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Ironman

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Ficus 'Olympian'

CATEGORY  Fig

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Hardy to Zone 6!
  • Proven hardy in Pacific North West
  • Very reliable
  • Very sweet, purple fruit
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HEIGHT:

4-8 Feet

EXPOSURE:

· Full Sun
· Partial Sun

ZONE:

6-10
 
 

PURPOSE:

· Aesthetics/Decor
· Health
· Food Production

APPLICATIONS:

· Edible Garden
· Commercial Food Production
· Mixed Combos
· Containers
· Patio & Garden
· Espalier

FEATURES:

· Award Winning
· Self-fertile
· Easy to Grow
· Fast Growing
· Low Maintenance

EXPOSURE:

· Full Sun
· Partial Sun

SOIL MOISTURE:

· Moist, Well-Drained

HABIT:

· Deciduous

BLOOMS:

· Summer

FRUITING SEASON:

· Summer
· Fall
· Spring

COMMERCIAL MARKET:

· Local or You Pick
· Fresh
· Process

Won the Retailers' Choice Award at the 2014 FarWest Show! 'Olympian' is a ultra cold hardy fig & absolutely delicious. This fig produces very sweet fruits with thin purple skin with a red to violet flesh. Discovered by retired biologist Denny McGaughy, he named it after the city where he found it in a sheltered location. Denny worked with Malli Aradhy, a geneticist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Clonal Germplasm Repository to conduct DNA test to find out if it was a known cultivar. It did not match any of the 200+ figs in the repository. It appears Denny has found a unique heirloom variety that produces well in cool & coastal climates.

 

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PURPOSE:

· Aesthetics/Decor
· Health
· Food Production

APPLICATIONS:

· Edible Garden
· Commercial Food Production
· Mixed Combos
· Containers
· Patio & Garden
· Espalier

FEATURES:

· Award Winning
· Self-fertile
· Easy to Grow
· Fast Growing
· Low Maintenance

EXPOSURE:

· Full Sun
· Partial Sun

SOIL MOISTURE:

· Moist, Well-Drained

HABIT:

· Deciduous

BLOOMS:

· Summer

FRUITING SEASON:

· Summer
· Fall
· Spring

COMMERCIAL MARKET:

· Local or You Pick
· Fresh
· Process

GROWING INFO:
6" Crop Time: 6-10 wks
8" Crop Time: 10-14 wks
12" Crop Time: 14-18 wks
pH: 5.8 - 6.2
EC: 1.5 - 2.5

Figs trees can be grown as a standard single stem or pruned to form a shrub.

 
tinyfish

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I have heard of that fig before but thats all I know.
GregMartin

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Hi Will, just run a search on here for Olympian and you should find lots of posts on this variety.
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Search function is your friend. I have this variety and really like it a lot. The first yer figs were meh, but this year they were excellent. 
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Wish list:  Galicia Negra, Violetta, Violette de Sollies, Dan_la's Black Beauty 10, Craven's Craving, Most important: YOUR FAVORITE FIG. A lot of people put emphasis on popular/exotic cultivars, which is great because it highlights some of the better fig varieties; however, I am most interested in the figs our members love regardless of pedigree. 
Currently Growing: a bunch of varieties.




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Listing of plants above looks like an infomercial. 

Olympian is widely known and traded by members of this forum. 
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I've been buying tissue culture ornamental plant liners for years from Agristarts. They are a top notch source but I believe they are wholesale only and that most of what they offer is only available in trays of 72 plants.
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Olympian is widely known and well liked. You can find someone to get you cuttings or a plant here. I have a nursery around me that was selling 1 gallon size for $7. It's not an expensive variety.
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