Description
Valle Negra combines a jammy strawberry center with good sweetness and a skin sturdy enough to give each bite definition. Its flavour sits comfortably in the dark Bordeaux style without claiming to be Violette de Bordeaux.
The tree carries a breba and a midseason main crop. A warm site with overhead shelter makes the most of its harvest.
Overview
- Italian dark fig also called Valle Nero
- Medium fruit with a jammy strawberry profile
- Pleasantly textured skin
- Breba and main crops
- Rain shelter helps protect ripe fruit
Growing Details
Latin Name: Ficus carica ‘Valle Negra’
Site and Soil: Full sun; warm, free-draining site with shelter from harvest rain
Hardiness: Species hardy to about 10 F; protect young trees and exposed top growth
Fruit: Medium dark fruit with strawberry-jam flavour
Pollination: Common fig; self-fertile
Ripening: Midseason; September into October
Propagation: Vegetatively propagated
Additional Notes
- Grower’s Insight: An eave or simple rain cover protects the midseason crop from its documented tendency to split.
- Regional Insight: Humid and rainy districts should shelter the ripening crop; dry-summer gardens face less harvest pressure.
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