In the backyard of an unassuming suburban home in Bethlehem, Pa., is a global cornucopia of botanical heritage. Almost 300 varieties of fig grow here, most of them with roots in Europe, Asia or Africa ...
Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new research has found. The team of Kenyan, U.S., Austrian, and Swiss ...
20141225_atc_why_bury_fig_trees_a_curious_tradition_preserves_a_taste_of_italy.mp3?orgId=1&topicId=1091&d=207&p=2&story=371184053&t=progseg&e=373075162&seg=3&ft=nprml ...
Bassem Samaan of Bethlehem, Pa., is on a quest to save rare varieties of figs often growing unnoticed, right under our noses in neighbors'... In the backyard of an unassuming suburban home in ...