I bought their (not rare) assorted figs last year and got Kadota, Celeste, Green Ischia, and Latterula. I'm interested to see what they consider rare, though I have to wonder where they're sourcing their plants from. Only time will tell.   

I'll bet they are tissue culture plants from Agristarts.

That is not a bad price for 3 TC plants.  I would be nice if they did list the Cultivars. I'm guessing that they are not sure what they are getting yet and can not guarantee what you will get either.  I just received 2 TC plants from WellSpring, they are around the same price and I know what I got.  Still, the mystery does make it kind of fun.

Thank you for the link and the heads up on this deal.

Scott

TC plant grow very very fast!  And you may not see one fig for many years.  Been then done that!

The TC figs I order last spring did not grow well at first, but are now growing like crazy.  I'm hopeful to see a fig or two from them this year, but not actually expecting anything until next year.  I do have to say that I do enjoy growing the TC fig trees, in addition, I hope that the selection of cultivars starts to increase radically soon.

As a whole, I like Baker Creek for seeds. I haven't ordered any live plants from them, but they're a good company - no complaints.

I just ordered from them yesterday. I really like they're catalog, lots of really interesting veggies and some fruits. I don't know about their figs though. I ordered some tomatoes and peppers.

I just also received Territorial Seed's catalog. They've also been great for seeds - they list a 1- to 2-foot Negronne for $24...

The best thing about Baker Creek is all there seeds are GMO free.
The main farm is in Mansfield,Missouri.
They also have a place in Sonoma County, California and they bought the Comstock Ferre & Company seed center.

http://www.rareseeds.com/

Baker Creek is not likely to sell TC plants.  I will ask them. 

If they are not TC, 3 "rare" fig tree for $15.00 is an amazing deal!

The gal on the other end of the phone doesn't know anything about them except they should arrive mid March and will ship in April sometime.

So for now, they're rare and "unknown" :)

And "rare" is an undefined and indeterminate statement that is solely the perception and or opinion of the author of the website text at this time.

Hope this isn't a dumb question but does a TC plant ensure it is FMV free?

What does FMV DO? I HEARD WE DONT HAVE IT IN LOUISIANA BUT DONT KNOW WHAT I DOES. CAP LOCK IS ON I AM NOT YELLING LOL.

Last year, Baker Creek plants were tissue culture according to their website.  Looks like they have changed the wording this year.  My brother bought the figs last year and got Kadota, Ischia, and Latterula.  He told me they were small and took a while to get going.  He also got the taro but they did not grow.  I bought the Katuk and it grew fine.

I love Baker Creek for seeds.  Never tried them for figs but the cutting grow so fast I'm not sure I would.

I got the figs last year too but by the time I caught the in stock it was late in the year so they didn't really take off but, I put half of them in the greenhouse and those are growing steadily so I hope the others will grow as fast once it warms up. I figured at $15 it was worth seeing what I'd get. 

I agree, for $5 each plus a little shipping, it's hard to wrong. 

Tissue culture in itself does not rid the strain of FMV.  They can do it as an addition to the standard protocol for TC but it is not always simple or successful.

There are whole lot of nurseries leaning towards only selling TC plants.  The bottom line reason why is money.  They can get a lot of plants for pennies and make a lot more money.  Last year, one nursery owner sat me down and explained it all to me.

I wish I could buy figs locally, I would love to see TC trees or Trees grown from cuttings.  I may start leaning on a small local nursery a bit, even give them a couple to sell so they can get a taste for figs and other exotics.

I know a lot of members are not fond of the TC figs, but I like them, they are fun to grow.