Do you grow a variety called ‘White Marseilles’?
Do you grow a variety called ‘Brown Turkey’?
Do you grow a variety called ‘Brunswick’?
Do you grow a variety called ‘Black Mission’?
This slow-growing, hardy tree, produces medium-to-large, rounded fruits with yellowish-green, slightly ribbed skin and whitish, almost translucent flesh with a very sweet flavor. If grown in a greenhouse, it will bear two crops each year. This self-fertile variety can be planted in late winter or late fall and harvested in early fall. It has poor resistance to pests and diseases and it is a cold-hardy variety.
With glossy, palmate leaves and a spreading habit, this variety is ornamental as well as productive. The most reliable US variety, it bears an abundance of sweet, juicy, pear-shaped fruits, with purplish-brown skin and red flesh. This self-fertile variety can be planted in late winter or late fall and harvested in late summer to early fall. It has some resistance to pests and diseases and it is a cold-hardy variety.
This old English variety produces heavy crops of large, pear-shaped fruits with greenish-yellow skins and yellow flesh, red in the center. It has very large, deeply divided leaves and is more tolerant of cold, wet conditions than most figs. This self-fertile variety can be planted in late winter or late fall and harvested in late summer to early fall. It has poor resistance to pests and diseases and it is a cold-hardy variety.
Named for the Spanish missionaries who planted it along the California coast, ‘Mission’ trees can grow to 30 ft (10 m). Black, teardrop-shaped figs with red pulp develop sweetness when daytime temperatures reach 100°F. This self-fertile variety can be planted in very early spring and harvested in midsummer to fall. It has some resistance to pests and diseases and it is a cold-hardy variety.
The small-to-medium, purplish-brown, red-fleshed fruits borne by ‘Celeste’, US variety have tightly closed eyes that inhibit insect entry. ‘Celeste’ will grow well in a container or the ground. This self-fertile variety can be planted in very early spring and harvested in midsummer to fall. It has some resistance to pests and diseases and it is a cold-hardy variety.
A. Baggaley, G. Barter, H. Caldon, R.L. Rosenfeld, P. Ruch, D. Vowles, R. Ward (2011). Great Fruit & Vegetable Guide, DK Publishing 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014
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Hi! I’m Sreten Filipović. I graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Belgrade, with a master's degree in Environmental Protection in Agricultural Systems. I’ve worked as a researcher at Finland's Natural Resources Institute (LUKE) on a project aimed at adapting south-western Finland to drought episodes. I founded a consulting agency in the field of environment and agriculture to help farmers who want to implement the principles of sustainability on their farms. I’m also a founding member of the nonprofit organization Ecogenesis from Belgrade whose main goal is non-formal education on the environment and ecology. In my spare time, I like to write blog posts about sustainability, the environment, animal farming, horticulture, and plant protection. I’ve also published several science-fiction short stories.
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