Adriatic

Variety of Fig · Ficus carica

Green-skinned cultivar with vivid strawberry-red flesh, base of classic fig paste.

Also known as: White Adriatic, Verdone, Grosse Verte, Strawberry Fig

🇮🇹 Italy

Taste & characteristics

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Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Medium fruit with skin that stays light green and intense red, strawberry-like flesh; very sweet and aromatic.

Vigorous tree, heat-loving.

Two crops, economically important mainly as a dried and paste fig.

Traditionally the base of fig-bar fillings (Fig Newton).

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