My grandmother is itching to cut back her tentatively ID’ed as Battaglia Green by Herman (Petersburg Mother) and does not seem like she will wait till the fall.

I wanted to find out if there is anyone local to the Northern VA / DC / Southern MD area (Falls Church, VA) that would be interested in picking up some of the green cuttings. I had hoped that I could convince her to wait till the fall and then I could offer them and ship them out to forum members but it doesn't seem that way.

My uncle is going to cut it back so it is likely to be cut back today. I will put some of the cuttings into water but the sooner any interested party can pick them up the better.

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You can mail them out green why wait ? I mailed out ten cuttings to another member and they where fine and doing great now.

You have a private message with an address from me.  I'll be happy to pay you!

Suzi

that looks some what like Paradiso Gene..

pete

I am only doing the green cuttings locally because this is a hellish week for me where I haven't been getting home until 2 AM. My uncle has already pruned the tree and I had my grandmother put the cuttings to the side so I can give people the address to pick them up locally if you PM me. Unfortunately I do not have time this week to get them out in the mail for people interested and it they are going to be sitting out in 100 degree heat.

If you want local, try Craigs List.  Sorry I missed that "local" word, and I understand you can't ship.  Too slammed!  Understand that completely!

Craigs list is pretty good, and you may get some cutting profit!  Hack away!

Suzi

Matt, I live in Maryland not far from you and am considering your kind offer. When do the figs (BG?) become ripe for you? How do you like the flavor in our climate? Is the eye open (as with BG)and is this a problem with insect damage? Thanks. Steve

This year they are currently forming now they will become ripe in late August or early September. The produce for a long time last year I think the last one I got was in October 20th.

It is an open eye when ripe, but closed until right before it becomes ripe, low splitting. 

The most damage is from ants but they go after the figs one at a time and usually are the ones that might have split open from too much watering. It does not seem to attract wasps the same way other figs I know of do. It had done well in zone 7a for well over 50 years with minimal die-back.

I personally really like the flavor and like any fresh grown fig WAY better than what you will find in stores. I like the interior taste better than the skin as the skin always seems a little bit bitter to me, but your mileage may very.