There has been some recent discussion of FMV, so I thought I'd post shots of my Celeste that was severely infected as a rooted cutting in 2010, and how it looks today.

Ken seems like its growing nice despite FmV as many do so good for you !
I like when a plant laughs at it as mine do the same now since my ucdavis ischia black finally died.

Every time I read postings that discuss FMV, UC Davis is always mentioned.  Their name has been kicked around for years.

Why would they continue to distribute infected stock?  I don't get it.  I would never order anything from them, and then, hope for the best.  Hey, but that's just me.

Frank

The purpose of UC Davis distributing cuttings is officially for research. Breeding any of their infected figs would still produce healthy seedlings. And also, like has been mentioned, trees will often grow out of it and be healthy.
I do wonder if new additions that are not known to be infected will become so at Davis.

Bronx, They still distribute it because they believe that FMV is "ubiquitous" and that most, if not all trees around the world are already infected. They also believe that it is not a serious problem.

The most attention is paid by the USDA, State Ag and County Ag, to diseases which are detrimental and injurious to crop plants. If it kills or adversely affects plants used for food (wheat, oranges, grapes, etc) and which are major agricultural products of country, then it is serious. And so on.

FMV is just not that big of an issue.

Ken,

FMV is very obvious in Celeste in the early Spring and ltne fall (when it is cooler and damper) and all symptoms disappear during the warmer parts of the growing season.

Thanks for the information.

Frank

Thanks all.

Thanks for posting the photos Ken.  I appreciate seeing a tree that has reduced the visible symptoms.  I recently got a bunch of young trees donated to me by "Fig Santa Claus" - a very generous guy.  Some of them show significant FMV, a couple fairly severe.  (Most hard-hit seems to be VdB... don't know if that cultivar is particularly susceptible or not).  So seeing the images of your Celeste is quite encouraging.  Thanks for posting them.