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Today I visited a local place, Holly Park Greenhouse & Nursery. Outside I found this lone, little fig that was too cute not to buy.

When I spoke with the owner he said that many years ago a local lady, who has since passed, gave him fig cuttings from her tree. He wasn't sure though where she got her tree from, so he named it after her. It was described as a sport of King fig, that tended to stay smaller and not grow as big as Desert King is wont to do around here.

So has anyone else in the Seattle area heard of, or even have this fig? I'm very curious how it'll perform.

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Good luck with it.  Identification will be much easier when you can show us the inside and outside of the fruit.  Maybe next year   :)

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Thanks. It's a vigorous little thing, so hopefully I'll have something to show for next year.

I was hoping though since the nursery has been around for some time, that someone local may have known about the fig.

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A little update- I overwintered the tree outside, under the carport, and it seems hardy. Winter was more or less mild here, with some freezing spells.

Until some critter decided to be very curious the figs never fell off, and there's two still hanging on. Right now it looks like it's putting out figlets. I'll try to take pictures when I get the chance.

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