Thank you for sharing great information.  

Thanks, Jon.  I thought the earlier comments referred to them eventually getting put into the "links" section.  Maybe they're not ready for that yet but it might save some trouble for folks to find them in the future.  Thanks again for your efforts in putting together such vast information.

Hasn't been "eventual" yet.

Jon - thanks for posting the list this way!  Much easier for me to save it.

I can send it as a word doc for people who are interested. E-mail me.

George,

Thanks for posting this way back in 2008.  Interesting note to #100, using hormone spray to get a main crop to develop.

I hadn't noticed that but it's probably something a lot of folks could try if they were willing to do the work.  A friend growing citrus in a Colorado greenhouse sprays his blooms with GA3 to set fruit and it works very well for him.  I guess it could do the same for figs but a bit more difficult to spray the flower since it's enclosed.

I held on to a 12-page brochure that was given to me when I went to Belleclare Nursery in the Spring of 2004 or 2005. Some really interesting stuff if you're into a bit of Nostalgia...

Page 1- 'Welcome To The World of Figs'

Page 2- a reprint of an article published on Thursday June 4th 1992 in the New York Times titled 'Growing-In Praise of the Figs Many Splendors' written by Anne Raver. An interesting article that clarifies the origin/naming of Pop's Purple Red by Chris DiPaola himself. 

Page 3- 'Caring For Your Fig Tree'

Page 4, 5 and 6- 'Fig Varieties' including Ethnic Varieties

Page 7- 'How to Transplant a Potted Fig Tree'

Page 8- 'How to Wrap Fig Tree for Winter'

Page 9- 'Pot Culture Care of Fig Trees'

Page 10- 'Do's and Dont's' 

Page 11- 'Spring Care'

And Page 12....Ernestine DiPaola's Fig Apricot Rum Cake Recipe

I have attached Page 1 and Page 2 and a picture of my Pop's Purple Red that was purchased at the Nursery that Spring

...Wanna see more?

You can find the entire 12 pages in this thread

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/belleclare-brochurehandout-from-the-nursery-6189106?pid=1276708038#post1276708038

Scot-

Seeing the old, original Belleclare listings and instructions brings me back to when I bought my first fig trees.  That was back in 2007.  I knew absolutely nothing about growing figs, and I went to visit Belleclare's  before they closed for good.  Chris gave me the grand tour, and explained how to keep my fig trees alive. 

Nice men, nice nursery, very missed...and their legacy still lives on. 


Frank

Frank, my first figs came from Belleclare (and some from Paradise). I learned all about growing figs in containers from those guys. They had it down to a science. Seeing all of those trees growing in pots on the pavement in the rear of that place was a sight to see. I made several trips in the early 2000's just to see them do their thing. Amazing to just listen and learn from them.

Yes, Scot....I was struck dumb by the shear number of containerized trees that these gents were growing.  I had absolutely no clue that a fig tree could be grown in a pot!  That is, until I went to Belleclare.  Chris got my head straight, and I never looked back.

It is lamentable that these kind of specialized nurseries are a dying breed.  People do get tired and old, and the cost of doing business, rents, regulations, insurance, shipping, etc... has gotten to be obscene.  Every time you turn around, you're taxed, fined, or regulated.

I am glad I got to see this nursery before it closed for good.


Frank

@George , can I use this list in my thread Varieties and Synonyms?

Sure! ... Why not?
(Anyway, it is not my list ... I just helped to preserve that BC# list.)

that's a very nice List and very important info, nice of you to preserve such a treasure.

Thank you for posting, Gorgi.  Really good stuff.  Brings me back to my first fig tree.  :)

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/belleclare-celeste-figs-6333737