On my way back to work from my lunch break I drove by this seminary in Carson, ca. It was always hard to see in since the walls were 4ft thick bushes but this past year all were removed so it's easier to see inside the grounds, looks like a campsite/park. I knew there were fruit trees in the compound from being so close to the street, pomegranate, persimmon and some stone fruit. As I drove by I noticed a group gathered around one particular tree with ladders out and I instantly turned around, I figured it was some kind of pruning class. As I was walking up to the group I realized it was a FIG TREE! The lady in charge intercepted me and I asked if I could watch for a bit and she kindly said yes. Unfortunately she had no idea what variety of fig it was only that is was a dark color. All I was thinking as I stood there was how I would prune this monster down, haha. Turns out the class was a mix of diy gardeners and some college students from a local school on a horticulture field trip. Had a nice conversation with the teacher and went back to work, I think he learned more about figs from me in ten mins then he previously knew. You know where I'll be during my lunch breaks when summer comes, MUAHAHAHA...
 

Wow!
Congrats! To you and to them.

Great find! Did she give you some cuttings?

They look like they are having fun , I would like to try rooting the big branch the guy holds.

I could tell none of them were of "our" people (fig lovers) so I'm sure she'd give me piles of them but I'm upto my elbows with unkowns so I didn't ask. Whatever it is, at this size they should be good but I'll wait on it. 

You didn't say if you got cuttings.  Did you?  It will be fun to hear your summer updates!

Suzi

He did t ask. Shame on him ,they probably threw them away. We would have paid to ship them ; (( lol

Suzi, I didn't but I will do an update.
Believe me when I tell you I fought with myself on asking for some. I just don't need more work right now. My garage is getting too cluttered, ha.

Hi Elfarach,
Do you have free access to that site ?
What is the final result of the trimming ?
And don't forget the ladder for harvesting :P .
The problem with those trees is that they are trimmed for easy lawn mowing , not for easy harvesting ...

Hey JD. So I was curious about the final product myself so went back after work and took a few pics, I found two more smaller fig trees also. I drove upto the office to get more info on the pruning classes and was surprised at how big this compound really is. What I had only seen was about a quarter of the place. Little background on it, it was a working ranch in the early 1900's then a seminary from around 1924 to the late 60's or early 70's, now it's a museum open to the public so access to the ground is permissible. They offer bird walks, gardening classes and tours of the ranch. The first pic is the finished result of the tree, and the two smaller trees.. Btw, I couldn't help myself and took 2 small cuttings. 

 

 

Few shots of the museum, seminary and the ranch.