The dog days of August and September may be an ordeal for humans, but they are peak season for figs. Get Your Figs Now, While They're Ultra-Ripe - Los Angeles Times ...

This seems to be a banner season for figs. The Adriatic variety, with thin green skin and strawberry flesh that's so sweet it's almost like jam, is one of the most luscious.

As someone who has worked closely with figs in and out of the professional kitchen throughout my career — whether developing recipes or experimenting with varieties from different regions — I've come ...

The Adriatic, an old fig variety, has amazing flavor, though its skin is so thin it is perilous to ship fresh. The Zidi is a black fig that can be intensely sweet with a berried quality.

Technically, figs are not a fruit but an inverted flower, with more than 1,000 blossoms, or seeds, within each fig. The caprifig has both male and female flowers, whereas other varieties often ...

Figs are seasonal, and you won't always be able to find them fresh. Here are the two best times of the year to go fig shopping the best results.

At the time, fresh figs were too perishable to be shipped long distances, so dried figs were the main crop. Five varieties, Calimyrna, Black Mission, Adriatic, Kadota and Brown Turkey, came to ...

Farmer Rick Knoll says it wasn't an apple that got Adam and Eve kicked out of the garden; it was figs. They're the sexiest thing there is, says Knoll, who grows seven fig varieties on his ...

Technically, figs are not a fruit but an inverted flower, with more than 1, 000 blossoms, or seeds, within each fig. The caprifig has both male and female flowers, whereas other varieties often ...

The best variety of fig tree for a container is the petite negri fig. It’s a small- to medium-sized black fruit with sweet, red flesh. If you have great weather, mission figs are superb.