Fig Tree -
The fig tree, of the
Moraceae family, grows on the
Mediterranean basin where it has
been cultivated for thousands of
years. In France, figs were
first harvested under Louis XIV.
La Quintinie, the King’s
gardener planted over seven
hundred fig trees of different
varieties in the Versailles
gardens, to satisfy His
Highness’ taste buds. Fig leaves
exhale an exquisite and
beneficent vapour.


