We think our figs are scrumptious, and customers at farmer's markets agree with us. We also dry our figs, and take turns hiding them from one another. The wonderful seeds are a glossy bright addition to salads. Children and the young at heart love to pick the seeds out and eat them one by one. Of course, the brave can squeeze the juice and make pomegranate jelly, a challenge, but well worth it.
Pomegranates are gorgeous dried for decorative use.
Spar is propagating our pomegranates for an orchard. They are marketed by Veritable Vegetable . They are plum-like, with a sweeter skin, and the meat is slightly tropical, from the apricot infuence. We are growing an acre of Dapple Dandy, which will be harvestable for market in the spring of 2001. These are our market champs , but they hardly tell the whole story.