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Cuttings from Driftless Sacred Grove

I still have a few fig cuttings left as well as currants, elderberries, hardy kiwi, grapes and willow as well as tubers like groundnut and sunchokes.  Will consider limited trades for short season ripening figs that I don't already have in my collection.

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Somewhere packed away in my fig collection I still have a Black Madeira that needs to be pruned before it comes outside.

I have a couple of Black Madeira cuttings listed on eBay - US shipping only

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Madiera-fig-cuttings-2-count-/162027365862?

Can you describe Oregon Honey?  Haven't heard of that one before.
Also, which of your kiwis are your favorites?
Thanks!

The descriptor I use for Oregon Honey is:

"Very sweet and flavorful greenish/yellow skinned fig with red flesh. May be the same as Peter's Honey Fig a variety brought to Portland, OR from Sicily."

I tend to like the actinidia arguta more since they are far more productive.  They are also way more vigorous, require more attention to pruning, and for me the male argutas are just barely hardiness for zone 4b WI.   kolomikta varieties are hardy to -40F and thrive in partial to full shade...

Thanks, do any of the argutas stand out as favorites for flavor, productivity, other reasons?

The variety I like the best is one that I've named Kickapoo.  I bought it from a nursery more than 20 years ago and both the sex and the species were mislabeled so I named it myself..

I am intrigued by the mention of this hardy kiwi variety you have.  What do you consider its best traits?  On a side note, what is your success in rooting hardwood arguta cuttings,  mine has been poor.  Any tips?  Do you have any cuttings of this?  Thanks 

traits would be strong kiwi flavor, good sized fruit, more prolific bearer than the other argutas I have (they have Meader as a pollenizer, the others have one of the numbered males).

hardwood rooting kiwis would be best with mist propagation.  I root mine inside zip locks and use the extra strong rooting hormone.  I get 30 - 50% depending on the thickness of the cutting, the less pith the better rooting.   USDA only sends out hardwood cutting of hardy kiwis, greenwood are far too fragile to ship.

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