FIGS (Rare and Heritage Fruit Cultivars #13) The taste of a
tree-ripened, freshly-picked fig, is sublime. Never judge figs on
the specimens available in supermarkets, which are often dry and
inferior. A ripe, fresh fig should be tender and slightly soft.
When you bite into it, a silky surge of juicy, rich flavour fills
your mouth, tasting like jam eaten straight out of the jar - only
infinitely more subtle and complex, with overtones of honey and
wine. The interior of the fruit is packed with luscious flowerlets
lapped in a sweet, glistening syrup. The fruit of the fig tree has
been sought out and cultivated by man since ancient times, and is
now widely grown throughout the temperate world, both for its fruit
and as an ornamental plant. Hundreds of named fig cultivars now
exist, but only a handful are commercially grown. Find out more
about the amazing heirloom varieties within these pages. This book
is one of a series written for 'backyard farmers' of the 21st
century. The series focuses on rare and heritage fruit in
Australia, although it includes much information of interest to
fruit enthusiasts around the world. 'Heritage' or 'heirloom' fruits
such as old-fashioned varieties of apple, quince, fig, plum, peach
and pear are increasingly popular due to their diverse flavours,
excellent nutritional qualities and other desirable
characteristics. They are part of our horticultural, vintage and
culinary inheritance. To pick a tree-ripened heritage fruit from
your own back yard and bite into it is to experience the taste of
fresh food as our forefathers knew it. During the 18th, 19th and
early 20th centuries fruit diversity was huge, but in modern
supermarkets only a limited range of commercial fruit varieties is
now available to consumers. Heritage, heirloom and rare fruit
enthusiasts across the world are currently reviving our
horticultural legacy by renovating old orchards and identifying
'lost', unusual and historic fruit varieties. The goal is to make a
much wider range of fruit trees available again to the home
gardener. This series of handbooks aims to help.
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