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"Do you like figs?" she asked.

We ordered pizza tonight and the delivery person asked me if I like figs...

my answer was 'isnt' that obvious? as my fig trees are spilling out into the driveway, onto my parking strip...lol, she walked by them and did not see them.

Anyway it is the new special that everyone is 'raving about' she said.

I gave her a quick tour of my trees and she was all impressed, as she had never seen one...

In case, you want to try:

Prosciutto Fig Primo

 

We combine figs with prosciutto, basil and fresh mozzarella on an olive oil base for the perfect balance of lightly sweet and salty flavor. Figs may be added to other pizzas at our individual topping price.

$18.49 • $22.49 • $25.99

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Grasa,

Could you, please, have one delivered to Texas, please. LOL. It is no surprise that there are lots of folks out there who don't know what a fig looks like.

Grasa,
When you call them up, please give them my address in LA too! :)

Did you try it yet?  I wonder how good the figs are.

my girl ordered the pizza, i have never heard of this fig one, the lady was trying to tell me I should order because it is the special of the month or something to that effect. 

I will try it and shall report.

That sounds great, Grasa.  Please order one later this month and post a photo.  I may give it a try myself in the meantime. :)

My fig conversation usually go one of two ways... Me- "Do you like figs?" Other person "No" M-"ever had a fresh one?" OP "No"......always just ever had a newton... then there is the occasional, "do you like figs?" OP "yes I have a fig tree" M-"oh cool what kind" OP "the purple kind" 
Best was most recent a local nursery was advertising a fall blow out with fruit trees in 3 gal for 15... said you could text for more info...me, do you have fig trees and if so how much... they yes 15$... Me  what kind?    They... we don't know.....
Where do you even go with that, I can understand a person not knowing much about figs... heck three years ago I did have a clue how many different kinds there were but when you make a living selling trees and plants I would expect you to know what you are selling.... 
Hmmmmm pizza!!!

Gloria, it would be reasonable to expect, who sells knows what they sell. As you know, the retailer gets their stuff from other wholesallers or individuals who propagate them.  I heard from another fig friend about a method of propagation commonly used, a color tag in the small container in a special location, as they transplant to pots, the plant gets a real tag with name.   Now think of the possibilities, a worker take a little colored one, move to a different location by mistake, or loose the color tag and does not want to get in trouble and grabs any color, or put it in a different location, it gets tagged, packed, and shipped to retailers with name and all.  For all we know it could be anything, people from all over the country report buying something with fake names.

I have in my small collection at least 2 fake trees. a fake Peter's Honey, which has a purple outlining to the pulp _ not a trait of the PH- has a nursery tag with general care maintenance of the tree. Coincidently I've got another Peter's Honey, same age, from a very different source, completely different growth habit and also fake. Figs are identical, main figs are identical as well.  It is a unique fig, the purple lining is quite distinguishable from others, but what is it for real? Not Peter's Honey!

I also have a small tree I was gifted by Slavi who bought it from a reputable nursery. it was to be a Latarulla. It is productive and all, but a Fake Latarulla also.   The main figs are ripening now. It  puts out lots of brebas and ripening the main crop. Beautiful and delicious fig, but not a Latarulla.

So, we continue searching for that good fig, right?

I care mostly for the flavor of the figs I own, it would be so horrible to me to give someone a fig thinking it was one kind and finding out I misled someone...it is a tricky thing these figs..

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Originally Posted by GRamaley
I care mostly for the flavor of the figs I own, it would be so horrible to me to give someone a fig thinking it was one kind and finding out I misled someone...it is a tricky thing these figs..


I think provide a bit of history on what you are gifting - where purchased or who you got cuttings from said this was an X fig.  If you've got fruit you might have a better idea if it was properly labelled.

I bought HC cuttings off eBay as well as unk. cuttings at the same time.  I am pretty sure they are all HC.  Same growth habit, same leaves, lots of fruiting (especially for 1st year trees).  That said, I will probably only gift/trade HC from the ones that were sold to me as HC.  Maybe a couple years down the road after comparing fruit I will be able to confirm the unk. as HC.

What a delicious sounding pizza.  I am going to ask my local pizzeria about it.

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