zeitgeist
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Posted 1430249326
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I was wondering if Hearty Chicago and Hardy Chicago are the same fig? If not, does anyone have any experience with Hearty Chicago (growth, fruiting, taste)? I can't seem to find much info on it.
California Central Coast
FiggyFrank
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Posted 1430250452
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I have not heard of 'hearty' Chicago. Sounds like the words were simply mixed up.
rafaelissimmo
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Posted 1430259870
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This is a misnomer, a lot of people will use the term hearty but it is utterly and completely wrong. Hardy as in cold-hardy. That's it.
zeitgeist
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Posted 1430262047
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Great! Thank you both for your help!
California Central Coast
ADelmanto
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Posted 1430262121
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I hardly have heard of any hearty hardy Chicago. Sounds young twistingly good.
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BronxFigs
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Posted 1430264204
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Use the original name: "BENSONHURST PURPLE"...and eliminate all the controversy. : ))))
rafaelissimmo
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Posted 1430267101
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Frank I'll do you one better, use the original Sicilian name, Mongibello.
ChrisK
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Posted 1430273306
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Hey, just learned two new names for it. Thanks Rafael and Frank. It is one of my favorites here in GA ,growth habbit , leaf patern ,texture and sent and of course tasty fruit!
BronxFigs
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Posted 1430309870
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Rafael...touche!
musillid
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Posted 1430327062
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I thought Mongibello was a type and not a cultivar.
Gina
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Posted 1430327696
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The joy of fig names. :) The past couple years I've given a good number of labeled fig trees away. It's surprising what people end up calling them. Close but no cigar.
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snaglpus
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Posted 1430329964
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It's a play on words or something. BUt they are one in the same.
rafaelissimmo
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Posted 1430411077
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Musillid, Hardy Chicago was named by one of its early propagators, Fred Born. However, the fig was brought from Mt.Etna to Brooklyn and called Bensonhurst Purple prior to that. Mongibello is not a type, the type of fig is what US collectors call "Mt. Etna" figs, and Hardy Chicago is the prototype. Mongibello is the varietal name in Sicily, it actually means Mt. Etna in dialect. Mons: latin for mountain. The fig is reputed to have originated in a national park called the "Rifugio Sapienza" on Mt. Etna.
musillid
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Posted 1430440045
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So, the confusion is that Mount Etna and Mongibello are transliterate equivalents, but not when applied to figs. Hardy Chicago is the same as Mongibello. Mount Etna is a category of figs. Thanks for the explanation. I feel a little less ignorant now.
