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A fig from Naples

19 years ago

Last year I obtained an airlayered fig tree from an Italian guy. He brought this fig from Naples, Italy. I asked him if it has a name, said they only call it white fig.

I was thinking of calling it Napolitana, but I understand there's already a fig with that name.

I got 2 large brebas from it, that had an amazing flavor. Usually breba crops don't taste as good, but this one was exceptional.


Inside it's yellow and very sweet. The eye is almost closed. Skin is thick. I kept it in a cold greenhouse, maybe that's why it's very early, but compared with other trees I have it seems the earliest breba, but it's still too early it evaluate it.

Anyone can compare it with a known Italian fig?

Bass

Comments (11)

  • 19 years ago

    Wow, that looks like an amazing fig - big, beautiful and good.
    I tried to look up Napolitana and didn't get far. Figs 4 Fun had a Neopolitaine, but the source link didn't work. Have you ruled out that this might be the fig already named "Napolitana"?

  • 19 years ago

    It looks a lot like my Paradiso, which produces very nice

    , but there are some slight differences too. So many green figs out there...

  • 19 years ago

    Deliciously big.
    Interested to know what mega pixel your camera is to capture such quality pictures. I have plans to get a camera for summer & of course to take some pictures of my figs.

  • 19 years ago

    Aparently there's already a fig named Napolitano that is totally different. Xon's Napolitano discription

    Gene, the inside of the fig I have is yellowish not amber, although there are similiarities.
    Paully, the Camera I have I think it's 4 or 5 MegaPixels, but I had the settings on 2 megs and still was able to zoom in by using macros.

    Bass

  • 19 years ago

    Xon's Napolitano is definitely not your fig! LOL
    I looked up Napolitano in Eisen's "The Fig" and came up with :
    Napolitan - Napolitano; Napolitain - Two crops: First crop large, egg-shaped, oblong, with deep longitudinal ribs; skin pale yellow, thin; pulp coarse, but juicy, white. Second crop one-half smaller, turbinate; color brilliant green at base, violet toward the crown or apex; skin thin; pulp very fine, oily, sweet, red. A very good fig, suited to drying. Is much dependent on the locality where grown and varies from very good to poor."
    It makes sense that there would be more than one fig named after the Naples area. Location and color seem to be the first things that come to mind when people name figs. Your first reaction - it's from Naples, call it Napolitana. I did the same thing. A friend gave me a fig from Caserta and I've been calling it - Caserta. LOL So it's entirely possible that both Xon's black and Eisen's white are both Napolitanas.
    I don't have a lot of experience with brebas, but it seems odd to me that one crop would have white pulp and the other red. Would this be a way to determine if this fig is a Napolitana, or do other figs have different pulp colors in breba and main crop fruit?

  • 19 years ago

    Bass,

    It may not even be close, but Ernie Grimo, in Canada, (Grimonut Nursery) sells a fig he calls "White Fig". I bought one from him early this year. It has branched nicely and looks like it could be a winner. The reason I posted though is because the leaves on my tree look pretty much exactly like your leaves - with the exceptionally thick veins. That's what caught my eye. Anyway, my tree won't fruit this year, but hopefully will next year.

    Henry

  • 19 years ago

    Only for your curious this year I have one alone breva from my Black Napolitana.
    Black Napolitana is very known in my country mainly in Valencia.
    White Napolitana exists too and I know there is another fig called "Napolitana brevera", it means with capability to do breva, but never I have seen this fig.

  • 19 years ago

    Here's how the leaves and the fruit look on the fig from Naples.

    Bass

  • 19 years ago

    The skin of your Naples fig is very similar to my earlier white fig, but inside
    my fig is reddish.

    This is my sweeter breva, I ate it the last week.

    {{gwi:783286}}

  • 19 years ago

    Bass:
    Only a guess. Lampeira?
    Leon

  • 19 years ago

    Hi Bass,

    i HAVE THIS FIG THAT SOUNDS SIMILAR BUT IS TOO YOUNG TO FRUIT.
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