LSU Black and LSU Purple going strong. One Violette de Bordeaux as well.
Maxwell’s demon looking for some entropy to cause.
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The Impellizzeri fig looks to be the recycled fig name.
Someone posted some photos of the Impellizzeri figs. Everything of this fig looks exactly like the hybrid figs popular in Asia, like BoJi Hong (China), Masui (Japan), Asian Big Red Hybrid (Southeast Asia). Also the Genovese Nero (GN) Robs. Those Asian fig names probably come before the Impellizzeri was introduced to USA. I do not know. All those figs have connections to California Brown Turkey.
I also watched the fig review from FigLife on Impellizzeri. There is no mistake. Everything, from leaf shape, fig shape, texture and taste. All the same.
This appears to be another recycled fig name. Some fig marketers just want to introduce foreign fig names to make things more interesting.
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Yeah, I can’t speak to all that or what anyone else may be doing with recycling fig names. All I can say is that I got my plant from Leon Edmond, who reported that Impellizzeri originally came from Sicily.
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Yes, I’m with you.
Recently I’ve seen at least a couple “new” fig names with Italian/Greek/Spanish fig names. They get people excited. Then found out they are the same as some old figs.
It seems the speed of getting new figs is slower now. It is not so easy to get growers excited if they are not true new fig varieties.
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