Bornholm

Variety of Fig · Ficus carica

Exceptionally cold-hardy Danish island cultivar, adapted to frost and damp in the north.

Also known as: Bornholm's Diamond, Bornholmsfigen

🇩🇰 Denmark 1930

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.

Large fruit with green-brown to reddish skin and pale flesh; pleasantly sweet, mild.

Sturdy and extremely frost hardy, withstands cold combined with damp.

Twice-bearing, ripening from mid-July; reliable under Nordic conditions.

Cultivated on the Baltic island of Bornholm since the 1930s.

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