Maybe It Fig

[Reference entry - not a grower report] This post was auto-generated from public fig references to build out the variety archive. It's not someone's actual growing experience, and the photos are just generic Wikimedia images of Ficus carica, not pictures of this specific variety. If you've grown it and have corrections, we'd love to hear from you. Black Ischia is a dark-skinned fig that people usually describe as producing medium to large fruits with deep purple or almost black skin when it's fully ripe. The flesh is normally red or deep pink, and the fruit ripens mid to late season. This variety's known for being productive and pretty cold-hardy for a fig. You'll sometimes see it called Ischia Nera instead. Black Ischia gets mixed up a lot with other dark varieties like Negronne or Black Mission, which have different flesh colors, skin textures, and ripening times. The leaves usually have moderate lobing, around 3–5 lobes.