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Peter's Honey Fig
✓ VerifiedAlso known as: Dottato, Kadota, Moscatel Branco
California, USA
Peter's Honey is documented by at least one fig-history source as a US nursery-trade name for the same variety complex known in Italy as Dottato and in the United States more widely as Kadota — meaning it may not represent a genuinely distinct cultivar so much as another name applied to that same widely-grown, ancient variety, which has a documented commercial drying history stretching back over 2,000 years in the Mediterranean. Given this real ambiguity in the sourcing, growers should not assume a "Peter's Honey" tree is necessarily genetically distinct from a Kadota or Dottato tree sourced elsewhere. Where distinct, the fruit is described as sweet, soft-skinned, and yellow-green.
Submitted by @system · 3 days ago
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Growing & Care
Hardiness zone
USDA Zones 7-10
Chill hours
~100 hours
Pollination
Self-fertile (common fig); does not need a pollinator.
Care info
Moderately vigorous and productive; standard fig care, spread mainly through collector cutting exchange rather than commercial nurseries.
Recommendations
A genuinely excellent choice for those seeking intensely honeyed sweetness — exactly the kind of variety worth tracking down through fig collector networks.
Flavor Profile
Intensely sweet and honeyed with dense, syrupy amber flesh at full ripeness
Quick facts
Skin color
Yellow-green to light bronze
Size
Medium
Hardiness zone
USDA Zones 7-10
Chill hours
100