Campania · Napoli

Fico lardaro

big green-purple fruit, red flesh and the sense of a Naples garden cultivar nearly slipping away.

Geo AHistory BMethod Traditional mixed-fruit-orchard methods; true figs appear from late August to early October; caprification improves quality.

What it is

A large, flattened Neapolitan fig cultivar once noted in nineteenth-century fruit-growing treatises and now reduced mostly to isolated urban garden trees.

Origin place card

The source gives the territory as orchards of the province, the Vesuvian area and the city of Naples.

Verified history

Source-framed history/tradition only: Riportato nei trattati di frutticoltura del XIX secolo come cultivar diffusa nel napoletano, oggi praticamente ridotta a piante isolate negli orti urbani della città.

Ingredients

sintetica prodotto Frutto di grandi dimensioni (da cui il nome), schiacciati, buccia di colore verde con sfumature color porpora, polpa consistente, rossa, sapore dolce, mantiene la sua consistenza anche a maturazione; adatto a confetture

Method

, condizionamento, stagionatura La pianta ha vigore elevato, molto produttiva; i fioroni di solito cadono prima di maturare; i fichi veri e prorpi compaiono da fine agosto a inizio di ottobre; richiede la caprificazione

Why travel for it

This page needs fieldwork in urban Naples gardens; it could become one of TIFA’s rare cultivar rescue stories.

Recreate-it pathway

Use in preserves only after sourcing a local confettura/conserve method.

Fieldwork questions

Which producers or families still preserve this? What exact harvest window is used locally? Which recipes, shops, festivals or pantry practices can be documented with names, dates and photographs?

Photo brief

isolated fig tree in urban garden, large flattened fruit, red pulp close-up.