Welcome Mike, very happy to have you here! We have many " Fig Pros " here,so if you have any questions I am very sure they can answer them for you! : )

Welcome!

Welcome Mike.  Good to have another Mike on the forum.  And from NY at that.  Welcome.

Mike   central NY state, zone 5a

Welcome!

Welcome, thanks for sharing your story and pictures. Those giant figs remind me of mangos.

Hi gpapa693,
Welcome to the forum !
Nice figs and good growing !

Thank you for all the warm welcomes.
eboone- you had me cracking up with your advice.

I will try to answer as many questions as i can.
    I am not currently growing those giant figs. The tree those figs came from is in Italy, near La Spezia. They tasted great, very sweet. As for the variety, he knows of 2 varieties, green and purple. Unfortunately my relatives in italy who tired to grow cuttings from that tree were unable to produce figs as large as his, but they were still delicious. I will be asking my stateside relatives if they have clones of that tree. I don't know yet if my grandmother's tree is the same one.

   I will update everyone when i have more answers.

As far as trades- as of right now i dont have that big fig. I only have chicago hardy and a bunch of an unknown variety from italy. I will probably be asking for help to ID it when it has leaves and fruit.

Thanks again
-Mike

You can always get a care package from Italy. While your at it, have them send you some Brioschi, the stuff is like gold these days.

Welcome Mike ! Lots of great info. here !

Welcome Mike. Love the size of your figs.

Welcome, Mike.  It's always nice to have a new fig to be on the lookout for!

Welcome aboard.

Welcome, Mike.  You'll find everything you ever need to know about figs here.