Trying to find some cuttings or preferably of Negrette (might also be synonymous with Petit Negra) - which of course I can't find anywhere. Figs of Joy had some but they're sold out. as far as durability, this one sounds very promising for the Albuquerque area.

Joe

Hi Joe,
edible landscaping has Petite Negri listed on there site its a different spelling not sure if same as what your looking for.

I saw those but as are you I'm not sure if they're the same thing. Anybody tried these?

Fig nomenclature is about as screwed up as any group of plants I've come across...guess that's what comes with such an old species in cultivation. I'm sure that this has been an abundant source of conversation on this board.

Joe

Joe, 

Joe,
here is a site if your interested in some italian types and she is a member.
Ask though as there in middle of relocating.
http://sites.google.com/site/mediterraneanfloragarden/
on left side of page click  < sitemap> and you can see the types of plants that she carries.
 

I'm looking for Negretta. I've heard they're really tough and sound great for our conditions here, particularly on stony ground unsuitable for other varieties.

This fig is the one, I think? Correct me if I am wrong.

Negretta (Small Black) small dark fruits but a lot, red pulp, very good; frequently dwarfed in nature. excellent if a bit withered.

Negrette (syns. Negretta, Rock Fig, Ficus carica nigra Risso).

Described by Risso

(1826, probably), Sauvaigo (1889), Eisen (1888, 1901), and Simonet et al. (1945); the last

with an outline drawing of the fruit. Negrette is confused with Negronne. Risso

described a variety as F. carica nigra, or “black fig,” and referred to previous

454 Hilgardia

[Vol. 23, No. 11

descriptions by Garidel, Bernard, and Duhamel, all three of whom called it Negronne.

Sauvaigo, Eisen, and Simonet describe Negrette as the variety treated by Risso.

Negronne is regarded here as synonymous with Bordeaux. The name Rock Fig is listed

by Eisen on account of the ability of Negrette to thrive in rocky places. The following

description is after that of Simonet.

Leaves small to medium, entire, or 3-lobed.

Brebas few, small; average weight 25 grams; shape turbinate to pyriform; neck none,

or very short; stalk short; eye small, closed, somewhat depressed, scales violet; ribs well

marked; color dark violet, with pruinose bloom; pulp red; seeds numerous; quality

mediocre.

Second-crop figs much the same in fruit characters as the brebas. Sauvaigo and Eisen

give the pulp as “pale yellow.”

This one is still very young, but I think it is what your talking about.

Here is Negretta plant, as it matures it gets 5 lobes leaves also, last season about 50% 5 and 3 lobe.
Develops pink red stems, bud and leaves and briefly have red veins during emerging leaves as shown in my pictures.

Sorry, very wrong first sentence, Negretta is from negra/negro/nera/ all meaning the COLOR Black. Yes, it would indicate smaller black, Not (small Nigger).There is not the word Nigger. Nigger used in America and other places as a derogatory word for uneducated person especially used to describe the descendants of African slaves. Negretta-translated to small black.

I will change it if it offends, the secentence was directly taken from the person explaining it to me from Italy.   I just thought that was Italian for Black. Guess going to the country of Niger would be hard to expain also. Dieseler, mine also starts off with red veins as yours does. Hope it grows to make some tastey figs. 
Oh, also.  Again correct me if I am wrong. The Syn, Rock Fig was given due to its ability to grow just about anywhere, even in very rocky areas. It was the first one that started to grow that I got, and the fastest growing so far.

Ciao xnrgx,, NO, Not insulting me!!! I was just trying to help you! sometimes typed words don't truly show emotion or relay actual intent! Sergio wrote small nigger????? This truly astounds me,he is who introduced the Negretta , but I also have this tree from him as well and have correesponded numerous times with him, this is not the information or correct. He was very serious as to not pertain to the derrogatory name, which I already knew this without him telling me! Very interesting. I will leave this be. Sergio is a king among Northern Italian fig professors, I would take his word before any! but this is not making sense to me,,, from a language and a common sense aspect, I don't understand how he would have told you this? I believe you, but don't understand. Oh well, Off to something new! Good luck xnrgx! Ciao