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Moro Di Caneva
Moro Di Caneva Information


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Possible Synonyms:
Figo Moro da Caneva, Figo Moro, Nerino, Fico Greco, Figo Secco, Sementino, Fico Longhet, Fico Longhet De Tarz, Fico De La Jotz, Longhet, Moro de Canova, Moro di Canova
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Main Flavor Group:
Bordeaux Berry -
Origin:
Italy -
Family:
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Collected By:
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Type:
Common -
Cold Hardy:
Yes -
Container Variety:
Yes -
Easy Rooting:
Excellent -
Main Season:
early -
Availability:
Difficult -
Breba Crop:
Yes -
Seed Crunch:
non -
Eye:
small -
Skin Toughness:
soft -
Fruit Size:
Medium -
Rain Resistance:
Excellent -
Tree Vigor:
Medium -
External Links:
https://www.figomoro.it/
https://www.ourfigs.com/forum/figs-home/1288438-figo-moro-da-caneva
https://www.facebook.com/FigoMoroDaCaneva/
https://www.ourfigs.com/forum/figs-home/1285751-2022-year-in-review
Description
This is an ancient variety that is very popular with Italians. The small town of Caneva, in the province of Pordenone, in the Friuli Venezia-Giulia region of Northern Italy even has a feast dedicated to this amazing fig. Somehow, the original name was reassigned to “Fico Secco,” which means “dried fig” in Italian, which may end up being the final product of how the Figo Moro da Caneva is sometimes processed. I don’t know how it got the designation of Fico Greco, which in Italian means “Greek Fig.” Now why in the world would anyone name a Greek fig using Italian words is beyond my comprehension. Then I hear some folks in France renaming it “Nerino.” More recently I saw it named “Fico Piacentino.” It’s so confusing and it never ends.
Sod:
I talked to someone about that recently. Mario was given Fico Secco by someone at Pamona Gardens or someone that got it from Paolo Belloni. There was either a typo, someone couldn’t read a label, or it was a common case of misinterpretation or didn’t hear it properly. Fico secco Piacentino became Fico Greco by accident. When someone asked Paolo Belloni about a fig from his collection called Fico Greco, he said he’d never heard of it and said he only had Fico secco. I talked about this on a post of mine recently and said I’d be changing the name of my Fico Greco to Fico secco.
Dan Foster:
I'll chime in here as best as I can. I'm no expert in the Language of Italian and putting all this together can sometimes be that of putting together a puzzle. So bear with me on some of this. I originally received my plant as Fico Greco from an older gentleman who used to be a serious fig collector here. He remained friends with Mario and Mario would send him material and then he would gift them to me as a gesture of friendship and I would send him back rooted plants. I'm actually rooting some for him for this summer to send to him for family members.
I believe it to be Marios # 241.
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