Valley Figs

Peter's Honey Figs

The rich, fertile soil of the San Joaquin is responsible for producing nearly half of the world's food supply.

In 1910, a gentleman by the name of J.C. Forkner began planting fig trees in Fresno, California. Because the valley was covered in a nearly impenetrable hardpan soil, Forkner required dynamite to dig the holes necessary to plant 600,000 fig trees on his 12,000 acres of land. Blasting through the hardpan allowed the trees an opportunity to build root systems and reach the soft soil below. The area that Forkner farmed is still known today as Fig Garden.