Other fruits that were eaten were the date, pomegranate and sycamore fig. The area is renowned for its many large sycamore fig trees. Before becoming a prophet, Amos was a sheep herder and a sycamore fig farmer. Fruit, such as the sycamore fig, carob, mulberry, and possibly the apple were also eaten. Sycamore fig tree ("Ficus sycomorus"), and fig-mulberry.