St. Martin's fig
The Martin Feige , also Saint Martin called, is one of St. Martin in the Pfalz coming home fig varieties of the species Ficus carica , excellent for their taste and their great hardiness is known. However, the variety bears very small figs.
tree
The St. Martin's fig is vigorous and in Central Europe usually reaches a height of 4–5 m and a width of over 6 m. The leaf is five-lobed and shiny. Even young trees form many saplings that can easily be separated from the mother plant in order to obtain young plants. The tree branches out strongly, which makes regular thinning of the crown by pruning necessary.
fruit
The St. Martin's fig begins to produce plenty of fruit very early, which are small and usually only weigh between 10 and 15 grams. They are round and black when ripe, the flesh is raspberry-colored. The fruits ripen in Central Europe from August. The variety is an "autumn fig", also called "Unifera", which means that the tree only bears fruit once a year.
Winter hardiness
The St. Martin's fig is one of the hardest fig varieties ever. In many places in the Palatinate, it also grows in completely exposed locations, for example in vineyards where house figs normally do not grow in Central Europe.