Encanto Farms Nursery > Categories > Unknown fig variety ?identify?

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DevIsgro

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Hey all my cousin asked me to identify this off pictures but I haven't a clue, thoughts?

Figglet

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Leaf shape reminds me of Hardy Chicago or at least some other sort of Mt Edna type.

DevIsgro

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I'm not sure if this helps but they are in Jersey, pretty sure zone 7, and this tree isn't covered at all and survives well the winter.

Figgysid1

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Looks like a Mt Etna type. I don't know how to tell the difference between types of them. I have 3 Mt Etna types and I just make sure I don't mix them up.

bigbadbill

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Definitely looks like a Mt. Etna. Swordlike leaf, fruit matches. It is a nice tree.

DevIsgro

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How many mount Etnas are there? I don't have any in my collection and honestly don't know anything about them.

Figgysid1

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These are the ones I know about, I'm sure there are lots more...

Abba
Abruzzi
Angelo's dark
Bari
Black Bethlehem
Danny's delight
Dark Portuguese
Dominick
Don fortissi black
Ginoso
Gino's black
GM#11 sicilian dark
Hardy Chicago
Hardy Cleveland
Hardy Hartford
Hardy Pittsburgh
Jersey fig
Macool
Martini
MBVS
Mt Etna (unknown) (Mongibello)
New Jersey red
Owensboro
Pane e vino dark
Rosette
Roundhill
Salem dark
Sal's EL/GS
San Donato (calabria)
St Rita
Takoma violet





jdsfrance

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Hi Devlsgro,
Lets exercise the fig skills of the grower :
That bush is a few years old, yet all the stems we see in your picture are from this season.
One can see an older stem but is was cut at ground level.
So this tree is dying back to the ground every year.

If she stills manages to crop, then a mount etna cultivar is a good guess to identify this tree.
If your family would be protecting the tree a little bit, they would more than surely get a better crop.
One can see that there are some 40 root-shoots in that bush. I use 5 at maximum to have in one planting spot.
So if you ( wink wink wink ) are willing to have a copy of this tree, just pull some of the thinner root-shoots and plant them for you :).

To be able to identify your tree more accurately, photos of the tree in full leaf and 3 ripe fruits is the way to go. When a tree has lost its leaves, it is harder to be accurate.

DevIsgro

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I actually tried to get better photos of fruit and leaf but my cousin was lazy lol. And ignored me. She wasn't impressed with the idea of taking cuttings so oh well.