You might be surprised to learn that figs (Ficus carica) thrive in Western Pennsylvania, with a little help and winter protection, of course. Though many varieties of this fruit have been selected for ...

Brian Melton of Fresno is an admitted fig fanatic. He eats them everyday and can easily name more than 100 different varieties that he’s devoured. Melton’s fascination with figs began as a hobby about ...

Fresh figs are ones of the treasures to seek out at late summer markets. Here are the ones to look for, and how to cook with them. Andee Gosnell is a San Francisco born, Birmingham-based food ...

July in Louisiana marks many celebrations, one of which is fig harvest season. Figs (Ficus carica), native to the Middle East and western Asia, have become naturalized in North America and are widely ...

Learn how to grow figs right in your backyard. Every Southern garden should have a fig tree. These small trees or shrubs produce delicious fruit with flavors best experienced ripe from the tree.

It's not too early to get started nurturing some new trees. In fact, one fruit species does spectacularly when propagated ...

In a state that produces more rice than any other and is near the top in poultry production, Marvin Smith of North Little Rock has the Arkansas fig market cornered. Smith has been in the fig business ...

Bassem Samaan of Bethlehem, Pa., is on a quest to save rare varieties of figs often growing unnoticed, right under our noses in neighbors'... In the backyard of an unassuming suburban home in ...

Planting areas: USDA Zones 8 to 10. Some varieties developed for zones 5 to 7. Size: Up to 15 feet tall by 15 feet wide. Fruit season: Early summer and late summer or early fall. Exposure: Full sun.

Fig trees are prolific growers and can mature at 10 to 30 feet tall and wide. Pruning controls their size so they grow more bushlike than treelike. Native to Asia and the Mediterranean, they thrive in ...

Farmer Rick Knoll says it wasn't an apple that got Adam and Eve kicked out of the garden; it was figs. They're the sexiest thing there is, says Knoll, who grows seven fig varieties on his California ...