Brooklyn Dark – Naturally Grown

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Description

Collected from an Italian neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY.  ‘Brooklyn Dark’ is very vigorous growing, producing very round, dark black figs with excellent flavor and pink pulp. Cold hardy and resilient. Ripens a bit later than ‘Brooklyn White’ and  ‘Chicago Hardy’.  Rare.

Sorry, we cannot ship POTTED FIGS (May-September) to: CA, TX, AZ, NM, NV, OR.  We can ship DORMANT fig trees to these states bare-root when ordered in October-April (as available). Bare-root shipping to CA, TX, AZ, NM, NV, OR happens in mid-February-April.

NATURALLY GROWN – no synthetic pesticides, fertilizers, fungicides, neo-nictinoids, or other pesticides or toxic ag chemicals used at our nursery 

Uses: Makes an excellent dried fig. Also top-notch fresh eating, good for jams and cooking also.

Resistant to: Figs are remarkably free of disease and insects.  This fig shows good resistance to cold and humidity/rain.

Site Selection: Well-drained soil. Full sun location.

Pollination: This fig requires no pollination in order to set fruit.

Plant Size: CHOOSE SIZE. Bare-Root shipped February-April. May-October shipped potted in special tree pots.

USDA Zones 8 -10

OUR NURSERY IS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN 100% FIG BUD MITE FREE.

“…Thank you for the fig plants. They looked great, strongly rooted and ready to grow, which they’re doing now.”
-Lee Reich Ph.D- Famous author on growing fruit, renowned fruit grower, and organic gardener

 

 

Additional information

TREE SIZE

SMALL Approximately 9-12", MEDIUM 1-2', LARGE 2-3'