i heard Malta Black, and i should be able to get a #93 (Fico Nera Napolitano) in spring. what are some of the more interesting one? i should also have Popp's Purple if my Socorro Black makes it.

Bullet -Malta Black was decent last season on my young Belleclare plant but first season bearing the figs.

In 2009, 2010, 2011,2012 i asked about Belleclare's #93 (Fico Nera Napolitano) on this forum and another, to date the one on the forum all leads back to 1 person only that i know of and after emailing back and forth with that person on 3-4 occasions i had to pass on it not because i not trust this person but that persons source it actually came from - total stranger unknown.

martin, 

do you know of any source for the picture of the BC #93? if there is a picture of leaf and fig, that can be compared to see if they are the same. 

Iv'e never seen a picture anywhere and the original source said they sold there plant in our correspondence.
Was it real is anyones guess as it came to them from total stranger.

martin, 

i guess only way to tell if the BC #93 is real is to get some info from the original source that had the nursery or like you have been looking for. someone who get it directly from Belleclare.

edit: once i have my #93, i'll grow it and post it here so we can talk more about it. 

Very interesting , I look forward to this discussion also.

Thanks Bullet i would like to see your pictures and others also one day in future .

  #93 Fico Nera Napolitano-A popular Napolitano fig from Naples also called Fico Piccolino. Small to
medium, purple/black, blood red center.

Hey Martin. I have been seeing your requests for BC #93 at least since 2010. I hope you can make that quest complete some day soon. I know you've seen hungryjacks post on this other recent thread:  http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/Belleclare-figs.-6138766?trail=100

Seems he may possibly know someone with a connection in that department. Do ya Jack?

@ Pete. I just started a closely related thread. Hope you don't mind my linking it here:  http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/Anyone-Growing-These-Belleclare-Varieties-6151731


Martin. I think one of my Belleclare quests is going to become Black Zadar =
"A large, flat, round fig. Thick skin, large eye. Blood red center. Heavy filling fig from Zadar, Croatia. This one's unique - a stand out."

Anyone know anything more about that one?

Bill no i do not know the member but perhaps it will come up one day in a thread.
I really enjoyed the pictures he posted and the reading about Hardy Chicago from Belleclares personal notes.

Just searched back and found several of my threads asking about #93 in 2009 -here is 1 of them,  
http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/Belleclare-Number-93-3611880?highlight=belleclare

Jack seems to know quite a bit about the Belleclare varieties. He might be the right guy to get in touch with. He said over on another thread that he was about to head out on a trip to China. So he might be out of touch with the forum for awhile. Couldn't hurt to send him a PM though. I'm sure he'd be open to chatting with a fella who has roots in "the old country" like yourself ;-) .

Martin, I just clicked on that link above. It's got to feel a little ominous when you start a thread and not a single person replies - nada. I got a picture in my head of a deserted old west town where you hear the wind blowing and see a tumbleweed go by - anybody there? Maybe it's time to give Martha that call - LOL! 

Well, there's Pop's Purple...  Don't know what number that is...

Bill, I have black zadar and will post a picture of it soon.  It is very unique in shape and great tasting too.

Found some black zadar pictures from last summer

What makes a fig 'Belleclare'?

Greg there are some follks that seek out certain figs that the nursery sold .
Kinda like when i mention my Sal EL.

Malta Black BC - BC noting Belleclare
Sals EL  - EL noting Edible Landscaping

Oh I see.  So Belleclare is just a nursery that presumable isn't anymore?

Yes the two Italians that owned the property and nursery retired.

i saw jon's updated cutting list with Popp's Purple and Pratt Purple. i know  Popp's Purple is something BC used to sell. how about Pratt's Purple?

@Martin

First of all - why is your intense/special interest in the BC#93 fig?
Second - fig pedigree papers may be somewhat hard to get...

Desc:
#93 Fico Nera Napolitano-A popular Napolitano fig from Naples also called Fico Piccolino. Small to
medium, purple/black, blood red center.

i think it has something to do with BC#93 being dark figs with blood red center. being a small fig also helps :)

George a while back you answered in a thread why i may be attracted to it and Bullet says it well Dark/blood red center/small fig.

Its getting harder for me myself doing all the work properly growing them in containers and thus why i been selective and get rid of even more than what comes in to yard .