this is a rare greek fig named tsapelosiko
it is very sweet and with a beautyful bouquet of flavours.
the figs needed 3 more days on the tree so the pulp would get darker
and the flavor would get more intense.


 

Looks great Andreas!

Hi Andreas,
They look really good. Would you please post pictures of leaves also?
...and , when you harvest the figs, try to keep them complete with stem and all... so we can see the lengths of the neck and stem, (important features to help ID a fig)

Looks like a lot of syrup inside, great looking fig.

@ chivas
it gets much better... ;-))



@ Aaron
i will work on that. but some times my 6 year old boy picks them
i am lucky to get the pictures... 

@ Tyler
thank you

Andreas,

Thank you for showing this fig !
Very nice and with  great colors .  It is a winner.

Congratulations

Francisco

Hi andreas,
Nice figs !
If I may suggest : reduce the pics to 800*600 and take the photos in daylight outside in the garden so that the colors come out true to the reality and the photos are sharper.
Is there a reason why people are not exploiting this cultivar ?
Does it spoil too quickly during transportation ? Other known reason ?

@ jdsfrance

i will try to get better pictures
as far as the fig goes it is one of the types that gets dried and sold as dry fig
it does not spoil quickly
but most nurseries cant sell it unless they buy a licence.

Wow! Really nice figs, congrats!

more picks

Hi Andrea, do you think this variety looks like my fig s? I want to find out what my fig variety is...I see a lot of similarities, but haven't seen your fig leaves yet. :)

The MotherInLaw's Fig

@ Aaron4USA
your figs look realy good but i dont think they are the same (the inside does not look the same to me)
i will get a picture of the leaf first chance i get

Andreas, that's another beautiful fig you got. Just wish we had that variety over here in the US.

@ Otmani

thank you
just think those 2 figs that you like are not the most popular greek figs like the well known vasilika sika ;-))

Thanks Andreas. In terms of taste, how do they compare to Vasilika?

vasilika is an awesome fig (black or white)
but i like the peloponnisiaka aspra or mavra, the achaiko tragano and the tsapelosiko better...

Excellent fig, Andreas. Its an honor to your cultivation skills! All is well in Greece?  ( I am feeling related to the Greeks these days: I checked out my DNA history and learned that my DNA shares 90% or more of its genes with Greeks and people who live in the Fertile Crescent, Southern Italian that I am! I guess that is why we have a love for figs in common!)

Joe

hi Joe and thank you for your kind words.
it sounds to me like you are as much greek as i am.
plus you live in athens... ;-))

Yes. And here in our Athens we call ourselves the "Classic City." Also, geographer that I am, below I am sending you this wonderful photograph of the Peloponnese taken from the ISS.  Joe