This cultivar of the common fig is known for being slightly more cold hardy and surviving outdoors in Chicago in protected enviornments. Green to brown fruit will ripen in summer but rarely again in midwinter due to the temperatures outdoors - even in protected environments.

Figs are natives of the Mediterranean region and have figured in art, literature, nutrition and culinary practices. Fruit are eaten fresh or used with other components in dishes while the leaves can be used as a wrapper for steamed or cooked dishes. Another of the plants important to enough to be cited in the Bible.

Fig

תְאֵנָה T’enah