Fig Database®: Rubado

Rubado Information

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Possible Synonyms / AKA:

Fico Rubado (stolen fig: Italy), Fico del Quore (fig of the heart), Cuore
Introduced By:
Sergio Carlini (Blastophaga)
Origin:
Italy
Main Flavor Group:
Family Group:
Fig Type:
Common - Self fertile and will grow anywhere conditions are suitable
Cold Hardy:
Yes
Container Variety:
N/A
Easy Rooting:
Excellent
Main Season:
late
Availability:
Difficult
Breba Crop:
N/A
Seed Crunch:
N/A
Eye:
small
Skin Toughness:
moderate
Fruit Size:
N/A
Rain Resistance:
N/A
Tree Vigor:
N/A
External Links:
http://figs4funforum.arghchive.com/post/rubado-the-best-this-year-8925331

http://figs4funforum.arghchive.com/post/domo-arigato-mr-rubado-7771127

http://figs4funforum.arghchive.com/post/fico-rubado-7049319

http://figs4funforum.arghchive.com/post/rubado-6373829

https://www.ourfigs.com/forum/figs-home/687709-is-fico-rubado-the-same-as-rubado

Description

Sergio Carlini from Genoa, Italy introduced this fig. Although some have claimed it is the same as Negronne. The leafs shapes of Rubado are similar to Negronne but the leaves have subtle differences. Said to have Smith as it's closest description in taste but still more complicated. Rubado is a very rough, quite inedible when it is not well mature. It is one of the oldest figs we know of.

December 13, 2019 at 10:54 AM
From Sergio Carlini:

Communication to my "fig friends".
The fig that I spread with the name of "Rubado" or "Cuore", from an examination of the genetic makeup, turns out to be different from the Tuscan Rubado.
From my further investigation, a similar variety called Verdepasso appeared in documents from the 1700s.
I will now consider the variety with the second name as a precaution.
I invite you to do the same.

Giorgio Gallesio coined the Cuore, which means "heart-shaped," in 1817 for the fig already known as Rubado in Liguria.

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