13 Fabulous Fig Varieties for Your Home and Garden
The cultivar "Alma" is a mid-season fig. It yields fruit with a rich, sweet flavor and a juicy composition. The figs' flesh and skin are both brown.
1 - Alma
The midseason producer is Atreano. These trees grow swiftly and produce effectively but aren't big. The large figs have amber-pink flesh and yellow-green skin.
2 - Atreano
Late-season producer ‘Black Madeira’. The medium-sized fruit tastes great. They taste like berries and have black skin and crimson meat. ‘Black Madeira’ trees thrive in arid climates.
3 - Black Madeira
‘Black Mission’ figs are popular at farmer's markets and grocery stores. Fruit ripens mid-season on these trees. The rectangular, pear-shaped fruits taste like berries.
4 - Black Mission
‘Brooklyn White’ yields two crops early in the season. The medium-sized fruits taste like berries and melon. ‘Brooklyn White’ trees are hardy and fruitful.
5 - Brooklyn White
‘Brown Turkey’ figs are popular and widely available. These trees are strong, productive, and easy to grow. Large and tasty, the fruit has reddish-brown skin and brown flesh.
6 - Brown Turkey
"Calimyrna" is a well-known fig variety that is extensively marketed in the commercial market, mostly as dried fruit. They taste like juicy melon.
7 - Calimyrna
‘Celeste’ figs, popular in the Southeast, should be readily accessible. Hardy and fruitful, these trees thrive in humidity. Early-season producer ‘Celeste’.
8 - Celeste
"Chicago Hardy" is a producer from the early season. This well-liked cultivar can withstand humid conditions and grows quite well in colder climates.
9 - Chicago Hardy
Mid-season producer ‘Conadria’. Large fruits with green to yellowish exterior and delicate pink flesh have a sweet melon-like flavor. The tree tolerates drought.
10 - Conadria
Desert King is a good early-season fig. Northwest and cooler regions favor these trees. These medium-sized fruits are green with scarlet flesh. The fertile ‘Desert King’ tree yields many tasty fruits.
11 - Desert King
Excellent mid-to-late season producer. Medium-to-large fruits stick. Their flesh is golden brown and skin yellow-green. Delicious honey-like flavor. Dry and humid climates suit Excel.
12 - Excel
‘Flanders’ figs are late-season. It thrives in dry conditions and struggles with dampness. ‘Flanders’ produces many firm, medium-sized fruits that don't split.