MGorski
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Posted 1405527007
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I bought cuttings of what was sold as Black Ischia from Richard Watts, because he believed it to be a synonym of what he bought it as, Black Provence. It has been discussed here, and has been determined it is not Black Ischia, but is indeed Black Provence. It is a beautiful plant with lots of red in the stem and petioles, with deeply lobed leaves similar to VdB. I know Genecolin has had his plant produce figs, but they weren't at thier best I don't think. Are there any new reports to share from anyone growing this plant? How about you Gene? My plant only has small figs forming, a few of the earlier ones dropped. I hope I will get to try it this year, I can't say enough about how attractive this fig tree is.
GregMartin
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Posted 1405529127
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Mike, can you post any pictures showing the red in the stems and petioles?
MGorski
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Posted 1405529367
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Greg, my phone was dropped and now won't take photos Maybe my daughter can help me out when she gets home.
MGorski
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Posted 1405542956
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Snapped a couple photos on my daughters phone, sent them to my iPad, but can't seem to paste them here. I'm kind of clueless about such things. Not sure if they could be sent directly from the phone? Maybe it needs to be sent from a computer, I don't know...
aaa
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Posted 1405548411
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f4f says that b/provinnce is a syn. for b/ ischia and hence the same fig
MGorski
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Posted 1405548941
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Thanks aaa. I don't think they are the same, different leaf shape and the Black Provence has an amber center, the Black Ischia has a red center. Maybe the BI has been called BP, but the tree from RW is not the same as the confirmed BI grown by members here. The BI has FMV, my BP doesn't seem to show it.
GregMartin
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Posted 1405558460
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Here are some of Mike's pics of his Black Provence I'm uploading for him:
genecolin
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Posted 1405561497
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Mike I had two small figs on my BP. They didn't look like they were ripening correctly. Although they got real dark the skins were tough and dry. I cut one open to taste and it had little flavor. I will cut the other in the next day or two and try to remember to post pictures. My tree is in a pot.
MGorski
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Posted 1405616274
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Greg, thank you so much for getting these photos posted! I wish they were a bit better, but they were taken with a phone, and I'm not a photographer ;)
genecolin
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Posted 1405873227
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Sorry to say with all the rains we've had my last one spoiled on the tree.
Quackmaster
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Posted 1405881045
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My black ishcia AD that I got from Rafed sure does look like the pics Greg posted in #7. I'm guessing black ischia AD that Jon has is the same as Black Provence from Richard Watts.
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greenfig
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Posted 1405885735
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Interesting. My Blue Ischia leaves are very different. Of cause nobody knows what the Blue Ischia is ...
HarveyC
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Posted 1405892075
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aaa, Jon (pitangadiego) has made it clear on several occasions that F4F does not say anything. The synonym reported on F4F is from another source and Jon does not attempt to verify or correct these.
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MGorski
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ediblelandscapingsc
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Posted 1413335392
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The fig from the outside looks just like black Ischia. Thanks for sharing.
MGorski
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Posted 1413335653
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Daniel, Black Ischia is what it was sold as by Richard Watts, but he got it labeled as Black Provence. I wonder if the figs will be bigger next year, this is the first year figs, and first year in the ground.
