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| Name | Synonyms | Origin | Crops | Notes | |||
| A Sangue | none | Italy | Green | Blood red | New veriety for 2008 | MKWÖ ← Baud | |
| Adam | none | South Africa | Green to yellow-brown with a touch of violet | Amber to red | Has large, unlobed leaves; French sources classify Adam as a synonym of Dauphine, but this one's leaves are quite distinct. | PNVA ← RN-ENG | |
| Alma | none | USA | Light yellow | Amber | Tendency to sucker, needs careful pruning to be productive; a Texas A&M; hybrid of ¡®Allison¡¯ (aka ¡®Vernino¡¯) with Hamma, a North African caprifig with mixed F. carica/F. palmata parentage; released in 1975. | PNVA | |
| Atreano | none | Durazzano, Italy | Golden green | Bifera | Introduced to the U.S. by Hanc Matthies. | PNVA | |
| Banana | Kadota? | USA | Yellow | Pale red | Originated in Seabrook, Texas; believed by some posters on the Garden Web Fig Forum to be identical with Kadota | LDVA ← YATX | |
| Becnel's Black French | France | Black | Red | A new variety for 2008; as the leaves are becoming more fully developed, this variety is looking a lot like Pastilière (aka Rouge de Bordeau). | HLMS ← Becnel, LA | ||
| Bellone | Bellona, Figue de Nice, Noire de Nice | France | Violet w/green undertones | Red | Unifera | Considered to be "la Reine des Figues" in the area around Nice; often confused with Sultane, which is sometimes called Bellone bifére | LDNM ← BEL |
| Black Jack | USA | Reddish purple to black | Red | Bifera | Of unknown origin; fruit similar to California Brown Turkey (San Piero), but tree much smaller | PNVA | |
| Blanca de Maella | Spain | Green | Red | Unifera | New fig variety for 2008 | EANY ← JFN | |
| Blanche de deux Saisons | France | Green | Bifera | New fig variety for 2009 | MKWÖ | ||
| Bourjasotte Grise | Fruit always drops; said to do very well in England, so may be best suited for cooler coastal climates; think I'll use this one as rootstock to practice grafting next spring | LDNM | |||||
| Bournabat | DFIC 55 | Named after the village of Bournabat just to the NE of Smyrna. | UC-Davis | Brooklyn White | Italy? | Green | Bifera | Originally from an Italian family in Brooklyn, NY | EANY ← BSPA |
| Bruno | Proper name unknown | Italy | Brownish black | Ripens after "Madina" | SCIT | ||
| Burjassot Negra | Nero, Bourjassotte Noire, Brogiotto Nero, Violette de Solliès | Spain | Black | Red | Unifera | Named after a town called Burjassot just to the northwest of the city of Valencia, Spain | LDNM |
| Capelas | São Miguel (Azores) | A slow growing and spreading fig; reported to be one of the best for the Northern Hemisphere when planted in the ground producing large, virtually seedless fruit of quality. | LDNM ← AFCA | ||||
| Capri Q | DFIC 126 | USA | Yellow green | Red | Persistent caprifig with closed eye and fleshy pulp; collected in the Orosi district, first in north-south row on fenceline, a few yards south of Friant-Kern Canal, Stone Corral, Tulare County, CA. | UC-Davis | |
| Caserta | Italy | Unifera | A small, sweet, one crop white fig ripening in September. | MAFRI | |||
| Cavaliere | Corso, Turco | Italy | Black | Red | Unifera | Similar to Brogiotto Nero; ripens August-September; piriform fruit; white cracks develop at full maturity. | SCIT ← BNIT |
| Celeste | Malta | Malta? | Light brown | Amber | Unifera | A longtime favorite in the South-Eastern USA; small flavorful figs are popular for home canning; can be bad to abort crop when stressed | PNVA |
| Celeste (faux) | Dark reddish violet | Unifera | I ordered about 50 of these in 2003 (half never leafed out) from a nursery in GA that specializes in muscadines; The order was for Celeste, but these are not; maybe they're LSU Purple? | INGA | |||
