Fig varieties collection

Light green skin with red pulp. Very good flavor. A late variety.

Atreano is a robust, fast growing fig that produces tasty clusters of light green figs with a sweet, pink interior. 

Excellent tasting honey type fig. Tree came from Sidnaya, Syria (Historic town in mountains near Damascus). Fruit is small to medium.  Despite it's relatively small size it's packed with sugar and has a very tasty sweet flavor.

I collected this fig from a Greek Neighborhood in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The figs were ripe in early August. Excellent tasting fig, and super sweet. The tree is left unprotected in winter, and despite the cold it still produces an early crop.

Introduced into California by the Franciscan missionary Fr. Junipero Serra who planted it at the San Diego mission in 1769. Widely planted in California commercially. Good tasting and very sweet flavor. 

Originated in Calabria region in Italy. The fruit shape is round. Tastes is sweet and juicy. thick skin. bears two crop

We collected this variety from Brooklyn, NY after seeing how cold hardy it is. The tree bears two crops of round dark figs with very good  flavor, we named it Brooklyn dark. 

Very popular fig in the US. The tree bears two crops of very large figs. Mild sweet flavor. 

Medium size figs with yellow skin. Originally from Syria. Excellent tasting honey fig. The tree develops a straight and thick trunk quickly and can easily trained as a standard shape tree. Grows well in ground or in pot. 

Fruit is large and quality is fair. Second crop is sweet with excellent flavor. Tree is slow growing and spreading, from St. Michael, Azores. Good tree for growing in a pot. 

Very sweet and early variety. It has proved to be cold hardy in Pennsylvania. Celeste is perhaps the most common variety in southern states. Celeste JR comes from a Louisiana grower that tell us this is among his favorite variant. 

Very productive, sweet, and adaptable to the cold climate. We collected this fig from a Portuguese immigrant who brought the tree from Portugal. This fig has been grown in Bethlehem, PA since early 1900's. Excellent tasting fig. Fruit size is medium to large. The tree will also produce a light breba crop that is excellent tasting also.

Very sweet figs grown on last year's wood (Breba crop), the main crop requires pollination by the famous fig wasp which is not available in the Northeast US. 
Does not do well in the Northeast unless the tree is protected properly. If the tree dies back, the Breba is lost. It can be grown in a container in our region.

Very early fig. Comes into bearing age very quickly. Very cold hardy, and had survived many winters unprotected on the East coast. 

A very good quality fig. Very productive and reliable in the North east. Had proved to be winter hardy and good flavor.

Hmari (حميري) is native to Syria and the Middle East . It has an excellent complex flavor. Has survived well in ground in our cold climate. Early to mid season variety, keeps producing until frost. Light green fig with red pulp. 

Collected from Pittsburg, Pa. Dark fig with red pulp,good producer,good taste, self dry on the tree if left.

Fig originally from Lebanon. Excellent flavor and so far great performer. Very large breba crops turn bronze color once ripe. The main crop is red. Both crops have a very fine flavor. Have done well in our cold climate. 

Large and very sweet fig released by Louisiana State University. It bears two crops. Figs are large and flattened shape. 

Originally from Northern Greece, this variety has very distinctive pointy leaves and large elongated fig. It's light green with red pulp and good flavor. Has performed well in a Greek neighborhood of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and showed good cold resistance. It ripens mid September in our area.

One of the best tasting white figs. Very sweet and early variety, produces two crops. Eye is tight, which is very desirable in humid areas, resists rain well. It has a drop of honey when fully ripe. Originally from Syria. A man by the name of Matta asked us to propagate a cutting of this fig, but once the cutting grew, Matta passed away. We named the fig after him.

Known varieties from our collection that lost their tags, could be any of the rare or common varieties

Excellent tasting black fig from France. It has a tough skin, size is medium, bears up to two crops a year. similar to a variety known as Violette de Bordeaux. 

Excellent tasting large dark figs. Bears two crops a year. This tree was collected from an abandoned garden behind a former Italian restaurant named Pan e Vino. The owner obtained this from Sicily. There are a White and a Dark variety planted at that garden. The restaurant was sold and new owners are need taking care of the garden. These figs were left unprotected from Pennsylvania winters for the past several years and have been producing every summer. Original trees were later cut down. We're pleased that we were able to save this variety. 

An unknown fig brought by a Greek immigrant. Was later named Papa John. It has dark skin, very sweet dark red pulp.  

Originally from Northern Iran, this fig has an excellent taste and very productive. Light green skin with yellow pulp. Medium size fruit. 

Very rare fig from the village of Corleone in Sicily. Large dark figs with excellent flavor, and cold hardy. Was first introduced by a nursery named Belleclare in Long Island, NY. 

Originally from Syria, this fig has been in Pennsylvania for at least the past 40 years. It is a very vigorous tree and very productive  in our area. Very cold hardy. The fig is elongated in shape. Very sweet flavor. 

A very sweet fig with hint of honey. Bears very early, which makes it a good variety for areas with short season. 

An excellent tasting elongated fig from Syria. Tight eye helps keeping insects away.

An Unknown fig from Syria. Produces very sweet and excellent flavor figs. Originally was one of the Syrian numbered varieties in our collection. We renamed it Syrian Honey. 

Released by Louisiana State University, Very sweet fig with dark skin. It was crossed using Celeste and a capri fig and selected in 1961 by Ed O'Rourke. Partially closed eye resists rain well. 

Excellent tasting fig. It has a very unique unsual flavor reminds me of a jam flavor. Skin is mainly green with blushes of purple

Excellent tasting green fig with deep red pulp. It is one of the finest quality with it's tight eye that resists cracking and it's cold hardiness. Excellent tasting fresh, the pulp tastes like Strawberry jam. It can be used for drying and making jams. Beautiful dark green skin with bright red center. The green skin can fool the birds. 

This tree devlops weeping branches if was allowed to grow large without prunning. Produces excellent tasting first crop and is usually very early. Main crop also has a good flavor.