GROWING GUIDE: Figs, Persimmons & Quince
Figs
All figs are self-fertile and can produce two crops in a season if summers are long enough. The first crop is produced on last year’s wood. The second crop is produced on current season’s wood. Figs are ripe when the fruit detaches easily from the branch.
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VARIETY |
TREE SIZE |
FRUIT SIZE |
POLLENIZER |
RIPENS |
FRUIT COLOR |
FLAVOR |
APPLICATIONS |
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Brown Turkey |
15’-20’ |
Medium to Large |
Self-Fertile |
September |
Mahogany skin w/ amber pink flesh. |
Rich, sweet flavor |
Excellent for jams, canning, drying and eating fresh. |
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Desert King |
15’-20’ |
Large |
Self-Fertile |
August |
Dark green skin w/ strawberry- color flesh. |
Very good, sweet flavor |
Excellent for fresh eating and good dried. |
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Latturula (Italian Honey Fig) |
15’-20’ |
Medium |
Self-Fertile |
July & September |
Green-yellow skin with honey amber colored flesh. |
Very sweet, juicy flavor |
Fresh eating, canning or drying. |
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Olympian |
8’-10’ |
Medium |
Self-Fertile |
July |
Purple skin with red- purple flesh. |
Very sweet |
Fresh eating, canning or drying. |
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Oregon Prolific |
15’-20’ |
Medium |
Self-Fertile |
August |
Green-yellow skin with white flesh. |
Sweet & juicy flavor |
Great for fresh eating, canning or drying. |
Persimmons
For planting place in the full sun with well-drained soil. Dig a hole that measures two to three times as wide and the same depth as the root ball of your plant, follow the planting guidelines handout. Astringent persimmon varieties need to sit until they are soft, while the non-stringent varieties you can eat fresh off the tree. Persimmons are beautiful in the landscape and nearly pest and disease free.
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VARIETY |
TREE SIZE |
FRUIT SIZE |
POLLENIZER |
RIPENS |
FRUIT COLOR |
FLAVOR |
APPLICATIONS |
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Fuyu |
15’-30’ |
Medium to Large |
Self-Fertile |
September |
Showy, bright |
Mild, sweet flavor |
Excellent for jams, drying and eating fresh. |
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orange-scarlet fruit in the fall. |
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Hachiya |
12’-16’ |
Large |
Self-Fertile |
October |
Heart-shaped, deep orange- red skin w/- orange flesh. |
Apricot-plum sweet flavor fully ripe |
Excellent for fresh eating baking, and dried. |
Quince
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VARIETY |
TREE SIZE |
FRUIT SIZE |
POLLENIZER |
RIPENS |
FRUIT COLOR |
FLAVOR |
APPLICATIONS |
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Rich’s |
8’-10’ |
Extra large apple-shaped fruit |
Self-Fruitful |
September to October |
Golden Yellow, fuzzy skin |
Apple aromatic with spicy citrus notes |
Must be cooked. Great for making into jelly, jam or into preservatives. |