Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery

FIG, Ficus carica

Fresh figs are as different from the dried form as fresh cherries are to the glazed cherry. Cut open, they look very decorative and exotic. Eaten fresh the seeds are indistinct in texture and flavour from the flesh. Eaten dried, the skin thickens and the seeds become grainy and almost crunchy. There are hundreds of varieties and variations between figs but all are sweet and luscious.

Fig - Brown Turkey

A brown skinned medium to large fig with copper-coloured skin and whitish to pink pulp. Very good quality with few seeds. A prolific bearer and popular commercial variety.

Fig Black Genoa

A large sized fig with purple skin and red flesh that has a very sweet rich flavour. Grown commercially due to its high yields it is also a popular selection for home gardeners.

Fig White Adriatic

A green to yellow skinned medium to large sized fig with red pulp and excellent flavour. When tree ripened this fig is unsurpassed with its rich strawberry flesh. Peels very easily when ripe.

Sandpaper fig - Birds Eye

A outstanding selection of the native Sandpaper fig. Large, flavoursome, red fleshed fig. Heavy cropping and no splitting in wet weather. Ideal fig selection for wet coastal areas.

Fig - Piconi

A favourite of local fruit enthusiast John Piconi. This fig produces small fruit that is exceptionally sweet. Green skinned with dark red flesh, medium size fruit.

Fig Excel

An early fruiting medium sized fig with amber pulp and yellow skin. A good all-purpose fig with sweet, rich pulp.

Fig Prestons Prolific

Very thick flesh, creamy white and juicy, with sweet flavour. Extremely vigorous and late cropping.

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Tips on Fig ^BETA

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Fig

Easier to manage and protect in very large pots. Chalky, alkaline, sandy soil is best. Go very light on the fertiliser, water and mulch if you want to eat the fruit, rather than a profusion of leaves. Protect from birds and control ants. Full sun. | David White - Newcastle, NSW 04-Feb-2006

Fig Black Genoa

Grows well in pots. They will fruit from a young age however the fruit often won't ripen when young. It may be best to take the fruit off so it puts its energy into growing more foliage at first. | Correy - Woolloongabba, QLD 02-Apr-2007

Fig Black Genoa

The taste of this fruit is superlative. Large luscious and sweet in Feb-May. The tree grows very slowly in cold Armidale, partly because of its urge to fruit. Some fruit have frass like material in them - unsure of the cause. | Steve Walkden-brown - Armidale, NSW 10-Jun-2007

Fig

Any advice on suitable varieties for northern NSW? We are on a (very wet) north facing slope, chocolate soils. | Rachel - Kunghur, NSW 22-Nov-2008

Fig

Does anyone have any tips on the sandpaper fig? but it's not the bird eye variety. it's on a different page of this website. just 'sandpaper fig'. cheers. | Tara Emmerson - Vermont South, VIC 13-Jan-2009

Fig

To my knowledge, sandpaper figs are a arid centre variety, more like a trailing vine, hugging the ground and rocks. The leaves are very tough, to reduce water loss and have a very rough exterior, hence the name. Very small sweet gritty fruit. | David White - Sydney/west Ryde, NSW 30-Oct-2009

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