Four years ago I went on a missions trip to an orphanage in Swaziland. This January I am planning on going back. I need to raise the funds in order to go so I decided to sell all of my figs and cuttings for the rest of the year and 100% of the proceeds will go towards the trip. For more info you can click the link. http://www.bulembu.org/

I have for sale a few varieties. All are in #3 pots and are about 2-3' tall.

U. Greek Yellow AD (20)
U. Orangeburg (10)
U. Carini RG (1)
U. Englishtown (1)
U. Italian Yellow Westfield (1)
U. Sorrento (2)
Adriatic JH (2)

All are $25 plus shipping. ($20-$25) the the Eastern 1/3 of the country. West of that the shipping gets crazy.

What a noble cause! Aaron is awesome. I wanted to mention that the Unk yellow Greek cuttings I got from him fruited this year and were absolutely delicious. The flesh tasted a lot like Hollier which I really like except with a nice smooth skin. My daughter and I both preferred it over Brooklyn white. It seems to be hardy, too. I plan on getting some more of these trees from Aaron, especially now that I know it's going to a great cause! Good luck, Aaron and thank you.

Ah, this is great!! I understand why you want to go back! I was in Nairobi last year on a mission trip as well...nothing like the feeling the beautiful little faces of the children and people who are so kind and loving. I was humbled. So glad you are going back! God bless you. I will send you a PM.

Thank you for the kind words. The children of this orphanage are truly the lucky ones. They are often quite literally rescued off of the streets. I am humbled to be able to be a very tiny piece of that effort. You don't know how lucky you are to be able to have a moment to worry about figs until being in places like that. I do not take my blessings for granted.

That being said...

All of the Unknowns for sale at this time I collected myself. I have not tasted it so I cannot comment. The leaf of U Englishtown is very interesting with very long skinny fingers.

I collected it from Englishtown NJ.

I cannot say for 100% sure, but I can say that mine did not arrive in the states via FF. It would be highly unlikely they would be the same. There are hundreds of figs in Carini.

I still have a few varieties left. At this point all of the trees have gone dormant. I can ship them either bare root or shake off some of the soil and ship them in 1 gallon pots. Either way would reduce shipping cost to $10. If you prefer I could even delay shipping until early spring.

Hello my friend.

What varieties do you have left?

What you are doing is wonderful!

Can you use cuttings?

Mike

Here is what is left:

U. Greek Yellow AD (10)
U. Orangeburg (10)
U. Englishtown (1)
U. Italian Yellow Westfield (1)
U. TX Blue Giant (1)
U. East Brunswick (1)
U. Italian Yellow Westfield II (1)
U. Naples Yellow (1)


I will update as things are sold.

I'd love to see pictures of the fruit if you have any, Aaron.

If you search my name and the name of the fig on the forum you'll see more pics including the fruit. BigBadBill posted pics of my Yellow Greek AD above in this thread.

I returned from Swaziland last week. Thank you all for your support. Here are a few pictures. I was able to start some fig cuttings that I brought along.

http://s1079.photobucket.com/user/Adelmanto/library/Bulembu

Looks like an awesome place. Hope to see those trees thriving in a few years. Was there any local fig trees in the area?

I know figs grow around Cape Town. The only figs I saw were Cluster Figs, they don't really count. It's a weird micro climate. Guava grow like weeds but papaya don't ripen well. Apples, peaches, and citrus are all poor performers. It's 4000' above sea level so that may be a factor. Tree tomatoes grow well so fingers crossed.

Hi Aaron. Welcome back. 

You have my curiosity up - What is a tree tomato? Is this anything like an actual tomato?

Glad to hear some of your cuttings made it there....

Joe.
The tomatoe was not always what we know it as today but was domesticated from the wild tomatoe which is basically a bush or weed. I believe there are 8 or so wild tomatoes but I'm not sure you'd want to eat them. "Tomatoeland" is a great book about the culture of tomatoes.

Craig - I hear you. I just always believed that tomatoes (a fruit I love dearly) was born of central America and  brought to Europe in the 1500's. A "tomato tree" I've never heard of....but it sounds good.

I'm going to look for that book. Thanks

A tree tomato is in the Tamarillo family. Will produce egg sized / shaped red fruit from seed in about a year. Perennial in zone 9-10. Will grow in 3-4 years to 10' x 10'. I first had it in Peru. I'm pretty sure it's not native to Africa. I'd post pics but Photobucket is a pain and it's just as easy to google it. Not one of my favorite flavors. The skin is bitter. The flesh is a cross between a tomato and a kiwi. Those of you picturing picking salad tomatoes off of your tree in the backyard will have to keep dreaming.

LOL....OK. No tomato sauce tree yet then....I knew it was too good to be true...

Glad you had a safe trip.  Funny you should mention Tree Tomatoes.  I've got four little seedlings growing right now.  Well, hopefully they're actually tree tomatoes.   The novelty of it got me.

Aaron - welcome back! Glad the trip went well.

The Prosciutto have taken off like gangbusters. Then the Spadafora Yellow. The Spadafora Dark are sleepy, but around the corner.