The Prusch Park Fig Collection
How the Prusch Park fig collection came into being.
Emma Prusch Farm Park is the official name for what is commonly referred to as Prusch Park in the fig community. It is a 43.5 acre park in East San Jose, California. Donated by Emma Prusch to the City of San Jose in 1962 to use to demonstrate the valley’s agricultural past, it includes a 4-H barn (the largest in San Jose), community gardens, a rare-fruit orchard, demonstration gardens, picnic areas, and expanses of lawn. The park is host to an annual Harvest Festival and is operated cooperatively by the San Jose Parks and Recreation Department and the non-profit Emma Prusch Farm Park Foundation.
Of particular note to the fig community is its large fig orchard. Though part of Prusch, the fig orchard (along with other rare fruits) is actually maintained by the California Rare Fruit Growers Association.
The fig trees in the park are not normally labeled.
Varieties sourced from the park often have the suffix PP or Prusch after their names.
