Bethel Grove Gardens · Variety reference

Dottato di Sava

Biological type: Common (persistent)
Pollination: Unknown

Cutting reference$18.00

One-gallon reference$55.00

Reference estimates, not sale offers or mature-tree appraisals. Price evidence date not recorded.

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Catalog illustration, not an identification photograph

Fruit & growing traits

Biological type: Common (persistent)
Crop habit: Main; some fioroni/breba types as the name indicates
Main crop ripening: Average
Flavor profile: Honey
Fruit size: Unknown / not recorded
Skin color: Unknown / not recorded
Pulp color: Unknown / not recorded
Hardiness / climate notes: Mediterranean common fig. In-ground roughly USDA 7–10; late/heat-loving types (Col de Dame, Black Madeira class) need a long warm season.

Reported growth habit: Unknown

Geographic origin: Italy (I Giardini di Pomona VERA catalog / local landrace)
Possible origin: Italy
Synonyms / alternate names: Unknown / not recorded
Same or nearly the same: Unknown / not recorded
Popular close brother: Unknown / not recorded
Known parentage: Traditional Italian landrace or local selection
Reference year: 1800
First year (estimate): Italian local landrace; seedling year unknown
What the year means: Place-named or dialect Italian fig conserved at Pomona. First seed year almost never recorded; treat as traditional.

Confidence: Named in Pomona VERA in-situ catalog
Key sources: https://www.igiardinidipomona.it/vera-catalogo-varieta/
Condit page: Unknown / not recorded
Notes: Italian conservation catalog entry. Flavor/size not extracted from individual PDFs in this pass.
Commonality: Super rare
Market availability: Estimate only

Imported catalog record; not individually reviewed. Separate names do not necessarily establish distinct genotypes.