Comments on: Osborn Prolific Fig

By: Fruit Maven

Fruit Maven — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:22:42 +0000

@Bob – Love that oyster story. I have since found some other figs that I have definitely enjoyed – the Panache and the Christmas fig come to mind — although even at their best, I think I’m just not a die hard fig lover. I will give the Osborne Prolific another chance this summer. We will see!

By: Bob Wallace

Bob Wallace — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 22:12:55 +0000

Another opinion seen on the Garden Web.

“Another East Coast opinion – but I definitely can give Osborne Prolific rave reviews. It’s one of the best tasting figs I have. It has a very fine, melt in the mouth texture, moist but not juicy pulp, indescrible flavor – not “figgy”, but deeply complex and sweet. ”

Perhaps your experience was something like that of a girlfriend when I finally talked her into trying a raw oyster. She cut it two, put it in her mouth, and instantly spit it out.

I tried the other half and spit it out just as quick. I’d never before encountered a rotten oyster….

By: FruitForTheFruit,Nuts...

FruitForTheFruit,Nuts... — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:34:10 +0000

Huh, an heirloom that doesn’t taste great. Interesting. Just like grandma’s doilies….

By: Fruit Maven

Fruit Maven — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:31:13 +0000

You could be right about that Susan. Some of the other figs were much much better. In fact I am in love with the Panache. Review to come…

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:23:31 +0000

You have a green fig there, Dear. Green as in unripe, not in color. A ripe fig can change your life. That’s why I eat them–but I’m still waiting. Figs are one of the most fragile and quick-to-spoil of fruits, hence the steep price. In the Mid-West & East, there are actual cults of fig growers who go to great lengths to winter-over their trees, frequently burying the tree in the ground & insulating with leaves. It is said that if you could grow only one fruit tree in your yard, it should be a fig. They are transient & transcendent, but only when ripe.