Fiorone di Ruvo
leon_edmond
16 years ago
Two years ago I received fig cuttings from a friend in Bari, Italy. One variety is called Fiorone di Ruvo. Here are photos of the first breva figs my potted tree has produced. I have an in-ground tree but it froze back and is not much larger than my potted tree only in bush form.
I just took these photos. When the figs have fully ripened, I will post more pics:
Here are photos of the same fig variety which were sent to me from Italy before I received the cuttings:
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Comments (6)Leon, you could be correct about over watering. I only water my figs twice cautiously during the dormant period. I was surprised that the soil was rather moist at the bottom half of the pots when I root pruned the trees in late March/early April. I lost 2 potted Atreano's where the roots rotted & gave the 3rd surviving pot away on a trade that I promised. I took a cutting before I mailed the Atreano & hopefully the cutting makes it thru the next stage. There was no need for anyone to deserve a remmark like that. Its painful enough to lose a variant. You are welcome to check with me whether I have cuttings. I acquired this variant about a month ago from a reliable source in this forum. How's the Slocan doing? If it is bad news let me know & I would gladly send replacement cuttings or a small dormant rooted one....See MoreQuestions about Adrianos Figs
Comments (7)MrHappy, I am quite convinced,based on the fig characters, leaves, placement of the figs (they tend to bear in clusters), leaves, and date that the figs ripen that WTE is Kadota or an indistinguishable close relative. However, I suppose that the only way to know if the cultivars are truly identical would be to do a DNA analysis. It would be very interesting if one could trace the trail of all of these diversely named, but apparently identical cultivars. I don't know what orchard in central Texas the mother tree of WTE was propagated from, but I believe that the mother tree (that my friend told me was no longer living) was at Aldrich's Nursery, which I think is out of business, although I don't know that for a fact. Binella comes straight from Italy. Banana reportedly came from a tree that grew on the gulf coast of Texas since the early 1900's in Seadrift, Texas. Dotatto (another name for Kadota) was supposedly described almost 2000 years ago by Pliny the Elder, a Roman naturalist who perished in the eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii. Great to hear from you, Leon! My camera is an Olympus C765 Zoom. I've had it for about 4 years. It takes great pictures, although the guy taking the pictures could use some work on his photographic techniques!...See MoreFico Gentile
Comments (14)Hi Leon, I am new at this web site and do not check it frequently, that is why I am replying only today. I do not have direct experience yet with it. I am trying to buy it to grow it in New York. My friend Roberto who is from Firenze states that it tastes like heaven and according to many sources it is the number one breba in terms of quality, productivity, resistance to cold, and long production season. I have not been able to find it in the US. I saw in the site of Adriano that they sell it in Toronto. I sent e-mails to them but never received a reply. I sould be able to get a cutting now from a friend who grows it one hour north of NY in Sleepy hollow, and states that this was the first year and it produced just a few big brebas and no figs. I am not personally sure it is Gentile (that's why I am still trying to obtain it even tough he promised me some cuttings) but he saw the above pictures and He believes it is indeed Gentile. Next best Brebas are Monaco and Paradiso, also available in Canada (Adriano) but not here. Do you have any cuttings of Gentile? Are you interested in the cuttings of the Sicilian "Bifara Palina" or the Catalanisca (Col de dame gris) ? If you have a fax I'll send you some more info on the Gentile or if my son helps me with the scanner I'll try to send it to you via e-mail. Ciao Sal...See More???'s about Fiorone di Ruvo fig tree I have
Comments (10)Lou and all: I have attached photos of my Fiorone di Ruvo tree from the summer of 2007. The first fig to ripen was picked on June 18th, the same day these photos were taken. You can see that the form in which this tree was growing is very similar to your tree Lou. Interesting, the mother tree has a similar spread habit. My little tree produced alot of brebas for it's size as well as a main crop. The fig was quite good for the trees' first fruit. However, it did drop the main crop at the end of the summer. I attributed it to it being an immature tree. Unfortunately, this little tree died the following year and I was not able to observe the fruiting habits in 2008. Interesting enough, practically all of the contacts I shared this fig with informed me that although the brebas are excellent figs, they all dropped their main crop. When I received my cuttings of Fiorone di Ruvo from a friend in Bari, I specifically asked if this tree was completely parthenocarpic. I was told that it was and that it produced two crops. Much to my disappointment, I have concluded that this fig is a San Pedro type fig and that the second, or main crop, needs caprification inorder to fully ripen it's figs. It certainly lives up to it's name as Fiorone. I was hopeful in that one contact has offered to replace the tree that I lost last year. It has to be the earliest and largest fig I have ever known to ripen in this climatic zone so it would certainly extend the season if one is willing to sacrifice the main crop. Ironically, I received a fig called Fico Gentile from the same source in Bari and it too, is a San Pedro type fig that produces excellent brebas but drops the main crop. This first photo is the mother tree in Bari:...See Morepitangadiego
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