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A little over a year ago a friend (honestly don't recall who at this point) told me that they obtained " Black Ischia" from Edible Landscaping that was FMV free and that Edible Landscaping had obtained it from Europe. I wrote to Edible Landscaping last April and Michael McConkey replied:
"Todd Kennedy from observation at Davis Repository said Black Ischia and Petite negri . We , the same fig. My stock plant here is from the starts I received from Todd.
Michael"
I don't know if Todd sent Michael Petite Negri or Black Ischia or what. At Prusch Park in San Jose is a tree labeled Black Ischia which appears to actually be VdB. Todd has been closely affiliated with the Santa Clara Valley chapter of CRFG which maintains the fruit tree collection there so I wonder if this might be some connection to a mix-up. This is speculation on my part since I simply don't know what Todd may have sent to Michael.
Tom Clery obtained cuttings from Davis and Encanto and at one time wrote that he wasn't sure which tree of his was which. Encanto also had a tree that originated from Davis, though Jon wrote that it is now dead. Anyways, Tom later sold trees of both "UCD" and "Encanto" and I have one of each, but they are small and growing slowly. The leaves, petioles, and slow growth lead me to believe that they are probably the same. I hope to get fruit from each this year.
It seems to me that sources that appear different than what has originated from Davis should either have "Uknown" as part of their name, some tag with the origin's name (i.e., I believe "AD" used by Encanto indicates the initials of the person that sent it to Jon), or a different name entirely.
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