Do any of you agree with the results shown here by me
Lou

Hi Lou.
I think you're unto something there.
Vito

Unless you are comparing two ripe figs grown under the same conditions, the comparison doesn't matter that much.

Huh? That's not even close.

I'm assuming that you're comparing Sal's Corleone leaves to the leaves on the fig tree portrayed in the movie, the Godfather?

Here is a link to a thread that I posted a few years back on a comparison made between Aldo's Palermo Red and Sal's Corleone. I concluded that the two figs side-by-side were the same. If you look hard, you can see that the shape of the leaves from my photos of Sal's Corleone is different than the Godfather leaf, if that helps.


http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/sals-corleone-palermo-red-aldos-4887658?highlight=sal%27s+corleone&pid=41926961


By the way, has anyone been able to taste the figs from the Godfather tree? or at least tell us if it appears to be a productive variety (figlets, etc?) Thanks.

I have both growing, photo on the left is a Sal's Corleone in a sip and the right is the Godfather.



  

Pino: I have one tree in the ground and several in large pots. Aldo's Palermo Red gives a good number of large brebas followed by a main crop that keeps ripening figs until frost.

PeterC: Thank you for sharing photos of your figs but can you clarify which varieties they are? Are those leaves from Aldo's and Sal's Corleone or are those leaves from Sal's Corleone and Godfather.

Thanks guys. Leon

My opinion,is that Sal Corleone ,Palermo red, Sicilian red,Aldo's fig,they are all,very similar and all are specifically of Sicilian origin.
In fact specimen of this fig were always grown by Sicilian people,and they refuse to grow any other fig,if they only had space for one.!
If there was a fig to complement the Sicilian living,it is this fig ,before any others.

Edit note:I personally,(of course i am not Sicilian) consider that one should grow a cultivar,that can take the local climate,and so,this Sicilian fig,is not very good for rainy Atlantic states,like NJ,but ,try to tell it to a Sicilian.
Many have it here under many names.

Any ideas on what this fig(s) is/are called in Sicily?

Herman, very good opinion! You are spot on about this fig. Here in Albuquerque, it does very well and is my workhorse fig when everything else fails.

I have noticed that my Sals Corleone, although healthy looking, it is not a fast grower in the container. All my other fig trees have grown leaps and bounds 

I'm so happy to see the interest in this topic. I'm still waiting for a ripe fig. The mystery continues, and by the way Lou, that's a beautiful looking leaf!

Thanks Coop, I have Vito to thank for that.

I planted one of my Godfather trees in the ground about a month ago and it's doing great!

I am far from a fig expert, although, I had a few trees for more than 20 years.

What I do know now after recently growing 13 varieties is that the Sal's Corleone and the Godfather fig trees are slow growers, at least, they are slow growers in pots in NY.

I just picked my Sals fig yesterday, delicious!!

According to what I have seen posted on the forums;
The godfather fig has no connection at all to the Sicilian Red and Black fig family.

This fig gained notoriety simply by being a prop for the movie set.  Just a fig tree they stuck on the set.  Has anyone ever had a ripe fig from this tree?

Isn't the the real godfather fig "Fico di Capo" which according to  the Belleclare list is a synonym for Sal's Corleone?

Thanks Pino, I love learning about this stuff, wish some of you guys were closer, we could have homemade wine and talk fig.

Hi Peter.

In my shout-out post there is a picture of my godfather plant. You should be able to see the leaves.

I will have to check it for figs. I do not think it had any. If there are they are small.

I have Sicilian Red and the leaves look very much like your Sal's Corleone. The fig shape looks the same and the Sicilian Red has some nice sized figs growing on it. Both were started this year. The Sicilian probably had a 3 month head start.

Both plants in a 5 gallon bucket are @4' like my Gino's Black, a smaller plant. Where most others are 5-6'+.

I had the Corleone but it stalled and died.

Mike

Very cool Mike, I am thinking next year should be a very good crop on all, most of what I have came from 8 inch clippings, they are all close to 6 ft now except for the GF plant, it is very healthy looking but slow grower. The chicken manure seemed to work real well, along with lime & bone meal. 

The Godfather,

 

 

Bottom two are Sicilian Red

 

 


Mine look different, even early.

Mike

It will be interesting to see what the ripe fig looks like.

If Both those figs are of Sicilian origin,by chance then one is same as Sal Corleone,(bottom),and the one in top is Sicilian white.

Pino, wine & figs are a lovely combination!

Either way, this Sicilian fig is going to be a great addition, cant wait until next years to see its figs!