Italian 258 Fig Tree - 2 Cuttings - i-258 Tasty Purple Figs i258

The Italian 258 Fig variety produces medium to large purple figs with deep red jammy interior and a sweet delicious berry flavor.  This fig variety was introduced by Todd Kennedy, a resident of San Francisco, who collected fig cuttings from Italy in the 1980's and brought them back home to grow in California.  The Italian 258 fig is one of the varieties from Italy that Kennedy brought to California, which has turned out to be quite an impressive fig that is a favorite among many fig enthusiasts. This fig variety is self fertile or a common fig, and does not require the fig wasp pollination to produce ripe figs.  This listing is for 2 cuttings suitable for rooting or grafting . Fig trees are easy to grow from cuttings. We use the "fig pop" rooting method to root fig cuttings, and have around 80%-90% success rate without rooting hormone. Please do an online search for "fig pop method" to find instructions for how to easily root fig cutting.