Dear fig growers,

We will have an informal field day/information session for fig growers on Saturday July 13^th

Fig Field Day

Burden Research Center

4560 Essen Lane

Baton Rouge, La 70809

8am – noon

Saturday July 13, 2013

About twenty varieties and breeding selections of figs will be on display. Orchard tours will be given to discuss tree architecture and management. Most varieties should be at the peak of harvest. All the LSU AgCenter developed varieties will be available for sampling and evaluation. Many of the common varieties grown in the area will be available for sampling. There will be a discussion on orchard management to include training, pruning and weed control. A local culinary expert will be on hand to discuss ways of preparing figs and how figs pair with certain foods.

Some of the named Fig varieties in evaluation orchards:

Celeste, Hunt, Kadota, Alma, O’Rourke, Tiger, Champagne, LSU Purple, LSU Gold, Hardy Chicago, Smith

S.E. Brown Turkey, Texas everbearing, Magnolia, Marseille, Scotts Black

 received this email from LSU .....Brian

I have made plans to attend!

looking forward to meet you Charles...........I should be there, Brian

Sounds like a  great opportunity, I wish I lived close enough to attend.
Have fun.

Holy cow! I would love this. Too bad it is so far away.

Wished I could be there. Have fun guys.

hello Paully....we will post some pics and keep you update on the event ! 

CajunB,

Is there a fee or do you have to call to reserve a space.  I'm thinking about it.  4.5 hr drive for me.

no..........its open to the public

I am going to celebrate my birthday that day. I wish I can be there as well.

Oh that's nothing. Just a 34 hour drive for me. 2408 miles of lonely road. Think of how many figs I could find on that trip there. 

I will be there!!!!!  <3miles from my home!

What's the closest airport? ;-)

Baton Rogue airport is about 20 minutes and New Orleans airport is about 50 minutes

Ouch..$600-700 airfare plus hotel is a bit out of my comfort zone. Dang it, sounds like a great opportunity. I have all the varieties listed but 3; S.E. Brown Turkey, Texas everbearing, and Kadota.

If anyone is interested may be we should meet early maybe for breakfast before it starts. We'd need to figure it out though as we'd have to adjust our drive time. Also we could swap or give away some Summer cuttings. I think I will have some LSU Gold cuttings I could bring.

Brackishfigger, Brian and maybe Steve. Looking forward to it.

Dr. Charlie Johnson will be there. He has been involved in the LSU fig program for many years and has been the releasor of all recent (last thirty years or so) LSU figs.

I encourage all who can possibly make it to attend. You will probably learn more from this one event than you could learn in months if not years of studying figs. This is an opportunity to see years of fig research by experts.

count me in.  I'd love to meet y'all. 

sounds like a plan Charles.......i'll bring a few small fig trees to trade

For those of you who would come in from out of town, and locals, it would be great to head out as a group to Acme Oyster House or The Chimes or some other reasonably-priced beer-serving Louisiana-centric venue for lunch after.

What a figtastic event! Work will keep me away but you'all have a great time and take plenty of pictures and videos so we can all share.

Charles, thanks for the early invite.

Frank,

I will take plenty of pictures. I'd like to do some video but I'm not sure if I can get the equipment I'd need.

Sounds great , wish I could get there.
Hope you all have a great time !
Is this a yearly event or something new they have started doing ?

Hey Kerry,this is an annual event,every year around the first or second weekend of july or whenever the figs are ripe......

Oh, well, for us Californians it is a bit too far :(
But we have the fig day in San Diego coming!!!!!

Sue, care for a little kadota? :)
I have some cuttings.