FIG TREES ARE THE MOST DEPENDABLE BEARING FRUIT TREES 
FOR THE HOMEGROUNDS 
EARLY HISTORY — Fig trees have been grown on the east coast beginning 
with early colonial settlements in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Mary- 
land, Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia, and many of these early planted 
trees are still producing excellent crops of delicious fruit. 
Islands in Chesapeake Bay, no longer inhabited, have fig trees pro- 
ducing good crops. The Early Violet variety, abandoned to its own resources, 
is often found doing fairly well in competition with wild growth. Bordering 
on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries and following south throughout 
the coastal regions to Florida, will be found fig trees that have existed for 
upwards of 200 years. Because of their inherent nature of continuous renewal 
of root branch, they not only have survived all of these years but have in- 
creased in size and productiveness. 
That some of these early planted varieties are still considered among the 
best adapted to the region is not accidental, but due to the fact that they had 
already proven their adaptability to the colder climates when brought 
in by the early colonists. 
THE FIG IN CRISFIELD, MARYLAND — Probably the most outstanding ex- 
ample of successful fig growing in the colder climates is right here in Crisfield. 
