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I think it may be a "Ischia", white or green.

So I went to f4f varietal page and found this;

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These are the white;

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I think you may have found it.  My wife just tasted it and said it was real sweet.  It is larger than a ping pong ball.  At anyrate this tree looks like it is going to be a real producer when it gets a couple of years growth.  All my trees are in the ground, and I sure hope that all this cool weather we have been having is not a sign of a bad winter ahead.  We had a pretty hard one last year but I didn't lose any trees.  Thanks for your input on it identification.  Richard
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How did it taste? Good?
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really sweet I was a good guy and let my wife have the first one.  It tasted better than my Brown Turkey that is for sure!!! LAUGH   
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Richard,

One more thing that is typical of any Ischia is some of the leaves curve from the leaf stem. Sort of like an elbow is the best way to describe it.

I am including a picture. But most have even sharper curves than this. I snapped this quick because it is raining here.

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My leaves are not curled at all.  Hmm, the lady that sent me the cutting, and she was not sure herself, thought it was a variety that I thought she said was Calerinda.  She was very hard to understand her accent was strong and she talked a hundred miles a hour.  My slow brain and she was in a bad spot on her cell phone and so I did not readdress the name.  richard
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Maybe when you have a chance can you post pictures of the tree with close ups of the leaves?
A couple should help.
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Rafed I went out and looked again and I think I need new glasses the leaves are slightly curved upward.  So that is the second hint your on target!
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LOL,

I used to see like a hawk but now I see like a moose.
So don't knock yourself too hard.
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AT 62 the old eyeballs need to get some slack, so I will put a dot (big dot) on the calendar and call this one identified.  Next fig that is getting ripe is off of my Black Greek.  That is if the birds don't hone in on it first...
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The Black Greek/Dark Greek is a good fig. Very tasty and you will love it.

Good luck
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Well, you are exactly right it is very tasty.  My wife could not stand it when she saw me type the reference to the birds, and she said it was ripe and picked it and said it was the best fig she'd ever eaten.  So I will have to wait till another one ripens to put my two cents worth about the taste...
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Nice looking fig, I have a green and mine have not reached that size, really nice.
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We have been getting a lot of rain and I think the trees just sucked up all the water they could take in.  I think over a period of 3 days they increased in size by 20%.  They were so heavy they were about to break off under there own weight.
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I don't have the tree, and to my knowledge the leaves don't resemble those, but the figs look similar and Calerinda and Conadria could sound the same with an accent.
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Calvin, Conadria is exactly what the lady told me it was.  It came back to me when I read your post.  Wish someone would post a photo of the Conadria so we could compare to those I posted.  Richard
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Richard

Having trouble doing it from the iPhone.

Hit this;
http://encantofarms.com/

When you get to the page you will see a picture of a bunch of figs with the word "varieties".
Hit that and you will go to another page with f4f variety pages.

Hit the letter "C" and then it will take you to all the figs in the data base with the ones starting with the letter C.
Just scroll down till you get to Conadria.

Good luck
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Well Rafed I think it is a CONADRIA DFIC 005.  The Ischia green is smaller than this fig.  The picture just doesn't do it justice as to how large it really is.  And I think you matched it pretty well.  I have one that will be ripe tomorrow or the next day and I am going to put a ruler to it so the size will be easier to see.  Developed in 1957 this tree has made its way around the country pretty well.  I am glad I planted it in the shady part of my yard since it probably would not do so well with all our heat.  Anyway the lady must have known her stuff about this tree.  Bet she is a member of Figs4Fun too!  Richard
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Nice print, iPhone friendly.
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Richard

I'm glad you were able to get it ID'd.
I appreciate your effort in getting it done.

Till the next one;)
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Hi Waynea, I didn't really mean to make the text so large, but I wasn't looking up at the screen and I was on a time schedule. (LOL)  Richard
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Hey Richard, I had to laugh because I commented to another figster awhile back because the text was really small, I could read it but I knew that most readers had to resort to glasses. It was really neat. Your message was spot on. Thanks.
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