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Description
Not to be confused with New Jules Abruzzi.
Medium Black /brown/purple fig with dark-red pulp. Two crops. Abruzzi/Abruzzo is a region on the east coast of central Italy.
Bob Harper:
Abruzzi – Another very sweet, old, cold Hardy Italian fig. Appears to be cold Hardy here, in Connecticut. But, we’re still testing it here, to see exactly how cold Hardy it is. It does have the sprawling habit of some of the old cold Hardy Italian figs, of the Abruzzi Alpennines. It has been grown and tested for twenty years or more, for cold hardiness in Ridgefield, Connecticut, by the author and gardener, Aldo Biagiotti. It’s also being grown as far north as zone 5 in up state New York, with cover. Needs protection against rain while it is ripening. This fig was my 2013 favorite for flavor. DNA testing has shown it to be related to Hardy Chicago, Sal’s EL , and Dark Portuguese. It should have about the same cold hardiness as those three. Has a figgy taste profile similar to Marseilles Black VS , but with stronger, more complex sweeter taste profile. Zone 6b/6a?
Donated
Connecticut, United States
Comment: Donated to Duane Smith from Aldo P. Biagiotti, a gardener from Ridgefield, Connecticut
30 September 2002. New York, United States
Comment: Donated to NCGR, Davis; three cuttings received
Donator(s): Smith, Duane, North County Heirloom Plant and Tree Conservancy
Connecticut, United States
Comment: Donated to Duane Smith from Aldo P. Biagiotti, a gardener from Ridgefield, Connecticut
30 September 2002. New York, United States
Comment: Donated to NCGR, Davis; three cuttings received
Donator(s): Smith, Duane, North County Heirloom Plant and Tree Conservancy
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