‘LSU Gold’ Fig by Ed O’Rourke, et al
‘LSU Gold’ is the second fig cultivar released from the LSU Acricultural Center fig breeding program.
‘LSU Gold’ is the second fig cultivar released from the LSU Acricultural Center fig breeding program.
Caprification has come to be a big topic within the fig community. This is a good resource.
The fig is especially well adapted to Mediterranean climates, with cool winters and hot dry summers, but can be grown in more humid regions including the tropics and subtropics.
Figs make a welcome addition to most home fruit plantings. Even though they are adapted to the Gulf Coastal States, they may be grown in Tennessee in most years when some type of winter protection is provided.
The LSU fig varieties are some of the most collected, especially among southern growers.
An introduction to the efforts of the NCGR to provide DNA sequencing on the fig varieties located at Davis.
How the Prusch Park fig collection came into being.