| Chater Green | Original name unknown | Greece | Green | Red | Named provisionally after John Chater, who gave it to his neighbor, R.W. Mr. Chater bred pomegranates in his Camarillo backyard for several decades until his death. His best-known variety is 'Eversweet.' | JVSD ← RWCA ← JCCA | |
| Chrestay Dark Greek | Original name unknown | Greece | New fig variety 2008 | WCPA | |||
| Cori | Italy | Yellow | Pinkish | Bifera | Ripens August through September | SCIT ← BNIT | |
| Corragio | Abruzzi, Italy | New fig 2008 | MWNC | ||||
| Cuello de Dama Blanco | Col de Dame Blanc, DFIC 74 | Spain | Green | Red | Unifera | Ripens late. | UC-Davis |
| Cuello de Dama Negro | Col de Dame Noir | Spain | Black | Red | Unifera | Ripens late [photo]; Very much like the Cuello de Dama Blanco | LDNM ← PPSJCA |
| Dahbia | Morocco | Green | New variety for 2008 | BP | |||
| Dan's Favorite | Unknown fig introduced by Raintree Nursery | RTWA | |||||
| Dark Portuguese | Portugal | Seems similar to Hardy chicago and Sal's figs; it was originally brought from Portugal, and grown in Bethlehem, PA for many years. | JVSD ← BSPA ← PORT | ||||
| Dauphine | DFIC 84 | France | UC-Davis | ||||
| Dorée | Figue d'Or, Goutte d'Or | France | Golden | Strawberry | Bifera | An old variety with golden fruit with strawberry flesh, rich, sweet and good quality; very indented leaves. | PNVA ← RN-ENG |
| Dottato | Kadota, Dalla Goccia, Dal miele, Calabrese, Ottato, Regina | Italy | Green | Bifera | The first crop are few and considered inferior to the fall crop; According to Gallesio, Dottato is of ancient origin, having been praised by Pliny as an excellent fig for drying | PNVA | |
| Drap d'Or | Royal Vineyard | France? | Bifera | San Pedro-type fig requiring caprification for fall crop; Condit doubts its French origins as this variety has been found described only by English and American writers. | JVSA | ||
| Early Violet | DFIC 145 | One of the few figs from Davis that have done fairly well for me here. | UC-Davis | ||||
| Embalse Lerida Ronde | Spain | Dark | New variety for 2008 | BP | |||
| Enderud | UCR 228-20 | USA | A persistent caprifig named for Julius E. Enderud; pedigree: 143-5 {Adriatic x [Verdal Longue x (Calimyrna x Kearney)]} x 75-97 [Monstreuse x (Calimyrna x Kearney)] | UC-Davis | |||
| Excel | DFIC 20 | USA | Pale greenish yellow | Pale amber | Unifera | A Condit hybrid, using Kadota as the mother; named and released by Bill Storey in 1975. Photos: A and B. | LDNM // PNVA |
| Fanick's Blue Giant | Blue Giant | USA | First introduced by Fanick's Nursery in TX; Blue Giant now offered by Raintree is probably same variety | LDNM; PNVA | |||
| Fico Santo | Italy | Green | Red | JVSD ← AFCA | |||
| Ficus afghanistanica | PNVA | ||||||
| Figue de Nice | France | Unknown variety from Nice, France; first believed to be Bellone variety, but now seems unlikely. Photo of single fruit compared with Celeste: A and B | LDNM ← ABFR | ||||
| Filacciano Bianco | Italy | Greenish yellow | Red | San Pedro Type | Matures fiorone (i.e. breba) starting about July 10 in my area. Fall crop requires caprification in order to mature; Wood is more resistant to frost damage than others; This variety originates in the Lazio region; the name ¡®filacciano¡¡À is a local Lazio term for ¡¡ãfiorone¡¡À. | SCIT ← BNIT | |
| Fiorone di Ruvo | Ruvo di Puglia, Bari, Italy | Reddish Violet | Dark Amber | (2008) | LDNM | ||
| Fracazzano Bianco | Italy | Greenish yellow | Amber-white | Bifera | According to Vallese, it is grown throughout Lecce Province for its two crops of fruit; | LDNM ← AFCA | |
