Ischia Black DFIC# 90

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Donated from: California, United States (Comment: Donated to NCGR, Davis from University of California)
Maintained by the Natl. Germplasm Repository - Davis. NPGS received: 01-Jan-1900.

DFIC# 90:
http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs...lay.pl?1002510

Ischia Black
aka, Blue Ischia


Descriptions:

The Ischia Black fig produces a good crop of medium to small, pear shaped to turbinate, black figs with a noticeable blue bloom and ribs. The rich sweet flesh is dark strawberry to purplish red and are excellent fresh or dried and likely preserved as well. It is a vigorous tree that often bears a breba crop. Ischia Black, often Black Ischia or Blue Ischia, has an open eye and is probably best suited for coastal California and not so much for the Southern regions.(1)

A small purplish-black fig with strawberry pulp. Oblique-pyriform to turbinate. Leaf: subcordate to truncate; unlobed to 3 lobes; sinuses shallow. Fairly sweet and rich flavor. Well-adapted in coastal California, but not very productive in the South. Not particularly hardy

Photos:





Photos: by www.OurFigs.com forum member, kubota1







Additional Info:
http://figs4fun.com/Var_I_info.html#ISCHIABLACK


Additional Photos:
http://figs4fun.com/Thumbnail_Ischia_Black.html


References:
1. http://figs4fun.com/Varieties.html
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