Ficus carica Green Ischia, Fig variety

This wonderful variety was discovered on the Italian island of Ischia, north of Naples. Ripe fruits are green in color, small, with a dark red and very tasty fleshy part. The "eye" is completely closed, which is why it is very rare to find rotten fruits. The variety is drought-resistant, but under irrigated conditions it produces larger and better-quality fruits. If not picked in time, the overripe fruits often dry on the tree without any deterioration in quality.

The Green Ischia variety does not need pollination. It gives two crops, the first crop (breba) is abundant and with large fruits, but in some years it is missing. The main crop is also abundant, the fruits remain smaller in size, but they are much tastier than those of the first harvest. The trees have very good cold resistance.