| Gallo | Italy | Greenish yellow | A white fig foundling; early ripening, described as cold hardy, the fruit as quite large and very sweet; comes from Liguria | SCIT ← GNIT | |||
| Gentile | Italy | Greenish yellow | Light pink |
bifera |
Grown for the fioroni, the fall crop requires caprification. | SCIT | |
| Ghoddane | Morocco | Violet | Bifera |
New variety for 2008 | BP | ||
| Giant Amber | DFIC 114 | California | UC-Davis | ||||
| Gomera | Canary Islands | Violet-Green | Red-Yellow | Bifera | Bears many large brebas, heavy fall crop too; not winter hardy, but bears well in a pot; new for 2009. | MKWÖ ← Baud | |
| Grise de Saint-Jean | Cotignane, Grisette, Coucourelle grise, Cordelière, DFIC 53 | France | Bifera | Planted for the quality and abundance of its first crop; large tree; more sensitive to cold than most varieties | GMNJ ← UC-Davis | ||
| Grosse Grise | France | Unifera | New variety for 2009 | SGEG | |||
| Gulbun | UCR 284-11 | California | A Condit hybrid, in the trade since 1971. | GMNJ ← UC-Davis | |||
| Ham Rham | Morocco | Dark | Bifera | New variety for 2008 | BP | ||
| Hardy Chicago | Bensonhurst Purple | Sicily | Dark reddish-violet-black | Red | Bifera | Slightly larger than Celeste; quite tasty at full maturity; Matures mid August onwards, just before Celeste; lower fruit production than some varieties. ¡¡ãHanc Mathies once told me that the DiPaola's, owners of the Belleclare Nursery in Plainview, NY, tracked the Bensonhurst Purple fig to it's origin on Mt. Etna, Sicily, where the variety is known to have been growing at about 3000ft above sea level. It gained a reputation in New York and received its local name of Bensonhurst Purple. It eventually found its way to Chicago, where Fred Born, a sailor stationed at Great Lakes Naval base, propagated it. Cuttings had been given to him by an Italian man who lived on the south side of the Windy City. The tree flourished despite the harsh Chicago winters. Fred eventually migrated to Florida, taking his tree along. He called the fig, Hardy Chicago. Eventually the variety reached the retail nursery trade.¡¡À (L.D., GW Fig Forum, 2-14-06) As noted, Hardy Chicago has had low fruit production for me -- VS in NJ agrees, but recommends pruning it every year to 30 inches or less for much improved production. (GW Fig Forum, Feb. 13, 2008) |
ELVA |
| Hunt | Georgia (USA) | Bred by E. W. Hunt of Eatonton, Georgia in the 1920s | Paradise Nursery, VA | ||||
| Hunza | Black Fig I, DFIC 147 | Pakistan | Per UC-Davis website: Large size black fig - matures in August; collected in Karimabad (Hunza), Gilgit, in the garden of the ex-Mir of Hunza. Habitat: River valley in the mountains. Has not matured fruit for me yet, but plant has been hardy and grown well in my orchard -- unlike most figs propagated from Davis cuttings. | UC-Davis | |||
| Igo | DFIC 168 | Redding, California | Green with violet blush | purplish | Unifera | Per UC-Davis website: Vigorous tree, small fruit with spectacular alpine strawberry-like flavor, fig variety was found by Mr. Bill Fogarty. Like Hunza, this one has been hardy and done well in my orchard, though it hasn't produced yet. | UC-Davis |
| Ischia Black | DFIC 90 | Italy | Purple | Red | Unifera | Makes a very pretty fig, but a very poor grower -- due to FMV. In the pot it produced figs for me, but barely grew at all; in the ground it freezes back each winter. | UC-Davis |
| Ital-258 | Original name unknown | Italy | Purple-Blue | Strawberry | Bifera | From group of figs collected by Giorgio Grassi throughout Italy and later brought to the U.S. by Todd Kennedy. Thick purple-blue skin, strawberry flesh, medium size, short neck, medium eye, vigorous plant. Good to excellent flavor. Also O.K. in coastal area. (see Italian Numbered Figs Found at Bay Area Scion Exchanges) "The ostiole is sealed with a resin at ripening... The tree is very productive and the figs ripen in fairly cold weather... R. Watts considers this variety to be the best dark fig in his collection because it consistently produces abundant amounts of excellent quality figs." (LDNM) |
