LSU Gold
Variety of Fig · Ficus carica
Large, golden-yellow US-bred cultivar with red-amber flesh for hot, humid summers.
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4🇺🇸 USA 2001
Taste & characteristics
Taste
juicysweetaromatic
Profile
- Parentage
- LSU-Zuchtprogramm (Louisiana State University)
- Breeder
- Louisiana State University (Ed O'Rourke)
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 55 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Large, yellow-gold fruit with pink-red to amber flesh; very sweet and aromatic.
Growth
Vigorous; bred for hot, humid conditions.
Yield
Heavy main crop; can split slightly in rain near ripeness.
Notes
From the well-known fig breeding program at Louisiana State University.
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