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Mountain Figs

  • Basic Info & Links
    • .. Fig Ripening Order & Short Season Tips
    • … Fig Plates
    • 18 Excellent Fig Varieties
    • A Simple Way To Root Fig Cuttings
    • Basic Fig Flavors, Pulp & Skin Colors
    • Fig Basics: History, Flavor, Growth
    • Fig Breba Crop Ripening Time Examples
    • Fig Flavor by Pulp
    • Fig Flavors, Pulp & Skin Color Examples
    • Fig Flavors, Pulp & Skin Colors
    • Fig Genotypes & Other Maps
    • Fig Main Crop Ripening Time Examples
    • Fig Varieties by Flavor, Skin, and Pulp Color
    • FIGS BY YEAR
      • 2016 Breba
      • 2016 figs
      • 2017 Breba
      • 2017 Figs
      • 2018 Breba
      • 2018 Figs
    • Mountain Figs Are Robust Figs
    • Mt Etna Figs and Mountain Figs
    • O’Rourke and Improved Celeste: 2 Distinct Cultivars
    • Pons Earliest Ripening Figs
    • Pons Early Ripening Figs
    • Quality Breba Varieties
    • The Many Names of the Mt Etna Fig Variety
    • Tips to Grow Figs in Ground and in Pots
  • VARIETIES
    • VARIETIES: A-L
      • Alma
      • Atreano
      • Battaglia Green
      • Bianchetta
      • Black Madeira / Figo Preto
      • Brooklyn White
      • Brunswick
      • Cali Hybrid – Quy’s
      • Calverte
      • Capelas
      • Celeste
      • Coll de Dama Gegantina
      • Conadria
      • Cyprus
      • Dark Syrian
      • De La Gloria
      • De Tres Esplets
      • Desert King
      • Emerald Strawberry
      • Excel
      • Fico Bianca
      • Fico di Ruvo
      • Ficus Aspera / Clown Fig
      • Ficus Palmata
        • pawpaw
      • Filacciano
      • Florea
      • Galbun
      • Garnsey White Seedless
      • GM 20
      • Golden Riverside (UCR 278-128)
      • Grantham’s Royal
      • GT-1
      • Hunt
      • Italian 215
      • Italian 253
      • Italian 358
      • Italian 376
      • Janice Kadota
      • JH Adriatic
      • Kadota
      • Kathleen’s Black
      • Lattarula
      • Lemon
      • Long Yellow
      • Longue d’Aout / Nordland
      • LSU Champagne
      • LSU Gold
      • LSU Improved Celeste
      • LSU O’Rourke
      • LSU Purple
      • LSU Scott’s Black
      • LSU Scott’s Yellow
      • LSU Tiger
      • Lyndhurst White
      • Sweet George
      • Unknown Carini
    • Varieties: M-Z
      • Madeleine Des Deux Saisons
      • Marseilles
      • Martinenca Rimada
      • Mary Lane
      • Mega Celeste
      • Migueleños
      • Mt Etna
      • Negra d’Agde
      • Negretta
      • Osborn Prolific
      • Palermo Red
      • Paradiso
      • Paradiso Bronze
      • Pernette Noir
      • Peter’s Honey
      • Planera
      • Raasti
      • Ronde de Bordeaux
      • San Miro Piro
      • Siblawi
      • Smith / TX BA-1
      • Stella / Dalmatie
      • Sucrette
      • Sultane
      • Trojano
      • Verdino del Nord
      • Violet Sepor
      • Violette de Bordeaux
      • White Triana
      • Wuhan

Desert King

Produces a good honey or honey-berry flavor breba crop:

 

Desert King breba (13)
Desert King breba (8)
Desert King breba (7)
Desert King breba (2)
Desert King Breba (11)

 

Desert King breba (8)
Desert King breba (7)
Desert King breba (13)
Desert King breba

 

 

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Desert King breba (8)

 

 

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Pages

  • Basic Info & Links
    • .. Fig Ripening Order & Short Season Tips
    • … Fig Plates
    • 18 Excellent Fig Varieties
    • A Simple Way To Root Fig Cuttings
    • Basic Fig Flavors, Pulp & Skin Colors
    • Fig Basics: History, Flavor, Growth
    • Fig Breba Crop Ripening Time Examples
    • Fig Flavor by Pulp
    • Fig Flavors, Pulp & Skin Color Examples
    • Fig Flavors, Pulp & Skin Colors
    • Fig Genotypes & Other Maps
    • Fig Main Crop Ripening Time Examples
    • Fig Varieties by Flavor, Skin, and Pulp Color
    • FIGS BY YEAR
      • 2016 Breba
      • 2016 figs
      • 2017 Breba
      • 2017 Figs
      • 2018 Breba
      • 2018 Figs
    • Mountain Figs Are Robust Figs
    • Mt Etna Figs and Mountain Figs
    • O’Rourke and Improved Celeste: 2 Distinct Cultivars
    • Pons Earliest Ripening Figs
    • Pons Early Ripening Figs
    • Quality Breba Varieties
    • The Many Names of the Mt Etna Fig Variety
    • Tips to Grow Figs in Ground and in Pots
  • VARIETIES
    • VARIETIES: A-L
      • Alma
      • Atreano
      • Battaglia Green
      • Bianchetta
      • Black Madeira / Figo Preto
      • Brooklyn White
      • Brunswick
      • Cali Hybrid – Quy’s
      • Calverte
      • Capelas
      • Celeste
      • Coll de Dama Gegantina
      • Conadria
      • Cyprus
      • Dark Syrian
      • De La Gloria
      • De Tres Esplets
      • Desert King
      • Emerald Strawberry
      • Excel
      • Fico Bianca
      • Fico di Ruvo
      • Ficus Aspera / Clown Fig
      • Ficus Palmata
        • pawpaw
      • Filacciano
      • Florea
      • Galbun
      • Garnsey White Seedless
      • GM 20
      • Golden Riverside (UCR 278-128)
      • Grantham’s Royal
      • GT-1
      • Hunt
      • Italian 215
      • Italian 253
      • Italian 358
      • Italian 376
      • Janice Kadota
      • JH Adriatic
      • Kadota
      • Kathleen’s Black
      • Lattarula
      • Lemon
      • Long Yellow
      • Longue d’Aout / Nordland
      • LSU Champagne
      • LSU Gold
      • LSU Improved Celeste
      • LSU O’Rourke
      • LSU Purple
      • LSU Scott’s Black
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      • LSU Tiger
      • Lyndhurst White
      • Sweet George
      • Unknown Carini
    • Varieties: M-Z
      • Madeleine Des Deux Saisons
      • Marseilles
      • Martinenca Rimada
      • Mary Lane
      • Mega Celeste
      • Migueleños
      • Mt Etna
      • Negra d’Agde
      • Negretta
      • Osborn Prolific
      • Palermo Red
      • Paradiso
      • Paradiso Bronze
      • Pernette Noir
      • Peter’s Honey
      • Planera
      • Raasti
      • Ronde de Bordeaux
      • San Miro Piro
      • Siblawi
      • Smith / TX BA-1
      • Stella / Dalmatie
      • Sucrette
      • Sultane
      • Trojano
      • Verdino del Nord
      • Violet Sepor
      • Violette de Bordeaux
      • White Triana
      • Wuhan
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