Hello everyone,

Cecil,

I have one or two as well in 1gl.. I recieved as cuttings from a very good fig friend.
This will be my 2nd year with them. They haven't fruited yet but seem to take the Northern climate well.

Hope someone can answer your questions for the both of us. 

Thanks Rafed,

Ditto. I've got a potted one and keeping fingers crossed to get a few brebas this season. Will keep you posted.

Here is a pix.

Thanks Leon,

Jon,

Can you tell us more please as does it crack? Does it sour?
Does it have an open or closed eye?

I must say, Very lovely pictures indeed!

I'm pretty sure Jon's pictures are of the breba crop. Lol

Sorry but this is not a very attractive name for a fig. I like zucchini but I'm turned off by the name.

Great pics, Jon!  The skin looks like it might be a tad tough, but the rich, dark green color is really a rare color.  I'll bet the birds never bother them because of its color, eh?  I wonder if that would also fool the squirrels...

They look to be of a real good size, as well.  How are the seeds in this variety?

;)

noss

Bass I agree on the Zucchini not being a very good name for a fig BUT

Notice the thick neck, like a Brunswisk. It does have a really tight eye, Goes well on shish-kabob sticks.

Yep......That would be shish on a stick alright!

Hey Cecil,

Look at the bright side,,,,,,,,,,,,No trouble pronouncing the name. LOL

No offense to other fig names.

Rafed, me too. Used to get assigned to men's phys. ed., men's dorms, get letters from the marines, and such. Then they figured out I was (ahem) a girl.

And yeah, for spelling and names and all, Zucchini fig beats Zheltoplodnyi Okruglyi fig, right above it on the site. But Zheltoplodnyi Okruglyi (which I'm NOT spelling, but copying over from the Varieites list!) grew in some horrible-climate-sounding "Ick-menistan" place, so MAYbe it would like Iowa....hmm??

Or Michigan??? On the other hand, Jon's pile of long green 'figs' would sure make great eating, if there were just figgy goodness on the insides.

HAHA........I couldn't agree more with Rafed and Lee

Nice pix Jon. You can sure grow some oddball figs out in Cali.

Noss, I hear the var that Jon has pictured can get some really large seeds, especially if you let them fully ripen.

BTW, I know nothing about the Zucchini fig, but I do know a bit about what Jon has pictutred. I like 'em breaded in a little four, seasoned with salt & pepper, then pan fried in a tad of veggie oil. I prefer yellow straightneck but I'll eat the green ones too. They make a nice bread also :-) .   

Hi Bill,

I've just found out that they are really great in Asian cuisine, stir-fried.  They tend to pick up the flavor of the sauces they are stirred into.  Huge figs--You only need one for a complete stir-fry meal.

noss

When i was young grandma picked em small sliced em and dip in egg batter lightly flour and fry them then sprinkle sugar on top while still hot and serve em to us and cousins.
They were like a candy treat for us.

Thanks Martin,

YOU GUYS ARE MISSING OUT ON THE BEST PART. I LIKE THE FLOWERS BATTERED DIPPED AND PAN FRIED IN OLIVE OIL. I have the recipe for the batter.

Some background on the fig. If my memory serves me correctly going back always. I received that fig from Giuseppe who at that time told me it came from an area of Calabria, Italy. As I recall he told me only the first crop got stripes on them and where larger than the second crop. I asked Giuseppe to send me a photo of the first crop figs but he had none at that time but he did send me photos of the main crop.

It just so happened that year I visited that part of Calabria where the tree came from and took the photos of the second crop figs (without stripes showing)along with me. I made my way showing the photo to relatives and folks in town telling them that the first crop was larger but was striped. Most told me that they had a few varieties of striped figs so the photo I had could not aid in their ID.

I left for home learning nothing.

Since I have the tree I have had first crop figs but they all manage to fall from the tree before getting ripe. I did get the figs to eat from the main crop which tasted fairley well.

Please Giuseppe if you out there and you still have the tree post photos of the striped first crop figs for me and the others to see. It just came to me that I think Giuseppe told me at the time he tree wa growing in a very large pot 40 gallons or so. 

Take care guys & gals

Lou    NE. PA

Thanks Lou, and again Thanks ;)

Cecil I had the both trees and to me they look like the same tree.
Lou

Thanks Lou,

The breba of my Calabrese long are red skin, while the main crop are more golden/brown color. However the leaves look similar to Lou's zucchini fig.

Thanks Bass