The fruiting fig of a native tree called Ficus carica is the same common fig that is grown in many tropical regions. Turkey, Egypt, and Morocco are the largest producers of this product. But black and brown Turkish figs are among the most in-demand in the market. Due to the type of product, best-dried figs are sold and exported more processed, but the new type is also sent by plane to European countries for raw consumption.
How to identify the best-dried figs?
The dried figs recipe is the fruit of a berry and deciduous tree with claw leaves that are not resistant to freezing and are planted in temperate and semi-warm climates. The lifespan of the fig tree is mentioned up to three hundred years and if there are suitable conditions, its height can reach six meters or even more. The fruit of this tree, with its high nutritional and medical value, is high in sugar and is a good source of potassium, magnesium, calcium, and phosphorus, and is rich in vitamins A, B, and C, as well as a rich source of dietary fiber.
The fig tree has broad, clawed leaves with a rough, rough appearance and is divided into 3 to 5 deep divisions. The part that is known as the fig fruit and is nourished is not actually a fruit but a pear appendage in which fig flowers are placed in large numbers and sugars accumulate in this appendage.
Fig tree division
In terms of division, the fig tree includes two categories, non-edible and edible. The non-edible type is actually a male tree known as “bar” and has winter, spring, and summer, and its spring type is used for pollination or the so-called “slave” of edible figs.
The edible type of fig may have one or two stages of crop production during the year. If it produces only one stage of production, it bears fruit in summer, and if it has two stages of production, the first stage arrives in spring or early summer and the second stage, which is the main product of the tree, arrives in late summer.
Depending on the fruit production per year and the need or non-need for pollination to keep the fruit on the tree, the edible type of fig is divided into three common categories, Izmir and San Pedro. The common type is the same black figs on the market that do not need pollination. Izmir fig is the most important economic type and is divided into different cultivars such as black, green, king fig, and kashki. The main figs produced in Iran are Izmir green species. The San Pedro type also has two stages of product production, the first of which is more important and, unlike the second stage, does not require pollination.
To get acquainted with different varieties of figs, refer to the article “Types of figs in terms of trees and fruits”
Exporting the Best-dried Figs in 2022
Iran has a high diversity in terms of agricultural production due to its diverse climate, types of dried figs, so it has a special place in the world in the field of export of some products.
Meanwhile, the production and export of fresh and dried figs are one of the measures that the country receives a significant amount of currency every year, and paying attention to production capacity and creating added value in this sector can help the country’s economic situation.
Iran is also the 15th largest exporter of dried or fresh figs.
India, Germany, France, the United States, and Austria have the highest imports of figs, respectively.
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