Texas Everbearing Fig Uses_Sweet Cider They are soft wood trees

They are soft wood trees and may establish first year new growth just a few feet from soil line the first season in locations with a late freeze

The Redfield  has especially high amount of pectin

The buds will then push out in the spring and the new growth will arch up and then weep

Grows best in cooler summer areas

and was grown from three apple pips (seeds) sent from Normandy to Sir Henry Goodricke of Ribston Hall at Knaresborough

Texas Everbearing Fig Uses_Sweet Cider They are soft wood treesThe Texas Everbearing fig has a rose pink flesh with distinctive full bodied flavor. Fruit is medium to large, with a reddish brown skin and a reddish pink pulp. Plump with a short stem and moderately closed eye. Ripens from June through August. Texas Everbearing fig trees are productive, very vigorous, long lived and resists spoilage. The Texas Everbearing fig variety bears heavily inland and coastal; often fruits twice a year. Figs are 2 3 feet in