We use it in lots of dishes. It goes well with menemen and is the meaty ingredient used in paçanga böreği. It was high time we bought some fresh figs; a much-anticipated and much-loved fruit in Turkey. Figs With Blue Cheese RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p.1136. ISBN 978-1-4053-3296-5.

Gramas provides dried figs in Natural, Lerida, Protoben, Pulled, Garland, Layer, on String and Diced forms for customer’s specific needs. Facts About Dried Figs Klein, Hal (December 25, 2014). "Why Bury Fig Trees? A Curious Tradition Preserves a Taste of Italy". National Public Radio . Retrieved April 9, 2018. Commonly known as green berry figs, Adriatic figs hail from central Italy. These figs, cropping mainly in late summer, boast a striking contrast of dark green skin against a blood-red heart. Centuries of cultivation have cemented their place as an all-purpose variety, and while they go by many regional names, their distinctive flavour remains unmistakable. Think of the rich taste of strawberries or raspberries but with added depth. Nakazato M, Morozumi S, Saito K, Fujinuma K, Nishima T, Kasai N (1990) Interconversion of aflatoxin B 1 and aflatoxicol by several fungi. Appl Environ Microbiol 56:1465–1470We love that green color of this unripe fig jam! Most people think that unripe fruits are worthless. Wrong for unripe figs! This jam is unbelievable! Try it and see it yourself! What Is Unripe Fig Jam?

Brown Turkey fig trees get about 20 feet (6 m.) in height, but you can keep them pruned to a shorter plant quite easily. Mature trees get silvery gray bark and interesting gnarled silhouettes. The large three to five lobed leaves are slightly hairy and darker green above than below. The flowers are not showy and develop at the ends of the branches, with subsequent fruit ready for harvest at the end of summer or into early fall. For individual figs, the samples for 2017 were coded based on expert manual screening under UV light with U indicating uncontaminated, L = low contamination, M = medium contamination, and I = intense fluorescence and therefore assumed to be highly contaminated. All contaminated figs showed evidence of bright greenish-yellow fluorescence on the surface, but it was a subjective decision as to whether this constituted L, M, or I contamination. For 2018 harvest, only figs classified as U or I were selected for analysis. Each fig has its own unique identification number. EC- European Commission (2006a) Commission Regulation (EC) No 401/2006 of 23 February 2006 laying down the methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of the levels of mycotoxins in foodstuffs. Off J Eur Union, L70/12–34Ficus racemosa("Cluster fig"), a species native to Australia, Malesia, South-East Asia, and the Indian subcontinent

Figs in Turkey are different because of the climate, temperature, and all other conditions that are excellent for fig trees. Also, Turkish farmers have centuries of tradition on how to grow and produce figs. She said each bag weighs 1 kilo (2,20 pound), and her word was enough for me, no need to weigh on a scale. I bought one of the bags, but I had never made unripe fig jam before although I ate many times. The fig is the edible fruit of Ficus carica, a species of small tree in the flowering plant family Moraceae, native to the Mediterranean region, together with western and southern Asia. It has been cultivated since ancient times and is now widely grown throughout the world. [3] [4] Ficus carica is the type species of the genus Ficus, containing over 800 tropical and subtropical plant species. Fumonisin B 1 (FB1) was only found in 6 out of 80 individual figs in 2017 and in 4 out of 100 individual figs in 2018 crop at overall levels for the two years ranging from 13 to 1430 μg/kg. Generally, there was co-occurrence of FB2, FB3, and in some cases FB4. FB1 has previously been reported in dried figs (Kosoglu et al. 2011; Heperkan et al. 2012) as has FB2 (Senyuva and Gilbert 2008). In comparison with say corn which is susceptible to fumonisin contamination, the amounts found in dried figs are less significant. Fusarium is known to be responsible for causing endosepsis (internal rot) in fig fruits in Turkey (Kosoglu et al. 2011) and Italy (Moretti et al. 2010). Therefore, fumonisins can be regarded as pre-harvest contaminants of figs and while co-occurrence with aflatoxins and other mycotoxins might occur, it is not inevitable. In the EU, the maximum limit for fumonisins (FB1 + FB2) is 1000 μg/kg in maize intended for direct human consumption (EC 2006b). On the other hand, dried figs are high in sugar and rich in calories, as the sugar becomes concentrated when the fruits are dried.

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EC-European Commission (2006b) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 of 19 December 2006 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs. Off J Eur Union, L364/5–24 Figs may have some beneficial effects on the skin, especially in people with allergic dermatitis — or dry, itchy skin as a result of allergies. Kislev, M. E.; Hartmann, A.; Bar-Yosef, O. (2006a). "Early Domesticated Fig in the Jordan Valley". Science. Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science. 312 (5778): 1372–1374. Bibcode: 2006Sci...312.1372K. doi: 10.1126/science.1125910. PMID 16741119. S2CID 42150441. Sweeney MJ, Dobson ADW (1999) Molecular biology of mycotoxin biosynthesis. FEMS Microbiol Lett 175:149–163

Ketney O, Santini A, Oancea S (2017) Recent aflatoxin survey data in milk and milk products: A review. Int J Dairy Technol 70:320–331 Nakazato M, Morozumi S, Saito K, Fujinuma K, Nishima T, Kasai N (1991) Production of aflatoxins and aflatoxicols by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus and metabolism of aflatoxin B 1 by aflatoxin-non-producing Aspergillus flavus. Eisei Kagaku-Jpn J Toxicol Envirom Health 37:107–116 Leaf blight is a disease characterized by yellow, water-soaked spots that spread and dry out, leaving behind a papery surface. It causes holes to form in the leaves, and in severe cases, turns the leaves brown and kills the tree. Rust is another major fungal disease that causes leaves to turn yellow or brown and drop, and yeast causes the delicious figs to sour on the tree and ooze or bubble liquid that smells like fermentation. Wildlife ThreatsSolomon A, Golubowicz S, Yablowicz Z, Grossman S, Bergman M, Gottlieb HE, Altman A, Kerem Z, Flaishman MA (2006). "Antioxidant activities and anthocyanin content of fresh fruits of common fig (Ficus carica L.)". J Agric Food Chem. 54 (20): 7717–7723. doi: 10.1021/jf060497h. PMID 17002444. In the Biblical Book of Genesis, Adam and Eve clad themselves with fig leaves (Genesis 3:7) after eating the forbidden fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Likewise, fig leaves, or depictions of fig leaves, have long been used to cover the genitals of nude figures in painting and sculpture, for example in Masaccio's The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Moreover, according to the Aggadah (Jewish text), the forbidden fruit of the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden was a fig. [ citation needed] There is also a Christian tradition that the Tree of Knowledge was the same fig tree Christ withers in the Gospels. [56] Di Sanzo R, Carabetta S, Campone SL, Bonavita S, Iaria D, Fuda S, Rastrelli L, Russo M (2018) Assessment of mycotoxins co-occurrence in Italian dried figs and in dried figs-based products. J Food Safety 38:e12536