This is one of Ocracoke's dying fig varieties. Chester Lynn, Orcacoke town historian, is the man responsible for propagating many of the Ocracoke varieties. He is getting in his older years now, and his knees are giving out, so it is harder for him to continue to distribute these trees.

There is a restoration project that he is consulting for which is attempting to restore these trees at different places on the island. That is being planned now, in 2021. 

The sugar fig, in addition to the pound fig, a fig rumored to be Thomas Jefferson's variety of Brown Turkey, the Ocracoke Blue, and a number of others, is a staple of the Ocracoke economy in years past as it is one of the only fruits tolerant of the salt-water spray of this below-sea level swampy island.

The sugar fig is called that because it is simple and sweet, and great used in preserves. -Malcolm "Shaft" Heath, after a trip to Ocracoke Island for FigFest 2021