This fig is my unknown from a fig grown in the ground, unprotected in Clifton, NJ.  Very productive and hardy.  Not sure of the quality of the fruit.  This fig grew at the house I grew up at until I was 10 years old.  I remember eating lots of these fruit as a kid, but not sure about how the fruit would compare to some of the varieties I have tasted recently (Celeste, Marseilles VS, Hardy Chicago, LSU Gold, Black Mission, and Kadota).  I got 3 cuttings of this fig in 2010.  All 3 rooted.  Gave 2 away.  The one I have is growing well and seems very cold hardy.  As a kid I remember this fig producing 2 crops.  I will post pics this year when I have fruit.  Do the leaves remind anyone of a known variety?  In the pic it is the 3rd fig, all the way to the right.  Pics from 2010.  Figs are, in order, VDB (wrecked by over-fertilizing), Barnisotte, and Jersey.

Clifton has a mix of people from different ethnicities. So this fig can be anything from Italian, Turkish, or middle eastern.

Hi FrozenJoe
The VDB looks like it's in trouble
Vito

Vito,

It is very easy to shock a plant with MG fertilizer, or any other fertilizer for that matter.

On a newly rooted cutting, I would use nothing greater than 1/4 strength dose, preferrably 1/8th.  This may seem like very little, but you must consider that this is NOT a well-established plant, it has very weak/tiny root system, so a little fertilizer through a few dozen roots versus a little fertilizer through a few thousand roots... night and day difference.

I bought that (NJ-fig) from ebay a few years ago.

Use osmocote or other slow release fertilizers.  I killed some citrus trees using too much fertilizer years ago and did not spread it evenly.  You reduce this risk using slow release fertilizers.  Citrus are heavy feeders but figs do not require as much nitrogen.  Applying too much fertilizer can also reduce the fig production so be careful!

Gorgi,