Anyone growing Trinacria?

TorontoJoe

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I was browsing around this morning and came across this old listing for a fig called Trinacria. It's new to me and I was just wondering if anyone here is growing it.

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TRINACRIA

Up for sale is a 2 galllonVERY RAREfig tree called Trinacria. Its so rare only 3 or 4 have it. This is one i acquired from Nikki in Sicily. Its a Italian fig. Its cold hardy, it fruits June and August, fruits can weight up to 80 grams. Folks this is truely one beautiful fig. Its has a purple...
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Does anyone know who Nikki is?
 
Ive got a Trinacria rooting. I got the cutting from Off the Beaten Path this Fall.
Nikki is a collector in Italy that has a Facebook page 'Fig Arts by Nikki' I'm not sure that he's had an announced sale this season.
 
Apparently it’s been around for a while. The listing is from 2018.

@DCallahan I guess I miss a lot not being on Facebook. Please let us know how it grows. I think it’s a good looking fig. If I can find one I might give it a try
 
GoodFriendMike said:
I will get on FB when I get home and see what I can find on this one.
The fig photo is from Nikky and not the seller.
For most people, the question is.
Is it common? Many of his finds are not.
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Thanks. The old Figbid listing described it as a "must have" and he's in IL. I assume that means he's tried it....
 
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@ktrain I’ll save you the trouble :)

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I don't see any post about this one. Except the ones by Nicolò Parrino himself.
And he has many post of it. Good looking fig.
But I will say he has wasp in his area. I have two of his figs
and they are not common. Still would be worth a try from it's looks. :)
 
Trinacria is an interesting fig. It is early to mid ripening and has a unique color combination. The skin is dark purple/black and the
flesh is almost white. It is very sweet and the most attractive quality is its resistance to splitting.
The above is Big Bill's description, he's growing and fruiting it in Pennsylvania zone 6, so has to be common. I was attracted to it by the reference to it not splitting. Bill is only about 45 minutes north of me.
It wasn't expensive, I think $10 or $12
 
DCallahan said:
Trinacria is an interesting fig. It is early to mid ripening and has a unique color combination. The skin is dark purple/black and the
flesh is almost white. It is very sweet and the most attractive quality is its resistance to splitting.
The above is Big Bill's description, he's growing and fruiting it in Pennsylvania zone 6, so has to be common. I was attracted to it by the reference to it not splitting. Bill is only about 45 minutes north of me.
It wasn't expensive, I think $10 or $12
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Good to know. Thanks.
 
I have a Trinacria here that’s going on 3 yrs old in a pot. Very productive, it is early, as early as RDB, very sweet. What stood out about this tree is it had so many figs growing in a 3 gal pot!! I bought it from Dave from the group What The Fig on Facebook and he got it from his cousin who is Nikki in Italy. I’ve got several of Nikki’s figs and I’m happy with all of them.
 
DeannaKolenda said:
I have a Trinacria here that’s going on 3 yrs old in a pot. Very productive, it is early, as early as RDB, very sweet. What stood out about this tree is it had so many figs growing in a 3 gal pot!! I bought it from Dave from the group What The Fig on Facebook and he got it from his cousin who is Nikki in Italy. I’ve got several of Nikki’s figs and I’m happy with all of them.
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Great. Now I really want one :)

Does anyone know what part of the motherland Nikki hails from? Maybe I can find another way to reach out to him
 
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