Hi Gang:I was ordering cuttings from Richard Watts (California) in winter of 2004 of this variety and they never rooted.
One person on this forum,Asked me about the source in 2005,ordered cuttings, and it rooted for him.
In Apr,2007 i received some cuttings from this person,and i tried again to root.
Out of three cuttings i managed to root one.
This little young rooted cutting produced 3 figs and two are allready ripe and consumed.
Not only is this fig an early maturing,but it was exceptionally good tasting.
We gave it a 10 in my fig trial row.
A real keeper.The leaves are also interesting,in that they are unlobed ,and three lobed of large size.It has no visible fig mosaic problems.
It has some figs with closed eye while some have a small open eye that get plugged by a clear sweet Honey.
No danger of spoilling when rain come.It was 40 grams in weight.
Here it is:

I'm curious if Zingarella and Gypsy the same fig?  I understand that Zingarella means "Little Gypsy" in Italian.

I am growing a Gypsy from RW right now and I'm curious to know more about it.

Herman, do you have more thoughts or observations about this fig since you have made the post moer than three years ago?

As always, thanks.

Jason

I bought this one from Herman last year. From all my research looking around it is one in the same.

BTW-I hate that name- My father told me not so flattering stories about gypsies in Italy.They would basically overrun towns begging and peddling garbage trinkets for money. It makes me wonder about the true origin of the fig. Most gypsies were nomadic people from Eastern and Central Europe. Some as far away as the Middle East that were related to peoples of European descent.

So was it an Italian fig given a not so flattering  name or a fig brought to Italy given an Italian name. Hmmm...

 Ciao nypd,,, you said it right!!!! I couldn't agree more, I was not happy with the name when I had seen this name for first time for a FIG!!!!  ciao

P.S.,,,, not much for the gypsy aspect but the curses we were so warned against. Ciao

Well,the fig name is describing the outside color of the fruits.
They are shiny,dark ash grey,like no other dark fig I ever seen,so far.
Most dark figs that are call black are actually dark purple Black,but this one is an exception.
So the name did not imply a bad behaving fig,but try to describe the exterior color.
So far ,my plant is still inground,and alive but every winter it loses most of the wood to frost.
I think in my climate it will do much better in a container and taken inside in the winter.
I am still  staying by my prior evaluation,about taste ,flavor,and rain resistence,but have to say it is not as cold tolerant as Hardy Chicago,Celeste or Marseilles vs black.