Remember back in April when I talked about the two potted fig trees in the greenhouse?
Well, here is most of the harvest from those trees. I say most because I ate a few fresh off the tree. This first harvest is called the “breba crop”. It is produced on old stems grown by the trees last year.
The variety is “Kadota” and is rated “fair” for eating fresh. It is rated “excellent” for drying. I’m lucky to have gotten any figs this time of year because Kadota rarely produces a breba crop.
I put the pile you see here into the dehydrator and dried them. They are now in a “Zip-Loc” bag on my desk. I have not tried them yet.
These trees will produce fruit again later on in the fall. Those fruits are known as the “main crop” and are produced on the new summer growth.
Before you even ask I’ll have to say; no, there is not here enough to make a batch of home-made “fig newtons”. Watch out this fall though, I’m planning on a bumper main crop!
Bob
I’m sure there’s enough there for one large fig newton.
Comment by LunaPierCook — May 18, 2007 @ 5:48 am
“For every fig there is an equal and opposite fig newton…”
Comment by Bob — May 18, 2007 @ 4:17 pm
But according to Star Trek, if you mix fig newton and anti-fig newton, you’d generate enough energy to destroy the universe.
Comment by LunaPierCook — May 20, 2007 @ 12:33 pm
Ouch! Now that would be quite a fig newton (neuton?)!
Comment by Bob — May 21, 2007 @ 5:45 pm