This is one that Martin would approve of. It had it all. Nice and rich and very sweet.
It was kind of funny. My wife and I are making a journal of all the figs we eat this year. One of categories is a rating from 0-10. As soon as she tasted this fig she blurted out 10. It's hard to give a fig a 10 when I haven't tasted BM or Preto.

Art very nice. Where does it come frm?

Mario in Kentucky is the one growing it.

It's an Italian fig.

The inside of that fig looks awesome!

To be precise, Mario brought it from about ten miles south of Castel do Sangro in Molise. The town of Acciano is actually northeast of CDS.

Could you post some photos of some of the typical leaves from your Acciano?

Leon, Yes I will post them tomorrow. I seem to remember the leaves resembling my Sals Corleon and Sicilian Red.

I couldn't root these.  Maybe next year I'll get a second chance.  All the rest of Marius' and Bill's (Saxonfig) cuttings did fine for me.

Kicking myself for letting my Acciano cuttings die. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch.

My Acciano cuttings would not root at all either. Even after 5 mos.

I am with Rcantor and Pete. Could not root them at all.

It took its time but i have a happy graft on my frankenfig. Cant wait to taste it!

Here are the leaves on my Acciano I should get a taste this year.


 

Here's a few pictures of the leaves and a picture of one of my plants.

Also this plant was called Paradiso Nero in the past. Mario changed the name to Acciano.
So I have a tree from a couple years ago and I rooted a few cuttings this winter.

I had 3 cuttings each of Acciano and Salce, difficult to root for me, the few that were up potted died quickly. :(

Phil, that is a good looking plant.

[QUOTE=kubota1]Here's a few pictures of the leaves and a picture of one of my plants.

Also this plant was called Paradiso Nero in the past. Mario changed the name to Acciano.
So I have a tree from a couple years ago and I rooted a few cuttings this winter.[/QUOTE]

Wow- I've got to keep up, lol     =/


Beautiful figs Art !!

Looks like a great fig, btw i know the feeling you have when a fig is one of the best + when the wife agrees its for sure good :)

I tried two years in a row to root them and I couldn't.

Vito  

Looks like I'm not the only one who had trouble with Acciano. I got leaves to grow but no roots. It eventually dried up. Must be a tough rooter in general. Salce rooted good though.

Out of my four, only two rooted. The first one fell victim to sudden death for no apparent reason, no gnats and not over or underwatered. The second one has made it past the cup and is now in the 32oz yogurt container. Hopefully everything goes well. It should, but things happen. 2 weeks ago I had a Black Madeira get decappitated and partially crushed by airborne patio furniture, those sudden Colorado wind gusts can come from nowhere sometimes. Luckily a lower node has started growing on the poor girl, the lost growth was so nice, it was the first plant I went to look at when I got home from work each evening.

Thanks for sharing your pics Art.

that looks great. i lost Acciano 3 times already.. not having much luck with that one. 

There are many different Paradisos and probably some different Paradiso Neros.  I have rooted some of them.

Kunitz,
How was the skin on yours. I got to taste this variety last year on a young plant and the skin was pretty tough. I chalked it up to immaturity. I am glad to hear your report and look forward to trying this variety again.

Did you get cuttings from Mario of his unknown Molise black?

Womack, I think your question was for me.
The skin was not tough at all. It was perfect.
No I did not get his Unknown Molise black. I have Acciano, Troiano Calabrese, and Salce.

I've only had a Salce root out of that group of cuttings, but I'm not giving up yet.

Don't give up! I am glad to see this thread. I thought I was the only one having difficulty rooting Acciano. Salce and Troiano Calabrese (TC) rooted for me and some of both survived the notably cold winter. TC was full of brebas, but they all dropped in the cold, wet spring. Last year's figs were good, though, even from  first producing year tree. However, I must say that your Acciano, Art, looks just way too tempting not to have. Struggle on, everyone!

Can somebody send me a cutting, I want to root it for the record! I'm serious.

"Look what I found today among my 1 gallon pots. I must be getting old. How did I missed this."

Nice, Pete.  I wish I could just walk out into my yard and find out that I forgot something as nice as an Acciano fig...It's like getting a present!

Nate 

Kubota,
Thanks for answering my question. I spelled your tag right before but the computer changed it. For me I was lucky enough to get Salce, acciano, Troiano calabrese, unknown Molise black, and Mario unknown yellow(probably dottato ) to root. I am glad that the taste was so good for you andlook forward to tasting this variety again.

Ditto....0 for 3 of Acciano, but all 3 of my Salce rooted and are doing fine thankfully.  Looking forward to the Acciano challenge next year. : )

Geeesh, after reading the previous posts, I feel most fortunate or lucky to get one out of three of my Acciano to root.   One was a no root and think the gnats got the other.    My Acciano cuttings were courtesy of F4F member Bill…..“Saxonfig”.    It has two nice branches forming, looks like it was fast to root but, hasn't quite taken off yet.   As evidenced in photo below, my surviving Acciano is nowhere near as vigorous in growth as his class mates of 2014.    Assuming it makes it to graduation, I’m looking forward to sampling next year.   

 

 

I just had to show this nice looking fig. I've had quite a few of these. They've all been good.

Resembles my Aldo's fig very much.

Leon, I started to think the same. It sure resembles my Sicilian Red and Sal's Corleone.

Do you have an Acciano?

Healthy bunch. Great job Art.

Once again, firms my resolve.

This was one that i got to root and had growth then just died suddenly for no reason. I was excited because I had about 200 cutting that I was working with and I failed at most. I'm sure its grower error so Next year I am taking it slower and will focus on just a few. Sort of hard to do on this site because they all look so good. :). 

I have Acciano but it is a young plant. However, of the few photos of the fig and the leaves I have seen, it resembles my Aldo's fig. I wish more photos of this fig could be posted to make a definite opinion. 

Leon, I will post more pictures as they ripen. I have had a bunch this year. Keep us posted when you compare the two together. If you have any problems with your Acciano I can help you out with another.

Ah, beautiful pictures!  I am sad to hear so many could not root this variety. I'd guess I am not the only one that cannot make them all grow from the start.

I have had a bit of success, with troubled cutting by just putting them in a cup of water and waiting for roots to appear, I had 3 cuttings take by this method this year that I just couldn't propagate normally, smith cutting was 1 I struggled with.

Leon, Here are a couple more ripe Acciano. These are little smaller than the ones on the tree. They will be ripe tomorrow or the next.

Thanks , Art. I will cry myself to sleep tonight.

Real nice Art, I one real small Acciano that I am babying to get it to grow. I am about to repot it for stimulation, different mixture that drains better. Is post #16 the size of your tree?

Wayne,

Yeah, that's the one. I do have a couple smaller ones.