Combining our love for Figs and the Blazers, we are excited to offer these new Fig City Design T-Shirts! Special thanks to our dear friend Alpine George who designed these for us!
An interesting hybrid of Ficus carica and Ficus palmata that we were gifted years ago and finally decided to propagate after enough customers expressed interest in it. This one is a caprifig, (caprifigs are male figs that do not produce delicious figs) and possibly the same clone as the USDA’s DFIC 0023, but could be useful as a rootstock due to its extreme vigor, or useful for breeding a new fig with a bit more palmata in its blood.
One of the most exciting wild collected figs to come out of California, Black Manzanita was shared with us years ago by Mike Boss who had recently taken over Sonoma Horticultural Nursery. We assumed that this was another California seedling that might not produce figs without the wasp, but sure enough it produces loads of large and unique figs up here in Oregon.
An essential fig for short season grower, De Tres Esplets produces a reliable and extremely tasty breba crop as well as one of the earliest main crops of any variety we’ve trialed. Figs will continue to ripen again in fall for what is sometimes considered the third crop.
A premier dark fig with excellent flavor, vigor and productivity, Genovese Nero deserves a spot in every fig collection. Deep black skin and a bright red flesh are flavored with an intense berry sweetness. Ripens mid season and holds up decently well to splitting.
Another strain of Black Madeira that is a bit more vigorous, Black Madeira KK produces the same delicious rich flavored figs as the other Black Madeira strains, but has a different leaf than the USDA clone and Figo Preto.
A powerhouse little fig that is quickly becoming one of our favorites, Campaniere is prized by fig growers in many different climates for its incredible cold hardiness, ability to resist splitting and have figs practically dry on the tree, and above all, its flavor.
A delicious striped fig from Italy that produces both a breba and a main crop. Flavor is sweet with a nice berry taste and will improve as the tree ages.
Finally, a striped fig that produces a productive breba crop to allow cool climate and short season growers the thrill of growing beautiful striped figs that ripen early enough for reliable harvests every year.
A fig for the gardener with a serious sweet tooth, Sucrette is one of the purely sweetest figs we’ve tasted. Like a spoon full of fig sugar with a hint of something tropical, this is a seriously sweet fig.
