 | 'Marseilles' Fig (Ficus carica cv.). Half-hardy, deciduous shrubProduces small, greenish-white fruits in late summer, described by A. J. Downing as "sweet and rich;" bears abundantlyIn 1809 Thomas Jefferson wrote to Dr. William Thornton, a close friend and architect of the Capitol in Washington: "I will take some occasion of sending you some cuttings of the Marseilles fig, which I brought from France with me, & is unquestionably superior to any fig I have ever seen." This variety was planted in the... - 'Marseilles' Fig (Ficus carica cv.). |
