Kadota
Also known as Dottato, White Kadota
A green-yellow fig with thick skin and amber flesh; mild and honeyed rather than berry-like, and a traditional canning and preserving fig.
- Skin
- Yellow-green
- Flesh
- Amber
- Size
- Medium
- Flavour
- Mild, honeyed, low acidity
- Ripening
- Main crop late summer
- Best use
- White fig jam, preserving, drying
Kadota is the American name for the old Italian variety Dottato. The fruit stays yellow-green when ripe, the skin is thick, and the flesh is amber with few seeds and a gentle honey sweetness.
It is one of the varieties historically grown for canning and preserving, partly because the thick skin holds up to cooking. For a pale, honey-toned white fig jam it is a natural choice.
Origin
Italy, where it is known as Dottato; long established in California.
Crops and growth
- Breba crop
- Light
- Main crop
- Reliable, needs heat to develop full sweetness
- Cold tolerance
- Moderate
- Growth habit
- Vigorous, upright