Zamorčica - The Green Zadar
This green fig was given to me by a lovely Baba (Croatian Grandmother) who came to Sydney from Zadar, Croatia in the 70s. She told me it was a “zelena smokva” which is Croatian for green fig and it survived a flight all the way from Zargreb to Sydney more than four decades ago. I initially called it the Green Zadar but after some detective work from a fellow fig collector in Western Australia (also with Croatia heritage) we have identified it as Zamorčica. It’s a lovely sweet fig with quite thin skin which makes it easy to peel. Given the thin skin, once picked it doesn’t travel well so it should be eaten straight away.
This green fig was given to me by a lovely Baba (Croatian Grandmother) who came to Sydney from Zadar, Croatia in the 70s. She told me it was a “zelena smokva” which is Croatian for green fig and it survived a flight all the way from Zargreb to Sydney more than four decades ago. I initially called it the Green Zadar but after some detective work from a fellow fig collector in Western Australia (also with Croatia heritage) we have identified it as Zamorčica. It’s a lovely sweet fig with quite thin skin which makes it easy to peel. Given the thin skin, once picked it doesn’t travel well so it should be eaten straight away.
This green fig was given to me by a lovely Baba (Croatian Grandmother) who came to Sydney from Zadar, Croatia in the 70s. She told me it was a “zelena smokva” which is Croatian for green fig and it survived a flight all the way from Zargreb to Sydney more than four decades ago. I initially called it the Green Zadar but after some detective work from a fellow fig collector in Western Australia (also with Croatia heritage) we have identified it as Zamorčica. It’s a lovely sweet fig with quite thin skin which makes it easy to peel. Given the thin skin, once picked it doesn’t travel well so it should be eaten straight away.