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Which One of These is Green Ischia?

A few months ago, I bought a fig from Lowes from Dewars Nursery here in Florida labeled "Ischia".  It had a picture of a green fig on the tag with the caption "flavorful red flesh".  

This is the first set of pictures below.  I did a little research on this fig and from what I found, the leaf pattern on my fig doesn't quite look like a Green Ischia (GI).  I even called Dewars Nursery and they assured me they do grow GI figs and that the fig is a green fig, tight eye and red meat.  I decided to keep it and potted it in a 3 gal black nursery pot.  On a side note, it seems to grow in this weeping pattern.

Low and behold, I was in Lowes yesterday and they had just received a shipment of figs with the familiar Ischia label.  But this time, the leaf pattern looks more like what my research leads me to believe a GI should look like, so I bought one.  All of them had these little rust spots, but I guess that is typical for this time of year.  

So, I am wondering which of these distinctly different figs is the real GI?  I guess I will keep them both and hopefully be able to put an ID on both next year.  

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Yeah...that first one does not look right, with those long narrow fingers.

The second one is the Ischia, or at least it is closer than the first.

I'm with Danny, if it is a GI it would be the second one, mine has the three lobes but they are much rounder..mine is still young so it may get more definition later but defiantly three lobes.
http://raysfigs.com/id-figs.html this shows the leaves I have on mine.

Anyone have any idea what the first fig is?  I am sure it is hard to tell without any fruit.  Lowes also had some figs labeled Magnolia that had a leaf pattern pretty similar to the fig I have with the long, narrow fingers. 

As far as the Ischia, it wouldn't surprise me if neither one of these figs turned out to be Green Ischia.

oddly, the last pic looks like the green ishua tissue culture i have. if 2 is one, mine is not.

Clarification - second tree is Ischia, not second picture

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