Bursa Siyahi (Black Bursa) Fig

Considered by many connoseurs to be the best fig of all, it is exported in great quantities from its native region of Bursa, Turkey to Europe where it dominates the fresh eating market. Large size, black skin and dark red flesh that is firm, yet has a high juice content, with an extraordinary and sweet flavor. Stores and ships well. A tough and heavy producing tree, it is a caprifig and needs the fig wasp for pollination. Hardiness zones 8b-10.