Source : webry
今年も埼玉県騎西町のイチジク生産の江原農園を訪ねた。もっぱら米糠魚粕等主体の有機質肥料で栽培し、カリウムと植物繊維タップリのイチジクは、美容と健康特に高血圧や動脈硬化防止に役立ち不老長寿の果実とされている。
雨続きのときは芳しくないが、晴天が続くと甘味が増し収穫も多くなると聞く。
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.
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