These little beauties are direct imports from Iran and are sold in ethnic markets in Los Angeles.
They are extremely sweet and aromatic, served with tea.
Does anyone know this variety? (the package says nothing about it. just states that they are dried figs.) Not cheap either.
I brought a pack home and have been eating them and thought... would it be OK to plant the seeds and maybe it will grow. Would it grow and fruit?
What's your take on this idea?

   

Sure they will!
The Greek dried figs sprouted for me but I had enough seedlings already to worry about them.
Just give it a try. Soak first for about 2-3 days and get rid of the pulp, it helps.

Shirazi Figs

Hi,
The basics of processed food is that you get cats and dogs.
And in time, they are not necessarily consistent.
They will for sure germinate. Do the test, grow them and let us know :) .
The only thing is : Are you reaaaaallly patient ?
Going through cuttings is faster for having a productive tree .
Good luck !

Seeds from dry Turkish figs I separated from pulp in water over a month ago and planted have never sprouted.  Hope you have better success with these.

Aaron, my shirazi figs have germinated very easily.  Just try and eat away as much as possible away from the seeds and then soak them (and inevitable fruit sticking to them) in water overnight.  Then separate that pulp from the seeds and put the seeds on the surface of a pot of moist soil.  Just barely cover them, put a piece of saran wrap over the pot to keep the soil from drying (if needed) and you'll have seedlings popping up in about 6 days (if memory serves me).  Some shirazi batches have given me great leaf shapes and nice red petioles.  Too early to say how the plants have turned out for me.
Have fun.

Thanks guys, 
glad now I know the name.
Did any of you get the seedlings eventually fruiting? and if so how many years would it take to fruit?
My Unknown Glendale Court fig (which now I think is a Kadota) took 6-7 years for finally give me 2 figs this last summer.

Not me, mine are only about a year old.

Seems like the seeds are fertile :)

 

Gorgi,
did you get any fruit from yours from past? I watched the thread on your Shirazi germinated from seeds...from 2009

Jon,
How about your Shirazi, did you get any fruit?

...and if so, how long does it take to fruit?

One of my 5 seedlings from 2009 just fruited for me. The others have yet to do so. The one that fruited (2 figs) looked and tasted like a Mission so I'm thinking the 'mom' was a Mission. It was a bit more watery than a mission and tasty but not quite as good. Hoping this will change as it grows.

Yes, one of the names is Shirazi, which might be a name that encompasses one of the regions in Iran where they are grown.   There have been some other posts about these figs and there was a good link mentioned above.   One major growing area is Estahban.  If you do a Google Images search on "Estahban Figs" you will find some nice images and other information.    One of the specific varietal names is Sabz and there are others.

I grew some from seed - mostly just for fun since there is almost no chance any of them will turn out to be a common fig type.   They will either be caprifigs or a Smyrna type.    Another good reason to grow them from seed is to get virus free rootstock in case you are doing any experiments along those lines.

 Regarding the male/female genetics and persistent/caducous genetic issues, take a look at post #13 here.   

By the way, those "Shirazi" figs are quite tasty.  They are small dried figs but pack in a lot of flavor.

Take care,

Byron (Ingevald)

Byron,
Thanks for the good reads info, Blows my mind how complex Fig world can be ...More one reads more mesmerized he becomes :)

Edit:  BTW, did you Mean to say Esfahan or you really meant to say Estahban? because Esfahan is a very famous region in Iran. My "Sultani Fig" is from Esfahan, they are famous with their Carpets too. Same as Shiraz region.