this is my favorite greek white fig 
it needed more time on the tree but my kid didnt want to wait... ;-))

             

Andreas,

Thank you for showing this FABULOUS white fig !
So nice and juicy !
When I eat my figs they are exactly with this degree of maturity. Beyond this the fruit has already started fermentation and the real fresh fruity flavors are gone and give room to the alcoholic light spirits, the figgy taste and the aromas from the composing molasses..

Francisco

Andreas,
Great photos and a delicious looking fig.
Is this the main crop or the early (breba) figs?

Francisco,
You referred to this as a white fig?  But clearly the inside is a beautiful red.  I thought white figs had (milky) white interior like my Italian white honey fig? 

Looks great
I have same fruit but would like to compare leafs....

@ Francisco
thank you my friend.
i like them 2-3 more days past this point but my 6year old boy never lets them get there.
i like to see the honey out the eye. it is not at this point yet.

@pino this is the main crop
and to me it is the best tasting greek fig by far.
much better than the famous vasilika sika

@ Eli
i will try to get a picture for you so you can compare leafs.

@  Enigma
thank you (patrida) ;-))

Andreas, that is one delicious-looking fig for sure. If you ever wanna sell some cuttings, please let me know.

Andreas, That is one beautiful looking fig!

Very appetising looking fig with its blood red interior. Thanks for posting the pictures. Andreas -- it would
be great if you can post pictures on leaves. I would love to check out the large fig tree outside a Greek Church
here again. The tree produces a green fig with deep red interior. Cuttings have been taken and a few members got it
growing. I have asked the Church secretary whether they know what variant and they said NO IDEA.

Andreas, those are absolutely beautiful figs.  They look delicious!

Could you explain the flavor?  Like berry tasting, or rich, or nutty, crunchy?  Pretend you are describing wine....

I noticed you are confused about your zone.  When I visited Greece, it has many of the plants we have here in Southern California.  I'm not sure where Patra is in Greece, but we stood in the water one day near Posidon, and this warm wind blew, and it felt like home.  All of Greece, even the mountains, remind me of California.  It's sad we don't have your beautiful aqua Mediterranean seas here.

If your weather is humid, not dry, Florida zones would be similar to your spot in Greece, but if the weather is dry, and olives, vineyards, citrus, and poppies thrive, then Southern California Zones 9-10 would be closest.  Our zones are based on chill hours.  If the winters freeze for many days, then the zones are in the low numbers.  If there is very little freeze hours to none, then the zones are in the higher numbers.  It's always a guess for sure because within an area a higher elevation will be a different zone than a lower one.  I'm surrounded by zone 9, but I'm zone 9b because it's warmer here in winter, and cooler in summer... just a little, not much.  Much of Southern California is very dry.  The coast is cooler and inland is hotter, but it's still usually very dry.

Suzi

We have growing a Red Greek from distant in laws that originally came from Kardamyli. It is very hardy. I'm very interested in finding out what it's real name is?

http://files.websitetoolbox.com/30989/1651783

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/fig-from-greece-part-2-with-pics-6525407?pid=1279615177#post1279615177

Wow talk about a jammy centre! It looks like you could just spread that on your toast! Very nice Andreas

Andreas, thanks for the photos.  Does this fig require the wasp?

Really nice posting Andreas, they look so nice.

Andreas, looks like a great fig!

Suzie, our USDA hardiness zones are based on average minimum temperature, not chill hours.  There are some places that have more extreme cold weather but fewer chill hours than some areas that don't get quite as cold (i.e., short harsh winter).

See http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/

@ otmani  thank you

@ kubota1 thank you

@ paully22 thanks i will post pictures on leaves first chance i get.

@ Suzi
oh God no please dont ask me to describe wine... LOL
my wife has made me go to too many of theese things
all i do is shake my head up and down and try to get a deep look in my eys... ;-))
i can tell you that i am 42 years old and have eaten figs all my life.
i sold the land that i had my figs in and bought a new one.
this is the first fig that i went out to the nurseries to look for.
not the world famous vasilika sika (black or white)
it took some time but i now have one.
as far as taste goes ill give it a try.rich,with some crunch because of the seeds.
a bouquet of flavors that stays with you long after you are done.

@Rich  i will take it to a nersery ant try to find the info for you.
i hope i can help.

@ Tyler thank you.

@ Rewton no it does not require the wasp

@ waynea thank you

HarveyC thank you.

