There are races all over the country where people bring dozens or hundreds of pigeons to a remote location and release them.  The first ones to make it back win cash.  People breed and sell pigeon progeny of the stars.  When I lived in OR my next door neighbor did this.  He has 16 feet of pigeon coop space (x 6 tall x 5 deep).  When they sell a pigeon they mail it!

I've already *told* you.  Priority is by the # of limbs you have.

Cool!

Bob,

Better be careful none of the pigeons get you.

rafed, 

dang it.. i'm color blind!

James, proof-red this special list, just for you:

"Brown Turkey"

:-))

Now see? You misspelled it. It's spelled "Col De Dame Gris"

This is hilarious!!!! Such active imaginations!!

Ahhh but there was a very famous pigeon that saved 177 men in WW1   Did you ever hear about "Cher Ami"?

  That's the trick how we can get fig cuttings into the country.   Homming  pigeons.  

Well I just want to tell you that not all of you here on F4F are meanies. I just got a list sent to me from last year and it says nothing about Canada or pigeons!

Hopefully no one cares that this thread has gone completely off topic...

True Story-

Several years ago I drove 100 miles to get a breeding pair of homing pigeons.  These birds are often used to train bird dogs.  When you release them they go back to the home coop.  I wanted the breeding pair to acclimate their offspring to my coop.

After bringing the pair home- I went to put them in the new coop I had made for them and the male escaped my grasp.

Within 3 hours it was back to where I had bought him from.

Since then I often have thought there was money in breeding and selling escape homing pigeons.

Kyle

I almost could hear a deflation sound ...

How quickly do these cuttings usually go? Is it gone that day type if crazy?
Judging by the previous posts I'm not expecting a serious answer, but hoping for 1.

Depends  on what is de rigeur. Any answer is a bit complicated, because all cultivars do not yield the same number of cuttings and those highly sought can be gone quickly. So, supply and demand by cultivar will influence your chances. Also, perhaps an east coast-west coast problem, as Jon is on the west coast and we east of the Mississippi may be napping when he finally let's loose the fig list.

I assume they are fist come fist served. It all depends on the variety and a suspense around it. Come up with your list now and stick to it otherwise you will get 2x more.
Not all the varieties will be available but many to keep you busy.

A while back it was first come, first served but that made us put in multiple orders.  We rapidly submitted an order for the best 3 cuttings, went back and ordered a few other important ones, and then other order(s).  That, in Jon's words, "drove him crazy".  So last year he gave a 3 day window, saying all orders arriving by a certain date would be treated equally.  I haven't seen a comment on how that worked for him.  The pricing structure was different 2 years ago than it was last year.  Only Jon and possibly his helpers know how it's going to be this year.  And, truth is, it's possible that Jon hasn't even decided yet.  :)   Being new doesn't put you at any disadvantage.  I'm just trying to entertain you while you wait.

You have to remember that this is a huge job.  I've sent over 100 boxes of cuttings of 1 or 2 varieties and that drove me nuts.  Jon has over 1000 varieties and probably 1000 requests.  He charges *much* less than he'd make from ebay.  This means that he needs to optimize his workflow and we have to fall in line with it so he doesn't get burnt out.  Or at least so he can recover in less than a year.  :)

That being said; Jon, are we there yet?   :)

Since we have flown off topic, I finally noticed (when I was looking for the Fig that are available on the home page) that there is other Fruit. And, in addition, I noticed links to the California Rare Fruit Growers. 

My questions are these:

1) Are there any fig plants available?

2) Are there any other Fruiting plants available?

3) Is there any chance of posting other CRFG links? I.e.; Sacramento, CA, etc?