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Fig - Osborne Prolific
Fig - Osborne Prolific
Large fruit, pleasing flavor, amber pulp, with very attractive purplish-brown skin. Osborne Prolific Fig has been a long-time favorite in cool coastal areas, and is excellent inland as well. The Osborne Prolific Fig is medium to large, thin skinned, and a dark reddish brown fruit. This fig is very sweet and has white to amber flesh. The Osborne Prolific Fig tree can withstand cold temperatures, is self-fruitful, and bears fruit twice a year. It is adaptable to cool short summers, produces well in Southern California and does well against walls and sunny locations on the East Coast. The fruit ripens anywhere between August and October, and in some climates, November. The tree can be pruned to any shape. This fig requires 100 hours of chilling.
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