Today I "harvested" our final fig crop of the season -- one sweet little fig. This was the one fig left on our fig tree after the first harvest. It took about two weeks for the teeny, tiny fig to swell and ripen.
The ripened fruit was about the size of a quarter. According to Stark Bros' website, Chicago Hardy fig trees produce medium-sized fruits. Medium-sized? If that's medium, I would hate to see what a small fruit looks like. But I really can't complain, since this was the first year for our fig tree and I didn't even grow the tree for its fruit.
And, boy, was that fig sweet!
Looking forward to next year's harvest...
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