LDNM ← RWCA ← TKCA ← GGIT |
| Jack's Quarter Pounder | Brunswick? | Georgia | JTGA | ||||
| Kala Heera | Black Diamond | Pakistan | LDNM ← AFCA ← Skull | ||||
| Kalamata Black | Belleclare #28 | Greece | Black | Dark red | Bifera | GMNJ ← Belleclare Nursery, Plainview, NY | |
| Kalamata White | DFIC 156 | Greece | Green | Amber | Unifera | Froze Winter 08/09 and did not come back from the roots . | GMNJ ← UC-Davis |
| Karachi Green | Pakistan? | LDNM ← AFCA | |||||
| Kathleen's Black Fig | Dark violet to black | Red | Bifera | My favorite fig [photo]; May be same as Noire de Caromb, but not sure; Fruit is similar to but slightly larger than Black Mission, with violet/black skin splitting (superficially) at maturity, rich, sweet taste; leaves are somewhat similar to Negronne, but KBF¡¯s are a little larger and not glossy; Immature fruit will sometimes color early, similar to Negronne, but only with full sun exposure. Fall crop begins ripening mid to late August, entire crops ripens over a short period | KMMD | ||
| Kefalonia | Κεφαλλονιά | Greece | Red | Red | True name, if any, is unknown; renamed for the Ionian island where it originated. | EANY ← Belleclare, Plainview, NY | |
| King | Desert King, White King | USA | Green | Red | San Pedro Type | Without caprification, it ripens only first crop. Died Winter 2008-09. | AFMD ← JVSD |
| Lattarula | Italian Honey, Marseilles? | Italy | Yellow-green | Amber | Bifera | Condit considered Lattarula to be a synonym for Marseilles, however it's reported to give a much better breba crop than Marseilles. It¡¯s widely grown in the Northwest due to early ripening, and lower heat requirement than many figs. | Paradise Nursery, VA |
| Longue d'Août | Banane, Jérusalem | France | Green w/reddish brown overlay | Dark amber | Bifera | Leaves deeply lobed; withstands cold well; needs well drained soil | LDNM |
| Los Lunas | New Mexico | Green | (2008) | JSNM | |||
| LSU Black | none | Louisiana | Black | Red | Medium to large fig, one of the varieties that were saved from the original LSU Test plot before it was bulldozed, never officially released. New for 2009. | JR | |
| LSU Gold | none | USA | Yellow blushed with red | light red to pink | Released by the LSU AgCenter in 2001; fruit has excellent flavor and good cold resistance; has open eye when mature - can cause spoilage if ripening at at time with high moisture | GMNJ ← SSE-LA MC R 06 | |
| LSU Improved Celeste | O¡¯Rourke | USA | Reddish brown | Strawberry pink | Bifera | Offically released 2007 by LSU AgCenter as ¡¡ãO¡¯Rourke¡¡À; 30% larger than Celeste; LSU's best fig (per Robichaux); Nematode resistant; excellent for drying and preserves; Tight eye resists rots. Ripens mid July to mid August. | MAFRI |
| Lungo del Portogallo | Italy | Greenish-maroon | Amber-reddish | Bifera | A large tree; fruit similar to San Piero ¡��C but more stretched; thick skin, size is medium to large. It ripens a few days later than Negretta. | SCIT | |
| Madeira Black | DFIC 144, Figo pardo | Island of Madeira (Portugal) | Black | Red | UC-Davis | ||
| Malta Black | Malta | Black | Red | Bifera | DiPaola said this was the grandparent of the Celeste fig. | GMNJ ← Belleclare Nursery, Plainview, NY | |
