Desert King Fig
May set a second fall crop in warmer regions.
Desert king fig. It being found growing wild in california you would think it is not a cold hardy fig. Desert king was found growing wild sometime between 1920 and 1930 in madera california. The exceptionally large green skinned fruit has strawberry flesh of excellent quality. Desert king comes from a fig tree found in 1930 near madera california.
Because it ripens in mid summer desert king is a great variety for gardeners in coastal high elevation and other cool regions. Desert king fig tree one of the best varieties for the northwest desert king fig is very productive and reliable producing abundant yellowish green figs with sweet and richly flavorful strawberry colored flesh. This is a fast growing tree with long and erected branches that the foliage is unable to completely cover giving the tree a little bare appearance.