Desert King

Variety of Fig · Ficus carica

San Pedro fig with a large, reliable breba crop, ideal for cool coastal climates.

Also known as: King, Charlie

🇺🇸 USA 1920

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, green-skinned fruit with deep red, strawberry-like flesh; very sweet and juicy.

Very vigorous and frost-tolerant; handles cool, wet summers.

Reliably bears only the parthenocarpic breba crop; the main crop needs the fig wasp and usually fails in North America/Europe.

The standard cultivar for the US Pacific Northwest.

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