1 Pc. ALMA cutting not rooted.

Alma Fig (Ficus carica) is a Texas A&M-bred fig with a tightly closed eye that blocks souring yeasts, bearing greenish-brown fruit with very sweet, smooth, succulent flesh. It grows in USDA hardiness zones 7-10 and AHS heat zones 6-11, and is self-fertile, fruiting reliably without a pollinator partne

Description, History, and Lineage
Alma is one of the few named fig cultivars with fully documented modern parentage: it was developed by Texas A&M University’s Agricultural Experiment Service as a deliberate cross of the female selection Allison (also known as Vernino, a 100% Ficus carica variety) with the Hamma caprifig, a North African male with mixed F. carica and F. palmata ancestry. That cross makes Alma approximately 25% F. palmata — a documented genetic distinction from the majority of common figs in cultivation. Texas A&M introduced Alma in 1975, targeting a commercially viable processing fig suited to the heat and humidity of East Texas. The regional processing industry the program envisioned did not materialize, but the variety found a sustained home in Gulf Coast and mid-South home orchards. Its closed ostiole — a tight terminal eye that limits entry of souring organisms and beetles — was likely a secondary benefit of the particular parentage combination rather than a stated breeding objective, yet it became the trait most valued by growers in humid-summer conditions.