| Malta Purple Red | GM #1 | Malta | Dark Violet | Red | This variety hasn't suffered any winter damage and was the quickest to bear fruit that I've seen from figs in the ground. Root system may be weaker than other varieties. The first trunk fell over, but newer trunks seem sturdy. Deer may be to blame for toppling the first one. Taste is good, but not extraordinary. | GMNJ | |
| Maltese Falcon | GM #5 | Malta | Dark Violet | Red | A dark violet fig from the Island of Għawdex (Gozo). It has not fruited for me yet as it has been frozen back each year in my orchard ¡ª but has so far always regrown from the base. Observations of another Mid-Atlantic fig enthusiast: ¡¡ãThis is an outstanding cultivar in regards to taste, flavor, and not splitting ¡ª but it is not cold hardy here in NJ. Yet it is one variety I will not mind growing in a container and moving it back and forth from garage to garden. It tastes like the best Mission, but the main crop figs are twice the weight of the main crop Mission, reaching up to 80 grams each.¡¡À VS, fig4fun forum, 5/9/09 |
GMNJ | |
| Manny¡¯s Black Giant | Original name unknown | Canada | Reddish-brown | Red | EANY ← MACA | ||
| Markopo¡��²lou Black | ¦¬¦Áύ¦Ñ¦Á ¦¬¦Á¦Ñ¦Ê¦Ï¦Ð¦Ïύ¦Ë¦Ï¦Ô | Greece | Black | New variety for 2008. Results of some online sleuthing indicate that this variety and Vasilika are produced for fresh consumption in southern Attica and in the island prefectures of Cyclades, Dodekanisou and Crete | JSNM | ||
| Marseilles Black VS | Original name unknown | Europe | Dark | Red | Bifera | 1943 brought to U.S. and planted in Columbia, MD by WWII veteran. Similar to Sal's (EL) and Hardy Chicago; fruit slightly larger in size, with darker skin; ripens a week before Hardy Chicago; considered by VS to be an excellent fig for the Mid-Atlantic region. | VSNJ ← WTMD |
| Mission | Black Mission, Franciscana | Spain | Dark Violet | Reddish brown | Bifera | Introduced into California by the Spanish who planted it at their missions along the California coast. | JVSD |
| Monaco | Corvo | Italy | Green | Bifera | Typical fig of Lunigiana; it is described and illustrated in Giorgio Gallesio's La Pomona Italiana. | SCIT | |
| Monstrueuse | Grosse Monstrueuse de Lipari, DFIC 67 | France | Green | Red | . |
UC-Davis | |
| Mykonos Black | Μύκονος | Greece | Black | Red | San Pedro Type | A large pear shaped black fig with white flesh and deep red to purple center. It is a Breba only fig however Chris from Belliclair claims that he used hormones and it developed into a 2 crop fig. It froze Winter 08/09 and did not re-sprout for me. | EANY ← Belleclare, Plainview, NY |
| Negretta | Moretta, Rock Fig | Italy | Black | Red | Unifera | A wild type that¡¯s very drought resistant; it¡¯s normally a small bushy tree in form; bears heavily; the fruits are black, small, thin skin, red pulp, very sweet and sought after. It ripens starting from August 15 in Genova. This variety is placed in areas suited to no other purpose, e.g. on the edges of fields or on hillsides with rocky, poor soil due to its incredible resistance to drought and cold. Negretta has a single crop over a short period | SCIT |
| Noire de Barbentane | France | Unifera | Fruit is very similar to Burjassot Negra, but of slightly smaller size, ripens 10 - 15 days earlier, and performs better under humid conditions. | LDNM | |||
| Noire de Caromb | Douqueira Negra, Perroquine, Monginenco, Argusela | France | Black | Red | Bifera | LDNM | |
| Noire de Saada | Morocco | Black | Bifera | New variety for 2008 | BP | ||
| Palermo Red | Aldo's Fig | Sicily | Red with green near stem | Redish amber | Open eye; no neck. | LDNM ← Bronx | |
| Pane e Vino Bianco | Original name unknown | Sicily | Green | Red | New fig 2009. This tree was collected from an abandoned garden behind a former Italian restaurant named Pane e Vino. These figs were left unprotected from Pennsylvania winters for the past 4 years and have been producing every summer. | GMNJ ← LPPA | |
