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Never Before Offered New variety- Hatfield Fig, Black Turkey improved small tree Refresh

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FoodTreeField
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Located in: Meridian, CA
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  • High Bidder: Charlie
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Some 25 years ago my next door neighbor in Roseville, CA had a brown turkey tree so covered with fig wasps that they looked like ants.  He didn't harvest any because they had "bugs" in them. All I needed to do is provide an area for the birds to roost after feasting on the figs and keep the area moist. Seedling figs everywhere. Most had no fruit or small inedible fruit and I chopped them down. All Except One.  It was a small 3 foot tree with a good crop of black figs. So delicious I couldn't stop eating until they were all gone. The experts at UC Davis tell me the chances of a fig this good happening may be a million to one.  So I may have won the fig lottery with this one. There is no breba crop but once ripening begins at the end of July it never wants to quit. Fruits keep ripening until the fall weather shuts it down. Last season we harvested several boxes on the day before Thanksgiving. Fruit starts out large often over a hundred grams and taper down in size later in the season. But fruit is always consistently sweet with a good wild cherry berry taste that mellows some as it get very ripe. As you can see by the pictures the fruit is generally firm enough to stand up to farmers market customers without having to resort to baskets or clam shells for selling. The left over fruit makes good dark colored jam as well. The tree has a good vigorous compact bush habit that needs little pruning. Fruit color is dark, with dark red pulp, and the flavor and yield is very good. Sweetness is consistent over the long season. This variety may be particularly well suited to more tropical areas. I am now selling these potted trees so that fig growers and collectors in other areas (just not in California) can try this one out and compare it to the other figs varieties out there. I have purchased cuttings and plants of many other varieties, many on this site, for comparison planting alongside the Hatfield Fig.  It is a common type. No wasp pollination needed. Auction is for a small tree in a 3 inch by 10 inch tall tree pot.  These trees are well established and ready for planting in the ground or large pot. They have roots coming out the bottom of the treepots. The first ones pictured are sitting in a one gallon pot for comparison and  the plant I will send is on the right side. ( One on the right in the picture of 2)  USPS priority 12.50. -No shipping to California addresses- please no exceptions. We do not want our own fig to be used against us at the local farmers markets! My wife loves to sell them at the markets especially since we have the best fig there! Make a offer if interested in multiple trees. These were originally intended to be planted in our orchard but a lack of picking labor has changed our plans. Plus we need space for all the new trees we have bought. Thanks

 

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