My favorite Fig tree in town I a big one on the Methodist Nashville District Property near the building where the Upper Room is near Vanderbilt and Peabody campuses.  Quite a large tree, with (to me) great tasting figs.  Not having truly eyeballed named varieties of figs, not sure what variety, but I suspect Celeste. 

Well there I was on Saturday, had a hankering to go get some scions for rooting.  A couple of friends wanted a tree.  So, what else to do but visit my favorite tree.  When I get there, I was greeted with this sight. 



I guess this would be considered pruning in Nashville.  Unless I went to get my chainsaw and had a couple of 5-gallon buckets for rooting - not getting any this year from this tree.  So went a couple of blocks to where there are two more trees.  One probably Celeste the other the figs are much bigger, but don't ripen every year.  Got some cutting from the big fig one. 

This is why we should form P.E.T.T.

P.eople for
E.thical
T.reatment of
T.rees

I guess not everyone likes figs.

Are you sure it was due to pruning? Kind of looks like tornado damage to me....

Funny you should mention tornado - that was what 8 years ago or so and one twister was just the other side of Vanderbilt campus from this tree and the main twister  (downtown) was less than 1.5 mile at touchdown, but probably within 1/4 mile while still up in the cloud - also just the other side of Vanderbilt Campus.  Long way from last year's flood though!  BTW - beautiful paintings.

If they grant you permission the canes would still be ok too root or if they let you some of the other <<Outer >>  ones could be uprooted with a few roots only attached and will take .
If thats what you really want.

These smaller branches look good like dieseler said

Definitely a [dense] BUSH fig tree.

The Panache I got from Jon was rooted from a log as big as the ones pictured. Proof it can be done.

This fig in this pic is the actual cutting being rooted.

I just repotted it again into a smaller pot with fertilome potting mix.
Hope I didn't screw it up.