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Fig Fruits - Agriculture & Science Directory

• Figs Ficus carica
  
  The fig is native to western Asia, and has been cultivated for thousands of years in Mediterranean countries of Europe and North Africa. Figs were introduced to England and Mexico in the 1500s, then the Eastern US in 1669, and to California in 1881. ...
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• The Fig
  
  The first figs in the New World were planted in Mexico in 1560. Figs were introduced into California when the San Diego Mission was established in 1769. Later, many special varieties were received from Europe and the eastern United States where the f ...
  http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/fig.html