vasilika did not really grow for me until I put it in the ground. I then grew 3 feet. It is loaded with figs and I hope I get to try one. It is not fast ripening for me but maybe it is because of the youth of the tree.

I travel alot with work and my 4 year old know knows when they are ripe and has taken my last Violetta fig that was the size of a baseball. Tsk tsk.

I agree, Dalmatie also has very similar leafs. For some reason my Dalmatie grew from 3 inches tall this year to 3 feet tall with two trunks.

I think that the figs in the ground make a huge difference.

Leon:I had it noted in the "Ripening order",on Jon Vewrdick post,that Stella performed as this.:
09-20-2008,ripe fig(main),on 2 yrs old fig
08-09-2010,ripe fig (main),on 4 years old fig.
In 2009,is not mentioned because it was the worse Sommer for figs,and only got ripe a handfull of figs .
Stella is having a wonderfull berry taste and is a super tasty fig,of nice size good in rain too.
This 2010 Sommer was very early to have ripe fruits on August 9,just like other early figs I have,as Atreano and Gino,for example.
I would also mention that is in ground,and I protected it with leaf bags last winter.

 I do not have Stella, Vassilika or White Greek, but from the photos I see a lot of similarities to Dalmatie in lobes, size and colour of fruit.

I do not have Dalmatie,but I would ask:
Is Dalmatie so Dark strawberry inside???

well,Mike,The Stella is like that,but the rest of them do not know,as I do not have them.
As you can see ,pix taken today,last night rain,no splitting.

Sounds gooood.

Dalmatie is similar, but so far not fully comparable. It is a younger tree, so age may change that. Leaves don't seem the same.

Hello all. <br>i ve been googling about vasilika and i came along numerous discussions in forums like this. It is interesting how confusing it may get to distinguish between different types of figs, due to their similarities and their number. Ive seen figs tagged vasilika , but they dont look like what i know as vasilika.<br>&nbsp;I live in Athens. We ve been growing vasilika in the area of Markopoulo in the Mesogaia plain of Attika for three generations. In the Athenian market one may find two varieties , the vasilika and the Markopoulo black. Figs that grow in other areas of greece are different to these two. By reputation vasilika are the sweetest figs in the whole wide world! at least thats what we the locals say. They are indeed very tasty, and sweet like honey. They tend to open on the back and often their skin stretches thus forming white stripes. A good vasiliko is red and shiny inside.<br>&nbsp;<br>I m glad there are people who care and wonder about those things, thats why i decided to participate. I will try to attach some pics...<br><br>

Those trees look very healthy.  Thanks for posting.

Attiko:The tree you are refering to as Vasilika  have totally different leaves compared to Dr Leon ,and Jon Verdick,Vasilika Sika.I think that there are more variants of Vasilika ,,your trees are Vasilika ,but not Vasilika Sika,and that is what Jon Verdick and Dr. Leon have.
Also,the fig you show,and tell that it usually,splits at the eye in your climatic conditions,in Greece, will be totally useless here, in most places in USA,because we have a lot of rain at the ripening time.
We the type of rain we have your cultivars will split from eye to stem,becoming totally inedible,here.
An example:In my location we had,22 inches of rain in August,and in September ,at this point we already have 3 inches on the ground.
The Vasilika Sika we have here ,is very resistant to rain,and it does not split easy.