Were there 2 different kinds of figs or were they all the same?  Did your new friend say?

Thanks Scott very much,
I have way better pics but they will not upload! I have to figure out another way.
Most trees around here are huge and Celeste is a typical variety in the southern states! The fact that it holds and ripens a lot of fruit is promising ! The cutting I am growing is doing well with strong roots forming ,swollen buds but still dormant. It was pretty easy to root !
I will definetly ask more questions about the tree.

Hey Bob.
He did not seem to know the dif but I m keeping the cuttings seperate just in case. Most likely the same but only time will tell!
You can make out the second tree in the background ! That poor thing is in bad shape. They both need a good haircut so they can regain their strength.

I'm wondering if there may be any old news paper articles about the trees and their story.  I'm sure it would just say fig and not a cultivar, might name the people involved. ... could be the start of a crumb trail. 

I look forward to seeing more pics, and now trying to grow a giant fig tree outside in Colorado.....  So, what is the most cold hardy short season fig? ????

Scott

Are the photos to big to post Chris? I use a photobucket account to store my photos and use a link from them to post to this site. Perhaps that could help.

Exactly! It tells my they are more than 1 MB and I tried to crop them but.... Thanks for the lead! I ll try doing that!

Very nice work Chris, and what an amazing coincidence!

Hey Chris, I use Photo Gallery to resize to about 7-800KB.

Thanks very much Ed. Right place at the right time!

Thanks Wayne . I use my iPad to do all my posting so I m trying to figure out how to edit the pic without chopping it to badly!

Hi Chris,

You can just plug it in here and specify less than a meg.

http://www.picresize.com/results

Cheers,

Paul

Hi Chrisk,
Did you wear the famous ninja suit ? Or because the tree was in an open area, you couldn't :) ?
Looking right and left, that reminds me of my fig cuttings hunting during my last Summer holidays :) . Nice memories :) .

I see some small root suckers or small stems near the base, I would have tried those as well.
Although I have to admit that for a quick cut, cutting in the canopy between belt and shoulder height is much quicker.
From Fig Ninja to Fig Ninja, I had a non-transparent bag at one wrist and the cuttings would fell directly in the bag :) .

See, you've even found one of the fig tree's guardian. It is amazing how quickly they can show up when you approach "their" tree !
If you meet him again, I have a question : how do his club fetch the higher figs ? Do they climb a ladder ? At their age, this is not reasonable ! They should call you :) .

That was a good adventure ! around two really nice fig trees !

What a beautiful old tree!   Thanks for sharing, Chris.

Wow thanks very much for the wonderful response .
JDSFRANCE lol the ninja suit did come up as a thought, I actualy wanted to go in full camo gear and take my pics under the trees just for laughs but as you all know and unfortunately I must say , these days full camo and a backpack ,taking pics of places ... Can get you in major trouble !! I desided to go in my LA Galaxy soccer sweatsuit and an orange beanie hat! I figured the more visible ,the least the attention in my case.
I also thought about uprooting the suckers but I desided to take only limbs that will eventually grow back. I made sure to leave at least a few nodes to the branches I took cuttings from .
Like pruning it . I realy want those trees to come back healthy and now I have another reason, I know I m not the only one with that expectation.
I will definetly try to meet the old man again , he probably has a similar routine every day and ask for more info. I got so excited ,I did not even ask for the mans name!

Lilly thanks for your kind words,best wishes to you for a very successful season also!:)

Jessy thanks for reading, my pleasure sharing with friends!

Paul thanks for the link. I think this is my best bet, and thank you very much for the amazing cuttings! Hey, check out my wish list;).

I m glad to be part of this forum Yall. Nothing but beautiful people!!!!!!

Maybe the parks dept will accept your offer to prune the trees to restore them to health.  They may have more info as well.

That would be awesome but I ll need some heavy weaponry to trim those bad boys!

Hey Lilli.
It will be spring before you know it and we ll be working like ants to make things happen before fall arrives again! You get what I m trying to say! We always complain that time goes by too fast so it is ok that time slows down a bit in the winter.
Plus we need some time to prepare for fig season. Just sayin.

Here are some more pics.

I too am ready for spring.  But your right Chris, I'm not ready yet.   So much to do and so little time to do it. 

Yup and when it finally comes ,it s over in the blink of an eye! Just like this weekend. Lol
Like I always say: back to reality tomorrow ! Yall have a good night!

Nice pictures, you weren't kidding that you would need some heavy weaponry to prune them.

I hope everybody gets some cuttings from these trees, it will be great to see how they do through out the country and what cultivar they are. 

Thank you again for the story and the cuttings Chris.  

Wow, you weren't kidding - that is a huge tree! 

This should be an interesting grow out.

It sure is Jeff ! Most of the top,if not all , has been dead since last winter but there sure is hope at the bottom! Thanks for helping out Jeff, I hope they grow well for you.

Thank you also Scott for the encouragement and support ! I have a few cuttings left and if no one claims them I ll teach a couple of soccer buddies how to.....
Maybe send a couple to #4444 along with Aaron's package!
Spread the love!lol!

Looking forward to the cuttings, it will be interesting to see how they do up here in eastern MA.

Hopefully they will ripen before frost.

Thanks Kevin! From the info I got from my new buddy it rippens late July here in GA so you have a good chance to get some fruit by late August,mid September! I'm in the process of growing my first cuttings of this tree now so I do not know if it will produce on the first year ,only time will tell!