~OLYMPIAN~ FIG Tree Cold Hardy Ficus Carica Sweet YUMMY Live small Potted Plant
Price: $24.99
Olympian Fig
Ficus carica
cultivar:
Olympian ~Fig~
You are bidding on * live starter plant seedlings with vigorous root systems * inches tall with * leaves born and growing in a
small container for ease of transplant.
Olympian figs are extremely sweet (sometimes they even ooze a bit of syrup) and thus are
perfect for serving plain or with yogurt or tangy fresh cheese (such as mascarpone, fromage blanc, or farmers cheese) for dessert. They have blackish-purple skin
and dark pink flesh. Exquisite dark skinned fig with a strawberry colored interior, Olympian Fig skin of the fruit often cracks when it is ripe.
'Olympian' is an award-winning fig that produces well in cool and coastal climates since it's cold hardy to zone 6.
It makes an ideal fig for home gardens in those special climate zones., and is considered an ever bearing variety when planted in the right climate. The breba crop is
large. The main crop is medium sized.
The Olympian Fig was discovered in Olympia, Washington by Denny McGaughy and
is a choice variety for cool climates as well as warmer regions.
Withstanding the test of time this is actually an heirloom that had been
growing in a protected site for over 100 years. Olympian was confirmed to be
a distinct cultivar via DNA testing when compared with the 270 varieties at
the USDA ARS Germplasm Repository in California.
USDA Zone: 8,9,10
Olympian Fig can be grown anywhere that winter temperatures don't drop below 20°F.
The Olympian Fig is a high quality fig variety.
First introduced to what is now the United States in 1768 when Franciscan missionaries planted
it in San Diego. It was also planted in the subsequent missions that the Franciscans established up the California coast.
Gustav Eisen writes, "The early padres and missionaries in the Pacific coast States cultivated no
other variety of fig". It later became the main commercial variety planted throughout California.
The Mission fig was later surpassed by the Calimyrna fig (also known as Sari Lopi) as the most popular commercial fig variety
grown in California.
Olympian Fig
Ficus carica cv 'Olympian'
Plant Characteristics
Fruit/Flower/Aroma Characteristics
Plant Height
To 30 feet.
Usually to 15 feet.
Number of Fruit
Very productive
Common form
Small tree.
Usually a shrub in cultivation
Size of Fruit
Moderate size,
bronze
Growth
Vigorous shoot
growth
Quality
Excellent fresh,
Excellent processed.
Leaves
Thick, 3-5
lobed, rough above
Comments
Very popular due
to consistent and long fruiting season.
Culture
Soil
Well-drained
soil. Will not tolerate excessively wet soil but needs ample
moisture during fruiting.
Exposure
Full sun, often
planted near a structure.
Pruning
Very little
pruning as it will reduce crops size.
Zone
7,8,9,10
Comments
Figs respond to
minute amounts of fertilizer during growing season.
Fig Varieties
Variety
Fruit
Season
Comments
Black
Mission,
Beers
Black,
Olympian
Large
Deep
purple
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
Origin:
BalereacIslands.
Deep purple skin and strawberry red flesh. Edible seeds.
Medium eye
Celeste,
Honey,
Malta,
Sugar, Violette
Small
fruit CE*
Purple/brown
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
Commonly
grown in the south. Doesn't bear fruit following severe
freeze damage. Resistant to most souring and rotting. Closed
eye very desirable.
Brown Turkey,
Texas
Ever bearing
Moderate
fruit ME
Bronze
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
Origin:
Provence.
Most widely grown variety. Will fruit following severe
freeze damage. Medium eye opening.
Green Ischia
CE Green
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
Not
widely grown, but color and closed eye make it desirable.
Doesn't fruit following severe freeze.
Magnolia,
Madonna,
Dalmatia
Lopsided, Large OE Bronze
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
The most
popular canning fig in the south. Tends toward souring and
splitting if weather is wet. This can be reduced by picking
just before maturity and used as preserves. Brown skin and
amber pulp. Will bear after severe freeze.
Shipping
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I can't really change any of these. If you want one of this and one of that, it is hard to discount much as each
different species requires it's own prep, packing, then at USDA each has to be unwrapped and inspected then repacked. USDA requires us to clean and
prepare every last piece before we drive them to the Inspection Station on the other side of the island.
This requirement takes my wife and I, 2-3 days to pack items and get ready to ship. The whole next day we drive
around the island and get inspected (2-3 hours), then drive to the Airport Post Office to drop off. It takes the same work with the same type item if
you can understand.
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Small plants need protection from many things, wind, sun, dry-out. They do well just in the garage or living
room. They need good light but not sunlight (full sun will burn small plants).
Small pots dry-out easily. Just sitting in a shallow tray of water works well.
The idea is to keep the plants from dehydrating.
Be careful if you decide to re-pot.
Re-potting voids any warranty. Plants are easily damaged with new/different mix. Use NO fertilizers (this may kill your plants).
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