Any one heard of this fig? Its a large green fig with red interior with sweet tart flavor?Its from the island of Cyprus.My Greek friend said she heard her father pronounce it both ways but it is the same fig.She is starting me some cuttings from her tree.The name of the fig is Vardika,Vartika.

I wonder if it is Cypriot Vazanata Fig ?

She said it is oblong and is a late fig? I will grow it and post pictures.Maybe i could get you some cuttings so you could test it in Texas?

A Cypriot Vazanata fig in the owner's hand. 
Pictures below belong to a friend of mine (V. N.) in UK .
It is definitely not a Melanzana nor a Longue d'Aout 
 

      

Have you tasted one yet Mai, and if so what do you think?  Productive looking!

Hi Grant Mai is right on this fig I have some of these coming this fall  I would like to get a few cuttings of the ones you have and will share some of the ones i have now and when I get the  Cypriot Vazanata in this fall will forward those to you, it would be interesting if they are the same type of fig and how they perform here in Louisiana  please P M me thanks

hello far away friends of this lovely fig community. have received precious knowledge amongst u guys... so i salute u all..greetings from the island of cyprus. u must be refering to vartika/vardika/valtika figs. slight differences in name may occur in different locations/cities...and imagine we r only a drop in the ocean...


vardika may perhaps be a relative of the bardacik fig... if not the same...

so yes vardika is one of the best cypriot figs. figs split if u water the tree in summer.has one long crop from mid july till mid nov.it is green with red interior and with extra refined sweetness... sun makes miracles here...late in august they become sweeter than honey...literally.. diabetics stay away... i ll try to attach few pics tomorrow but have to resize cause my mob pics seem to be larger than 1mb... till then, my regards..andreas

Vasanati- is a green fig with purple ribs or bronze fig, I'll find out this coming summer for sure. There is one growing in LAFF.
Vardika- (check my profile picture for this variety)
Smyrneika- (maybe, but name suggests its from Smyrni, today's Izmir region )
These figs are believed to be indigenous to island of Cyprus.

few pics as promised.. now everyone loves pictures aint that right:)

u r welcome Grant..

 so a small comentary.

 donno if the root of the word vardika/valtika comes from greek... but 'valtos' (tone on 'a') is the swamp

 and 'vardos' (again tone on 'a'), is an old word for 'singer'.. u know medieval times...

of course it can purely drive form bardacik figs... but hey.. who knows..

 the important thing is to taste good:)

Hello to Everyone,

The following photo are all the best varieties from Cyprus and of course the delicious Vardika.  Enjoy the photo.   

Ektor, Oh my gosh!  Beautiful--all of them.  if I HAD TO PICK ONE...I would choose Perdikosika because the inside color is just beautiful.  Nice photos.  Thanks for posting them.

AndreasC: Thanks for clarification about the Vardika fig! And hello to you too, friend of the faraway place, the island of Cyprus.

The pictures are great too!!