It was Thomas Jefferson¡ªFounding Father, president, farmer and horticulturalist¡ªwho introduced ¡®White Marseilles¡¯, his favorite fig, to this still-grateful nation. ¡®White Marseilles¡¯ he wrote, is ¡°unquestionably superior to any fig I have ever seen.¡± We quite agree. Native to southern France, in late July, the lovely trees produce a great big harvest of greenish-yellow fruit packed with sweetly delicious pale-yellow flesh. Super-productive trees are well suited to the Northeast and Northwest.