Color a Cluster of Figs

With a fruit cut down the center to show the 
small flowers in the cavity. Click on the image
to download the largest file.

Description of Botanical Coloring Page: Fig  is  frequently  mentioned  in  Scripture. The  fig  (Ficus  carica)  is  indigenous  to  the Middle East; several  varieties  of  the  wild fig  occur,  as  well  as of  those  under  cultivation.  The  so-called  fruit is  a  hollow,  fleshy  receptacle,  at  first  containing a  great  number  of  minute  flowers  lining  its  cavity, which  later  produce  the  true  fruits  (''seeds  "). These  figs  appear  in  February  before  the  leaves, which  do  not  cover  the  tree  until  a  month  or  six weeks  later.  When  the  leaves  are  fully  out,  the fruits  should  be  ripe  (Matthew  21: 19).  Several  Hebrew words  are  used  for  "figs"  teenah  (Genesis  3:  7) is  the  name  of  the  tree;  pag (Song  of  Solomon  2:  13)  is the  unripened  autumn  fruit  which  remains  on the  tree  through  the  winter  (Bethphage,  the village  near  Bethanv,  is  the  "house  of  green figs'");  bikkurah  (Hosea  9:  10)  is  the  first  ripe  fig; and  debelah (1.  Samuel 25:18)  is  the  dried  figs  made into  cakes,  a  staple  food  in  Palestine.    There  are two  species  of  figs  found  in  the  Holy Land,  the common  fig  and  the  sycomore  [q.v.].

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