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Golang YAML reading with map of maps

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Here is my YAML file.

description: fruits are delicious
fruits:
  apple:
    - red
    - sweet
  lemon:
    - yellow
    - sour

I can read a flatter version of this with the gopkg.in/yaml.v1 package but I'm stuck trying to figure out how to read this YAML file when it's got what seems like a map of maps.

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "gopkg.in/yaml.v1"
  "io/ioutil"
  "path/filepath"
)

type Config struct {
  Description string
  Fruits []Fruit
}

type Fruit struct {
  Name string
  Properties []string
}

func main() {
  filename, _ := filepath.Abs("./file.yml")
  yamlFile, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)

  if err != nil {
    panic(err)
  }

  var config Config

  err = yaml.Unmarshal(yamlFile, &config)
  if err != nil {
    panic(err)
  }

  fmt.Printf("Value: %#v\n", config.Description)
  fmt.Printf("Value: %#v\n", config.Fruits)
}

It can't get the nested Fruits out. It seems to come back empty. Value: []main.Fruit(nil).