Well, my friends, the 2015 fig season has come and is on its way out. Most fig trees have given us their fruit and others are hopelessly popping fig embrios that will never get to ripen(unless a Greenhouse is handy)! One of my last picks was last night after work and consisted of two varieties . A Brunswick looking fig that was purchased from The Home Depot this past spring as a Texas Everbearing ,and the other is a very nice white fig ,gifted by one of my awesome GA fig buddies( thanks Phil)! It's an unknown white most possibly a White Marseilles.
The dark fig ,is a bit different than my other Brunswick trees. The leaves have slightly longer and thinner fingers ,the fruit is more round and with a long stem, and it does not spoil with rain even though it has a large eye. I can't tell much about flavor since it's a young plant. The main trunk died back last winter and all figs where produced on new growth from the soil line( fourteen figs). They did have a good sweet and figgy taste with no seed crunch and Mellon like flavor.
The white fig was very tasty with lots of seeds and a flavor Uknown to me but more than welcome. Lots of potential there. I was very surprised by the white flesh . It seemed fully ripe since it fell off with the slightest touch! Here are a couple of pics. Enjoy and feel free to ID if you have an idea!
The dark fig ,is a bit different than my other Brunswick trees. The leaves have slightly longer and thinner fingers ,the fruit is more round and with a long stem, and it does not spoil with rain even though it has a large eye. I can't tell much about flavor since it's a young plant. The main trunk died back last winter and all figs where produced on new growth from the soil line( fourteen figs). They did have a good sweet and figgy taste with no seed crunch and Mellon like flavor.
The white fig was very tasty with lots of seeds and a flavor Uknown to me but more than welcome. Lots of potential there. I was very surprised by the white flesh . It seemed fully ripe since it fell off with the slightest touch! Here are a couple of pics. Enjoy and feel free to ID if you have an idea!
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