Andreas,

Thank you for the beautiful photos! The fig looks delicious with rich colors.
Could you write its name in Greek, please?

I would add it to my wish list by who knows how and when to get it, it probably will be there forever !

Andreas, you're another one like me, it seems, in not being able to give detailed flavor descriptions.  You're okay with me! :)

The only thing I've seen that exceeds the silliness of describing wine flavors is that of coffee.  I buy green beans and roast my own.  The most recent purchase had this description:[QUOTE]
El Inteligente is a sweet and balanced cup, with enough top-note complexity to make it that special dessert coffee as well as a daily brewed cup. The dry fragrance has a fruit punch aspect to it, with candied lemon and cane sugar sweetness. It's sweet and complex, and what we expect from this coffee! A bit of perfumed florals and spice come up in the steam off the crust along with a thick, pectin/peach syrup scent. It's a special coffee, which is apparent in the aromatics, and solidified in the cup. This coffee is loaded with caramel and malic fruits - Asian pear, red apple are the most foreword. But like the aromatics, there are tropical elements too that come out as it cools. Passion fruit, coitrus, strawberry, plum and apricot - it's a wide array and fun to parse out as the temp dips. Acidity too is defined by these elements, and very much malic in character, crisp and clear. The finish is very sweet, and with a flavor of toffee nut and butterscotch candy. Full CIty and beyond roasts will also make super solid SO espresso.[/QUOTE]

I can distinguish sweetness in the flavor but absolutely none of these fruit flavors.  I think some of my figs taste like strawberry jam but that's about as far as I get with associating figs to the taste of other fruits.  I just can't imagine someone honestly tasting the flavors of several different fruits at the same time.  Not to be judgmental, but it seems someone doing so is taking things (and their abilities) much too seriously.

@ HarveyC LOL!!!  ;-)))


@ greenfig πελοποννησιακα ασπρα συκα

Thanks, Andreas!

Is that a known variety in Greece?
If I search using the Greek name, I do not get any results for that fig.

@ greenfig
it is a fig that is known in the peloponnisos area...
peloponnisos is the part of greece that looks like a fig leaf.
there are many figs in greece that are known in other parts of the country
such as vavatsika, avgosika, mantzanosika and about 40 more that are well
known in parts of greece but you will not find them on google search. however you will find them 
in many books and papers on figs.
greeks dont care much about names of figs.
that is why you will find in most nurseries just 2 types mavra syka and aspra sika (no name black fig and noname white fig)
end every nursery probably does not sell the same black as mavra sika or the same white as aspra sika
you have to go to a realy good nursery to find named figs.

some of the dark ones getting there

Hi Andreas,how Big is getting this fig tree?

hi pako
the tree gets big... 6-8 wide one trunk 5-8 meters high.
i will start a topic when i get more figs and pictures

can i ask you something???
how did find your zone to be 7b

We are talking about the green fig,right ?!
I find my zone using USA standarts about hardiness zones...Looking at some climate Maps ...check winter temperatures.
Check this...
http://www.plantmaps.com/interactive-greece-plant-hardiness-zone-map-celsius.php

@ pako
yes i am talking about the green fig.
 my grandfathers tree was as big as his house (from what i can remember when i was young)

Looks amazing, thanks for sharing.  Sure wish I was in Greece - Santorini to be specific. 

@ m5allen
there are 2  sides of santorini
one side is this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7md0mSbuL8

and this is the other side ;-))  video from mykonos but you get the idea...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gX1l4oUR-M&src_vid=DoJzlzpvu28&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_1534839153

i have some of your neighbours over here from clearwater FL  and they are going to santorini this weekend

We stayed in Oia a few years back - no place in the world like Santorini.

We were in Mykonos as well, but our experience wasn't quite like that second video.  Not my style, I like taking it easy and doing some snorkeling/diving.

ok ill give you that... greece is good for doing some snorkeling/diving.
but i would trade it for fishing in st pete.
last time i was there i caught a 7 foot hammer head shark of the gandy catwalk

Fishing here -inshore and offshore is my passion. 

Next time you are in town, bring some of those cuttings and I will take you fishing :)

pictures of the leafs

Andreas,any chance that i can find this fig in garden centers of Halkidiki....?  :)

What do you think..?

@pako
if its a big nursery i think you will
but you are going to a place that is in the north part of greece (thesaloniki) and this is a fig
that is known by name to the south. (peloponnisos)