Ischia Black = Excelsior = standford caprifig

[jmaler]

Are the all the same fig?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/10-Fig-Cutti...0%26rvr_id%3D0

[cis4elk]

Not likely IB, all that healthy growth and no sign of FMV, plus the leaves look more like a Celeste of sorts. Unless his videos provide better confirmation of the variety..I would hold onto my money.

[Brian M]

Not Ischia black.

[Harborseal]

Definitely not. BI is common, Stanford a capri. I asked him about it last week and he claimed that a local college told him they were the same and those were the names of the variety.

[hoosierbanana]

The leaves left on the branches would have dried the wood rapidly, all that work he did and not a single one will root. eBay...

[Gina]

I asked him about it last week and he claimed that a local college told him they were the same and those were the names of the variety.

Unless the person identifying it was a fig specialist (which he would have stressed), that's just not the kind of information one would get from a local college.

I also don't think it's BI. No red petioles, wrong leaves, wrong fruits. Just 'wrong'.