Figs are in season and ready to be sliced onto charcuterie boards, mixed into jams, and tossed into fresh salads. But if you're a fan of the fig, you may have heard a rumor that's not so appetizing: ...

Caprifigs, smyrna, and san pedro figs do rely on wasps for pollination. Additionally, Calimyrna figs grown in California aren’t pollinated by wasps. According to the California Figs consortium ...

With the arrival of Calimyrna figs in early-to-mid July, lovers of this ancient fruit finally get the full array of what California has to offer. Brown Turkey figs and Black Mission figs arrived ...

But the Calimyrna, which has a yellow-green skin and ... So, what’s the deal with fig wasps? Because sweet, shy figs bloom internally, many of the 800-plus varieties across the world require ...

Figs may have been the first cultivated crop, and their uniquely sweet flavor proves why. Figs aren't as common as apples or bananas, but you may have encountered them as a filling in baked goods ...

Most figs that we buy are from the self-fertilizing Common group (Brown Turkey, Mission, Kadota). San Pedro (Desert King, King, Dauphine) and Smyrna (Calimyrna, Marabout) require the wasp to ...