So you all know that wish list in the signature field, right?  A few weeks ago Vito contacted me about sending me an air layer of my most wanted and wished for, Negretta.

It arrived today!  Thank you, Vito!

I photographed the wrapping.  Amazing job.!  There are damp paper towels holding in the dirt around a small pot, and well taped with a very dewy moist plastic cover keeping the leaves nice and moist.  I'm waiting for JD to come home so we can pot it nicely and keep it on the drip system in the shade for a while.

Here is MS Negretta:

 

Suzi

Congratulations Suzi! Very nice addition to the family!

I found this description of Negretta and since we live in drought conditions on a very rocky hillside, it's just perfect for us!  I plan to multiply it into many and put them here and there in gopher baskets of course, but next to boulders so they can get their roots happily under there:

A wild type that ¡s very drought resistant; it ¡s normally a small bushy tree in form; bears heavily; the fruits are black, small, thin skin, red pulp, very sweet and sought after. It ripens starting from August 15 in Genova. This variety is placed in areas suited to no other purpose, e.g. on the edges of fields or on hillsides with rocky, poor soil due to its incredible resistance to drought and cold. Negretta has a single crop over a short period.

It will be on drip irrigation, and quite happy with our boulders!

See why I want this one?  Happy today! :-)  

Suzi

Luckie duckie! Very happy for you, Suzi. Good luck with them.

Good Deal Suzi !! That Vito must be a very nice person!

Congrats! Keep us posted in the future. 

Nice : )

Sounds like a winner, and I like that spot, may it live long and prosper!

Congrats

Good for you. It looks like fig to have.

Good things happen to GOOD people!

Negretta is a nice flavored ,black fig with tight eye and very good taste and flavor.
Fruits are small but ,flavorfull.
In your climate,I would help the tree get established ,even tho they say it is drought resistant,because when very young Ficus carica do not have deep roots so,it will suffer.
Here is one of my 2 Negretta ,both 4 years old,after die down past harsh Winter.
It  had a couple of ripe fruits 2 days ago,and it has another couple coming.
Here are pixies taken recently,of how it looks.
The fruits were first class too.

Herman, thanks so much for the photos!  I noticed two baby figlets when I removed the wrapping, and it's nice to see what they could become.  I removed them and two leaves so it will have energy to grow.  It's now in a larger pot.

Don't worry, my Negretta will be pampered for a long time.  She will always have drip irrigation.  Every tree or plant on this 1.5 acres is on it.  I think she'll like the heat here, though.  Temps are in the 90's now, but will drop in late October.  I hope she gets a little growth, but I know she will go dormant soon.

Suzi

That is certainly nice. I have met so many incredible people on this site!  --and here is evidence of more!
Best wishes with your little new plan (and plant!)