Figs : HOLGIN (Cuba)

Source : Dato Syed Elias

Some members asked me regarding the fruits and plant profile of HOLGIN (Cuba) these are the picture taken 1-2 months earlier,it is everbearing and weather and rain resistant,figs are amazing and very very sweet it is good for fresh figs production by conventional planting in open space or Rain shelter house.

Origin of FIG

Middle English fige, from Anglo-French, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fica, from Latin ficus fig tree, fig

First Known Use: 13th century

Any plant of the genus Ficus, in the mulberry family, especially Ficus carica, the common fig. Yielding the well-known figs of commerce, Ficus carica is native to an area from Asiatic Turkey to northern India, but natural seedlings grow in most Mediterranean countries, where figs are used extensively, both fresh and dried. It is a bush or small tree with broad, rough, deciduous leaves.

Hundreds of different varieties are grown in various parts of the world. The fig was one of the first fruit trees to come under cultivation. Its fruit contains significant amounts of calcium, potassium, phosphorus, and iron.