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http://www.battistinivivai.com/sito/home_page/prodotti/fruttiferi/piccoli_frutti/fico/fico_della_signora

Has anyone ever heard of this? Is it actually a COL DI SIGNORA NERAL or another Col De Dame?
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It sounds good....and I don't even speak Italian.
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Aaron, Della Signura, which is a white fig, has honey interior where Della Monaca is a semi-dark fig with reddish interior.
Once I was commented on my WishList DELLA SIGNURA and was told it is De La Senyora which is in US already... i don't know...
oh, it's Dame Col outside!
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Fico “della Signura”
Sinonimi: “Della Monaca”
Epidermide verde-violaceo chiaro, con costolature viola vivo; più scura la parte più esposta al sole. Sottili crepe longitudinali ne solcano la superficie alla maturità che avviene in agosto.
Siconi di pezzatura medio-piccola, dal sapore delicato e fresco, polpa rosso-aranciato non granulosa. Ottima per il consumo fresco.


Anyone speak Italian?
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Fig "of Signura"
Synonyms: "Della Monaca"
Epidermis-violet light green, with purple ribs alive; darker the most exposed to the sun. Thin longitudinal cracks will run through the surface to maturity which takes place in August. 
Sized  medium-small, delicate flavor and fresh, red-orange flesh is not grainy. Excellent for fresh consumption.

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would love a cutting, anyone?
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Here, knock yourselves out!
I wish I knew Italian, but at least I can still see well, LOL
here's a link
http://www.ficuscarica.com/carica.html
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Does this description talking about the same "de la signora'?

Medium vigorous tree, trilobal leaves 60%, whole 40%, with shallow interlobular space. The early figs ripen from 30/06 to 15/07, are tapered, long neck, ostiole closed, average weight 90/100 gr. Redskin or purple, light pink color pulp, juicy, medium firm, very fine from which it derives its name. The figs ripen from 20/08 to 20/10 and are similar to the early figs with an average weight of 65 gr. Excellent resistance to handling, suitable for local consumption.

http://www.apicepiante.it/en/frutti-principali-2/fico-2.php

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I have one bought with this name from local nursery, started producing main crop after I tried pinching in August, or mere coincidence. Figlets are already the size of cherries and are slightly variegated. I can post pictures if you guys want to see them. The name is Della Signora, and one italian regional dialect calls it Della Signura.
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I have a Della Signora plant. It is only young so I can't confirm taste, etc. It did get some figlets earlier this year which I removed because it was only small. It is growing strongly now and, hopefully, will fruit next year. The description given was this: "Dark pink to violet skin colour, with red flesh. Another cold tolerant, large fruited variety, it can fruit 1-2 times per year. Fruit size can reach 80-100g with light red flesh."

I bought it from Jurassic Plants on ebay:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fig-Tree-FICUS-CARICA-Signora-large-pink-violet-red-flesh-GROW-YOUR-OWN-FIG-/181838997921?hash=item2a5672e9a1:g:bH8AAOSwMmBVt1oh
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Young plants: Nero del Portogallo, Babits, Della Signora, Ice (Crystal?), Brown Italian, Sultane, Fingered Giant, Flat (Pogacsa) In propagation: Brown Turkey, Sphikas Unk., Ladywood Unk.

Wanted:  Gentile, Goutte d'Or, White Marseille, Longue d'Aout, Bourjasotte Gris , Blanche d'argenteuil, Ronde de Bordeaux, anything else suitable for short season area.
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Interesting, all italian websites i found stated that it has only main crop.
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Are there multiple varieties with the same name?
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fico-della-signora-ficus-carica.jpg 

The label on my fig says it is the red/violet-colored type.

Here are the links I found. Some have one of the photos, some the other. Another recent topic is about 'Della Sinyora' which seems to be the Spanish naming of this variety.

http://www.vivaigabbianelli.it/frutti-vari/2432-fico-della-signora-ficus-carica.html

http://www.maiolifruttiantichi.it/ep588/fico-della-signora/

http://www.piantedafrutto.com/

http://www.battistinivivai.com/prodotti.php?idcategoria=26

http://www.apicepiante.it/it/frutti-principali/fico.php

http://www2.ars-alimentaria.it/Prodotto?idProdotto=3085963&onlyForRegione=&onlyForProvincia=

this site says "Varietà unifera, con produzione di soli fòrniti." basically single crop, main only.

the italian wikipedia site for figs has the names of the different crops

fioroni = breba crop on last year's growth
forniti = main crop
cimaruoli = late fall third crop

And here is how the figs look on my tree:

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Maybe two crops in an ideal, hot climate - not Scotland for sure! Your plant looks healthy. It will be interesting to see and hear about the fruit when it ripens.
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Young plants: Nero del Portogallo, Babits, Della Signora, Ice (Crystal?), Brown Italian, Sultane, Fingered Giant, Flat (Pogacsa) In propagation: Brown Turkey, Sphikas Unk., Ladywood Unk.

Wanted:  Gentile, Goutte d'Or, White Marseille, Longue d'Aout, Bourjasotte Gris , Blanche d'argenteuil, Ronde de Bordeaux, anything else suitable for short season area.
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Don't expect a real picture from an italian nursery. They put random pics on their websites (often taken from fora or other websites), and put haphazardly labels on plants for sale.
I saw the same picture on 3 websites, for 3 different varieties.

There may be more than one 'della signora',
but the variety on sale should be unifere, with green-violet skin.
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From reading Condit's descriptions my understanding is that Col di Signora is CdD Blanc.   

The other Signora (Monaca) is unifera (main crop only )and as described by Condit below;

Signora (syn. Monaca at Brindisi). Described and figured by Vallese (1909) as a variety confused with Dottato Rosso in some localities; described in detail by Donno (1952). Tree moderately large; leaves 3- to 5-lobed; buds and branches described by Donno (1951a). Breba crop none. Second-crop figs turbinate to obovate, with short, thick neck; stalk short; ribs fairly prominent; eye open, scales violet; skin checking at maturity; color obscure violet or almost black on the body, to yellowish rose toward the stalk; pulp pale red, very sweet; seeds few; quality excellent, both fresh and dried.

I have Fico Della Signora with 4 figs on it so hope to see if it is as described by Condit soon.
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This is interesting, being a newbie I had assumed that all figs had a breba and a maincrop. I thought that some varieties had few breba or poor quality but never knew that some had none at all.
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Young plants: Nero del Portogallo, Babits, Della Signora, Ice (Crystal?), Brown Italian, Sultane, Fingered Giant, Flat (Pogacsa) In propagation: Brown Turkey, Sphikas Unk., Ladywood Unk.

Wanted:  Gentile, Goutte d'Or, White Marseille, Longue d'Aout, Bourjasotte Gris , Blanche d'argenteuil, Ronde de Bordeaux, anything else suitable for short season area.
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