| Pane e Vino Scuro | Original name unknown | Sicily | Dark | New fig 2009. This tree was collected from an abandoned garden behind a former Italian restaurant named Pane e Vino. These figs were left unprotected from Pennsylvania winters for the past 4 years and have been producing every summer. | GMNJ ← BSPA | ||
| Paradiso | Italy | Green | Red | Bifera | My favorite green fig [photo], very tasty; the birds love it too. I acquired this in 2000 from a elderly man whose father came from Italy. The father had gotten it from a fellow Italian immigrant. | Local | |
| Pastilière | Rouge de Bordeaux, Hirta du Japon, Pastellère, DFIC 47 | Japan(?) | Black | Red | Unifera | Pastilière and Ronde de Bordeaux are among the earliest to ripen the fall crop. | Paradise Nursery, VA // UC-Davis |
| Pezzuti Dark Greek | Original name unknown | Greece | New fig 2008 | GMNJ ← LPPA | |||
| Queue Longue | France | Black | New variety for 2008 | MKWÖ ← Baud | |||
| Ravin de Calce | France | Black | New variety for 2008 | MKWÖ ← Baud | |||
| Ronde de Bordeaux | France | Black | Red | Unifera | One of the earliest to ripen the fall crop, said to be fairly cold hardy. | JFN | |
| Rosso di Trani | Italy | Bifera | Fig originating in the province of Bari, Italy producing two crops, large brebas. | LDNM | |||
| Sal's | BC #39, DFIC 243 | Dark violet | Red | Bifera | A tasty fig that does well on the east coast; similar to Hardy Chicago, but more productive. Mine originated from Edible Landscaping Nursery, which now considers it to be identical to Hardy Chicago. I disagree based on my own observations -- also, preliminary DNA testing by the National Germplasm Repository at Davis indicates that Sal's is closely related to HC, but not the same. Research by Byron Wiley indicates that Paul Traceski obtained this fig many years ago from a fellow named Sal in Huntington Station, Long Island. Paul gave the fig to Belleclare Nursery who added it to their inventory as #39. He also gave one to Hanc Matthies who in turn passed it on to Edible Landscaping. Note also that the UC-Davis DFIC 243 originates ultimately back through Edible Landscaping, and is not Sal's Corleone (BC #31). | Edible Landscaping, Afton, VA ← HMNY | |
| Sal's Corleone | Sicilian Black, Fico di Capo, Fico-Nera, BC #31 | Sicily | Probably Belleclare Nursery's best known variety. It is not the same as the Sal's from Edible Landscaping, which is same as BC# 39 | GMNJ ← Belleclare Nursery, Plainview, NY | |||
| San Pietro Bianco | Dalmatie, Du Japon, Blanche Navello | Dalmatia | Green | Red | Bifera | Tree is resistent to the cold; Large fruit good for eating fresh or in jam, is poor for drying. | MKWÖ ← Baud |
| Sicilian Black | Sicily | Black | Red | Bifera | Leaves look different from both Sal's Corleone fig and Sal's (EL). Sadly this one didn't make it through the winter 2007-08. | GMNJ ← James Robin's Fig Nursery, LA | |
| Smith | Louisiana | Yellow | Red | A big, flattened, yellow fig with brown shading, the pulp is a deep red color, and a drop of honey forms at the eye. The Becnel family of Louisiana is credited with bringing this variety into the nursery trade. | WCPA ← Just Fruits and Exotics | ||
| Sucre Vert | France | New fig for 2009 | MKWÖ ← Baud | ||||
| Süßer Georg | Sweet George | Vienna, Austria | Bifera | "An old fig variety from a local nursery which is very hardy; the grandfather of the nursery owner brought it with him in the 1930's. Because of his grandfather¡¯s name, Georg, he called the fig "Süßer Georg" ("Sweet George"). The figs taste good, it grows more upright/treelike than bushy." | GMNJ | ||
