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I am writing from Italy, hello America!

Looked similar to this-  with a shorter neck


Below you can see some variety of fig tree that are in the south-east of Italy's,  region: Puglia 


In 1500 there were in Italy more than 700 varieties of figs, today there are fewer than 200.
Most of the rares and particulars varieties of fig are in southern Italy.

Thanks for the link


Family from just outside Napoli. Wish still had a connection to family over there for cuttings.

I have a friend that lives here in Penns grove, nj and he also lives in Monasterace (Calabria) Italy. His daughter lives north east above Rome, can not remember the name of the town. Any way he says that you can not bring hardly anything back with you. He tells me they search every bag. The thing he wants to bring back are the cured meats, salami, sausage but not allowed. They allow him to bring cheese. One day i will travel with him and try to bring back fig cutting.

 

                                                  luke

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Thanks for the link

Family from just outside Napoli. Wish still had a connection to family over there for cuttings.


Dominick, Amalfi is right around the corner from Naples in the same Region of Campagna. If my two cuttings from this area turn out to be anything as good as in those pictures, I'll be glad to share.

Luke, same thing goes for my Calabrese cuttings to you.

Frank

Thanks Frank!


To be precise Father from Pomiligiano d'Arco and Mother from Nola. Both just east of Naples.

My Grandfather ( Mother) brought over cuttings but my Father lost them in a move to upstate NY. Died  off  but gave it to some friends. They may be out there some where.

Still tracking...


Is not difficult to bring figs to America, just put them in hold luggage
plane.

In France there is the bag of the grafts:

Above you can exchange for free scions or other scions:

This site tells you the easiest ways to reproduce the figs:



Scions can travel in the following manner:

Hello Vaggiatore,

 

Please forgive for i do not speak or read Italia. WHAT does put them in hold luggage plane mean.

 

                                                  luke

Hello Frank,

 

 I thank you for very kind offer. I hope everything works out.

 

                                luke

Hello Vaggiatore:

I have a fig called Fracazzano Nero. I received cuttings several years ago from Italy but it has not made any figs yet. Other than the photo on the ficuscarica.com site, do you know anything about this fig and would you know of another source of photos?

Thank you.

Leon 

I do not know Fracazzano nero (black), the only ones who know are the Fracazzano rosso (red)  and  bianco (white).
The black is very rare and have not found anything.

Sorry my english is not very good!

Is not difficult to bring figs to America, just put the scions in hold baggage in the
plane.

Not all the bags are checked and if you put the scion into a sweater most likely to pass the customs
or you can send by regular mail as a single scion is small

Hi Viaggiatore,

 

Your english is very good, i'm not to smart. Thanks again.

 

                         luke

Good morning America!

I offer today an image of a rare tree of Fig, 
who is very special feature of his skin that sometimes forms a kind of nail.
The fig tree is called: Migliarolo or 
Fig dell'Unghia 

The color is just as interesting.

Viaggiatore971 -  thanks for keeping us informed. Any chance you can tell us more about this fig like its productivity, late season or early variety, taste, tree size, one or 2 crop. It sure has an interesting "nail" like pointy & color. Wished you had a picture of the inside. Hope it is an awesome tasting rare fig.

I do not know more about the fig tree "nail" or Migliarolo.

I had his photograph from another collector of figs who lives in southern Italy, very far from here (about 10 hours by car)


Hello viaggiatore971

I'm going to give it a shot and ask you if you have evder heard of a fig variety that I ate from the tree while in the seaside village of Marina di Camerota, south of Salerno called in that area, VALVANESE.
If you know anything at all would love to hear about it. Thank you
Lou    NE. PA
My trees are out in this snowstorm we are having.

Hello Viggiatore,
  Is the Migliarolo fig from Calabria.My friend from Calabria Italy may have this rare fig growing in his yard.I rate the taste A++ in a September taste test.His fig looks like the picture that you show.
Have a great day
Phil from Northern Ohio

I saw on television the awful weather conditions.
I hope that America well beyond this situation well.


Here, nearby in Venice is a very hot autumn, really strange.

I began researching the fig Valvanese,
I hope to have good results.

I found a person who has the fig migliarolo, in the southern of Italy,
he promised me that he will make me a small tree next year , I hope it !

This is a book that describes the old and rare varieties of Italian figs.



I do not know if the book is shipped in America ?

I am very pleased to offer a picture of my first fig tree "Dall'Osso".
I read for a long period of his description in the ancient books of Gallesio of 1800, and now I have this tree in my garden with fruit characteristic and not seem real!

Here are my photos:

My fig "Dall'Osso"


Yesterday I sent an e-mail to a friend who lives in Puglia (southern regionof Italy) to tell him that I finally got the fig tree "Dall'Osso"
He replied by asking me if the fig tree is bi-colors as described in the paintings of Gallesio of 1800 or black?? (he has it)

But there is a "Dall'Osso" all black?
And my fig tree it both?
Obviously over the years I see the difference!

Fig "Dall'Osso" of G. Gallesio (bi-color)

Among other things, we know that only 20% or 30% of fruits produced by this tree have the morphological characteristics, while others seem"normal", and this alteration occurs each time a different branch. ..

Looks good- I have a tree that was originally white fruit. Now after 3 years it produces purple fruit. Strange on my tree. That is what original owner said, I have not seen with my eyes.

This is the text of G. Wales of 1800:



...and these are some of the original paintings by G. Gallesio on figs:

This is one of the most interesting figs I have seen because of the 'bone'. It's bell shape also makes it fascinating.


But, I believe a fig isn't worthwhile unless it also tastes good.

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