Higueras (Fig Trees)

July 18, 2013

There is a higuera (fig tree) in the backyard of my host family's house, so I am learning a lot about figs.

Two types of fruits grow on fig trees. What we typically think of as figs are called higos in Spanish.

 

They are small, sweet, and ripen in September.

There is also another fruit that you will not find in most stores. I don't know the English word, but in Spanish it is called the breva.

This fruit is slightly larger than the fig. It is hard to describe the taste, but I would compare it to a banana but slightly fruitier. This is what it looks like on the inside (sorry that the picture is so blurry):

The breva is in season now, until the end of July.