| Ta¡¯ Ċenċ | Malta | Red | Unifera | A Maltese fig [photo] from the Island of Għawdex (Gozo), discovered in an old quarry; large, dark skinned fruit; fall crop only. Not sure, may require caprification. | GMNJ | ||
| Takoma Violet | Unknown | Dark violet | Red | Unifera | I found this fig in a nearby neighborhood. It is a medium to small fig with a rich taste, and one of the most winterhardy I have. It ripens its fruit over a long period starting in early August to the end of September. | Local | |
| Tuscan Black | Italy? | Black | Red | (2008) | JVSD ← Reads Nursery | ||
| Val Camonica - Large Black | Italy | Black | Original name unknown; originates in Val Camonica, a valley in the lower Alpine regions of Lombardy, Italy. | SCIT | |||
| Val Camonica - Long Green | Italy | Green | Original name unknown; originates in Val Camonica, a valley in the lower Alpine regions of Lombardy, Italy. | SCIT | |||
| Val Camonica - Small Black | Italy | Black | Original name unknown; originates in Val Camonica, a valley in the lower Alpine regions of Lombardy, Italy. | SCIT | |||
| Valencia | Spain | Black | Red | Unknown fig, new for 2008 | EANY ← JFN | ||
| Valle Negra | Liguria, Italy | Black | Bifera | New fig for 2008. | GTNY | ||
| Vallecalda di Borgofornari | Liguria, Italy | Black | Bifera | Similar to fico Piombinese. Cold hardy, bears precociously. Fruit are sweet, large, very long, thick peel, dark blue skin, the adult plant becomes quite large. Discovered by an Italian railway employee alongside the tracks. | SCIT | ||
| Vasilika | Βασιλικά | Greece | Green | Blood red to violet | Bifera | Bears a large pear shaped fig; according to DiPaola, this fig variety goes back 2000 years. Results of some online sleuthing indicate that this variety and Markopo¡��²lou Black are produced for fresh consumption in southern Attica and in the island prefectures of Cyclades, Dodekanisou and Crete | EANY ← BCNY |
| Ventura | California | Green | Red | Bifera | More cold hardy than most, tree is small and compact; fruit is large and flat (2008) | WCPA ← Just Fruits and Exotics | |
| Verde Passo | Rosinenfeige | Italy | Greenish-blue | Red | A large tree; the fruit develops superficial white breaks in the skin; in Liguria it ripens about the middle of August (along with Negretta). The name is derived from the practice of letting the figs shrivel on the tree like raisins, which results in an outstanding flavor. Also formerly grown in Canton Ticino, Switzerland. | SCIT | |
| Vista | Vista Black Mission | California | Black | Red | Introduced by Exotica Nursery, Vista, CA | JVSD ← Exotica Nursery | |
| Violette Dauphine | Rouge d'Argenteuil, DFIC 84 | France | Violet | Red | UC-Davis | ||
| Weeping Black Fig | Bifera | [photo] Origin unknown, may have come from Belleclare Nursery | MAFRI | ||||
| Wuhan | Original name unknown | China | Introduced to the U.S. by a professor of horticulture at Austin State University, TX, (SFASU). Photos: A and B. | GMNJ ← SSE - LA MC R 06 | |||
| Yokneam Black | Israel | Black | New variety for 2008 | MKWÖ ← Baud | |||
| Zingarella | Little Gypsy | Italy | Black | Red | VS, a fig enthusiast of NJ, reports that this is an excellent variety for the Mid-Atlantic region -- an exceptionally good tasting fig that does not split after heavy rains. He compares it to Sal's Corleone, but writes that Z. is the superior fig for its resistance to splitting and better skin color. | RWCA | |
| Zrequa | Morocco | Black | Unifera | New variety for 2008 | BP | ||
| Zucchini | Cetruli, Cetriolo | Cosenza, Italy | Green | Bifera | Breba fig is long and green somewhat like a zucchini or cucumber. | GMNJ ← Belleclare Nursery, Plainview, NY |
