whoever I ask and wherever I see, all the trees had the same fade as mine did.
This winter was very brutal .

Nothing from the ground at all?

That'll be a huge loss of potentially hardy unknowns.

Oh good grief , I certainly hope not . That would be a major loss. I hope they show some life from the ground soon. My inground ( although I'm not in Queens) has yet to show anything.  

I am so sorry to hear that.  This indeed was a brutal winter. 

Bronx in-grounds....nothing at all.  I pray that the leaves will still sprout, even if it's late in the season.  The one Olive tree that was planted in some front yard, looks sad, very dry, and  very dead. 

I'm beginning to "smell' disaster, here.  I hope I'm wrong.


Frank

Figs4Life, the cuttings of the white and kos figs I got from you are doing well. If you need replacements for those trees, I can probably help out.

Wait until end of June….

Let's hope not.  It really is too early.  But if it sprouts from underground nodes those will have to be protected for years before they'll be as hardy as they once were.

    All seven in ground trees on my property died this winter...one 8yr. old Ischia Green, and 6 other 3yr. old trees all froze and died this winter...I think that the freeze went deeper into the ground this year and totaly froze the root systems on all the trees...I also had two fence posts that were 36" deep in the ground and surrounded by concrete that popped up 3 to 4 inches because of the "deep" freeze this year....will be sticking to large potted fig trees from here on out that can be stored in the tool shed during the winter.

My friend 15 yr old fig tree,the the whole tree turned brass/ yellowish color with some dark black spots .
I scratched the bark down below to see ,but instead instead it was dry and white.

One of my trees, I saw like a drip of honey coming out of the bottom of the tree, I use my feet to scrape it off and when i did that the whole skin came off like butter,wow, exposing the inside of the tree, I don't know what happened there, it looks like a disease or something.
does anyone have any clue of what that is?

same story in illinois, worst winter we had in years. only 3 of 30 are showing signs of life. 

Can anyone pls tell me a list of the most cold hardy fig trees known.

I have some fig trees to plant in their place, but I'm not sure which ones are cold hardy for my zone (6b-7)

this is what I have:

Adreano
Genovise Nero
Vasilika Sika
Vale Negra
Kathleen's Bulk
Negrone
Celeste
Got due damel

My two protected in grounds were damaged but have lots of teeny buds, they will recover, best approach is to prune heavily, be patient, and forget about this years crop, hope for a better future. The good news is I rooted a couple of unknown Queens whites this winter so I saved those two, plus I sent a bunch of extra Queens cuttings to a certain member who is rooting them, so life goes on!!

Here is the Dominick tree that I cut over 500 cuttings and sent out to the group last November. I thought that if he died this year that it would be fitting. He was around long enough to send fig love to over 70 fig peeps.  No protection and as usual died to the ground. There is life however and he just never gives up. 
There is hope folks. I will update during the summer
 
 

Figs4Life:

Sadly, my "Atreano" did not survive this last winter.  In fact, it went into the back of the garbage truck just this past Monday.  The roots and base of the trunk were slimy and rotted.  I predict my "Red Italian"-unknown will shortly follow. All my trees were containerized...18-25 gallons.  This past winter will be one to remember for a long time, by many fig growers.  Too many of us have suffered terrible losses.  Nature always trumps man.

Very disheartening to read about all the damage and the destruction of our fig collections.  A sad, cold, spring-'14.

Better days are coming.


Frank

Are protected in-ground trees dead to the ground too?

Frank, as you know I don't know much about figs.  If you need cuttings in the late fall I would be happy to share some.  I've been told by Gurney it is an Italian Honey fig.  It looks healthy but I don't know how to identify virus.

for those who got extra snow, take heart. snow is a great insulator andshould protect roots well.

Some might not be dead because the fig trees are taking a long time to break dormancy.

I am keeping my fingers crossed because my LdA, VdB and Keddie look like goners. Maybe something will come up from the roots. This is my second VdB that didn't make it. Maybe me and VdB are not meant to be...