Ischia Fig Tree

Just finished planting the new Green Ischia (pronounced: Isk' -ya) fig tree. Got it from Ison's Nursery in Brooks, GA. (www.isons.com)

This is our third fig tree. We also have a Brown Turkey and a Black Mission. I am excited about this new addition. Green Ischias are named for Ischia, an island in the bay of Naples, Italy.The fruit has greenish-yellow skin with red interior. Because these figs stay green in color when ripe, they have great resistance to birds. The color helps to camouflage the ripe fruit. Ischia ripens from late July to August. Maybe not this first year but next we should be eating some of these delicious figs.

The fruit is yellowish green with a red interior. Pretty cool!

It came bare rooted.

In the ground, double trunked and standing all of 39"tall. Since Ischia fig trees need an alkaline soil, lime needed to be added to the soil mix.