"The mother tree is located at the beach in North Carolina. The Greek family, had this fig growing at their family home in Charlotte and brought a cutting with them 80 years ago and planted it on their new property here at the beach. It produces very large purple fruit with a mild fig flavor. I have heard reports that this variety does well in cooler climates and even produces a fig with more of figgy flavor in those cooler locations. The fruit are 70grams"
I was being careless and accidentally knocked off this beauty from the 2 year old tree.
With very little days of heat and sun left on the calendar I may have to wait until next year to get ripe fruit from this tree again.
The color is intense. A beautiful maroon red and yellow color. The size is also quite large. I didn't actually weigh it but my guess is over 60 grams.
It needed at least another week of sun to get ripe. I did taste it and the end near the eye was already developing it's sugars and has great potential.
There's 2 more figs on this tree but it may not ripen in time... til next year my friend.
No comments:
Post a Comment