Figs are amazing and it's hard to stop growing just one. And it started in Marietta Georgia where I only had 1 Brown Turkey and 1 Celeste. When I moved to Charlotte, I bought 3 that surprised me by fruiting with very little care. Today I have......well, I'll just say I have over 500 fig trees. I just fell in love with figs.
My boss has 137 arces a few miles north of Charlotte. This summer, he tasted his first fresh fig. (A few weeks back, I brought in a huge bowl of figs.) THat day, he tried one and then another, and then another and then another. He cleaned out my entire bowl of figs! Since that day, all he talks about is how those figs taste. And guess what? Now, he wants to buy some fig trees to put on his property. He said he's hooked!
Yesteday, a lady and her husband stopped by my place. They were interested in buying my swimming pool. When the lady saw all my trees, she said, "what in heaven are all of those"? I told her they were fig trees. I explained the different types and cultivars I have. Some were ripe on the trees so I walked over and picked one Bayenfeige Violetta and one Strawberry fig and gave it to them. Both almost passed out with just one bite of the BV! They laughed so hard till they had tears in their eyes saying, "Wow, those were good"! The lady said the BV was almost too sweet and the Strawberry tasted like a sweet tangy berry.
To make a long story short, they bought the pool. I gave them a one 3 gallon Hardy Chicago fig tree and a couple of jars of fig jam. So, yes, figs are so addictiing!!!!!!