I'm taking the questions to me from the "cuttings wish list" thread and moving them into a new thread here.

Alan, thanks for the advice on picking varieties for New England weather.  One of my goals is to grow a few varieties and pick out the ones that grow well in my conditions: grown in pots, surviving the dormant period indoors, fast growing, quick ripening, and other traits yet undetermined.

I purchased some of my trees from Kerry Sullivan in New Hampshire, known here as "drivewayfarmer".  Kerry is a very well experienced gardener and gardening magazine editor, and I used his knowledge and experience in choosing those varieties that will succeed in this climate.  Kerry visited me last summer and brought me some wonderful plants.

Rob0520, The best variety, so far for me, is Atreano.  I purchased two plants last year from Kerry, and this year they are doing very well.  Each plant has numerous figs and growth is excellent in pots.  The fruit is large and it looks like they'll ripen soon, certainly before frost in September.

I also have fruit on Marseilles VS blk that I got from Kerry.  Those figs formed a little later than the Atreano, and the trees aren't as vigorous, but I think they are a good choice for the northeast.  I think the fruit will ripen before frost.  I will know more about M VS after one more growing season.

Next in line would be Sal's #1, then blk Triana from Joe Morley, and then Paradiso, also from Morley.  I have two Violette de Bordeaux that I bought from Edible Landscape, and they are growing well with some fruit, but too young to know how well they will turn out here.

I have a web site that I keep my records on and you're welcome to visit and keep tabs on the progress for my trees.  The link is in my signature below.

Good luck to everyone, and I have a bountiful crop.

Thanks!

Hey Andrew ,
Good to see you posting again.
If I could make a correction , though I wouldn't mind being a garden magazine editor I never have been. My work has always been organic and bio-dynamic vegetable and fruit production. My wife and I worked for Mother Earth News magazine doing a demonstration garden,but left there back in the early 80's. We only helped with articles about that demo garden.
Good to hear about the Atreano doing well. It is interesting about the fruit set , for me the MVSB is loaded with fruit and the Atreanos are very big plants but only a few fruit. Both treated the same and both in" Bill's Figs" type 25 gallon pots.
Saw Ronde de Bordeaux on your cuttings wish list , if your fishing activities ever bring you over to the Laconia,NH area I have a bunch of RdB plants(and others) for sale in 2 gallon pots . Don't want to ship , but I remember your fishing gets you into NH sometimes. If you just want cuttings of RDB, I am happy to send you those in December , just let me know.
Great website .
Best ,
Kerry

Thanks Andrew for sharing.I'll have to get a Atreano.

Thanks Kerry.  I knew you were connected with the Mother, so I got it almost right...

I'll let you know when I'm crossing the line into New Hampshire.  I'd like to see what you have growing.  I'm almost done, for this year, with work on my house.  I'm re-siding it and I try to do one side each year.  I pinched a nerve in my back last week and I've been laid up since, so I now have some time to get caught up on this forum.  I'll be fishing in Montauk in October, and November with my son, and I hope to make it to New Hampshire for trout in September.  That all depends on whether I finish my house work.  I hope things are going well for you and your wife.  Look forward to seeing you again.

Rob, definitely give Atreano a try, I think you'll like them.

Kerry,

I noticed your mention of Bills Figs, so I did a little searching, and I found this discussion from 2009.

That's an interesting potting method.  I especially like the black plastic top.  I'll have to give it a try.  Anyone else try the method?  Any modifications?  Where can I get the heavy duty pot Bill uses?

He has some beautiful trees.  Is he a regular at this forum?

Kerry:My Atreano,was also ,just like yours:not too many fruits when young.
Many large size  fruits,cultivars are like that.
Marseilles Black Vs,makes smaller fruits so that is why it makes many.
Of course Atreano will make more and more fruits the older it gets.

Herman2 ,
That is good to know about Atreano. The fruit that is on there is looking nice and big , so I should get to try it. I am not worried about it producing well in the future and this was a cold Spring and early Summer here in NH , not the best for high fig production.
I am really glad udaman's Atreano is setting figs well.

Andrew ,
The pots he uses and that I use are from F&M Tool and Plastic in Leominster ,MA.  Only sell by the pallet from there , I believe.
Bill uses both the Better BarrelZ they sell and what they call their 24" Eco Planter  I use the 24" Planter.
I don't use the top black plastic cover because I like the rainwater getting to the roots and I top water as well as fill the resevoir . The top cover keeps you from washing the fairly heavy top dressing of fertilizer into the rootzone too fast. I'm fertilze mine organically , so it is not a problem .
Bill's system is great and he makes and sells a pot mover that makes it easy to move the big pots around and over bumpy ground.
If I had my choice and had a sunny area besides my driveway I would use a smaller pot planted slightly or placed on the ground where its roots could escape into the garden soil. That is what you are doing already , I think.
Should be another thread started by a member named Duane about sub irrigated pots that I thought was interesting. 

Drivewayfarmer

Mother Earth News - man that brings back memories.  I have every issue from day one to the day they sold out.  Tried to find the farm in NC one time many moons ago - in the days before GPS and Navigation.  Did not find it, but certainly found some cool waterfalls in the area - or at least I think I was in the area.

Caneyscud,
The Mother Earth News property for demos was half way between Hendersonville and Brevard , NC near Etowah, NC.
Magazine offices were in Hendersonville.
Pisgah National Forest has some great waterfalls and if you were lucky you found Sliding Rock and had a cool dunk in the river.
Love that area of NC.

Caneyscud,

You must then remember Euell Gibbons, "Stalking the Wild Asparagus", and "Malibar Farm", and "Five Acres and Freedom".  I too had many issues of Mother Earth News in the 70s.

Kerry,

Thanks for the lead on the pots.  I don't think I'll need a full pallet, but we'll see what we can do.

And don't forget Foxfire and Rodale's stuff

I think I was on the way to bid the basketball arena at UNC at Chapel Hill and I was the advance person.  All I had was an address - so and so number on Highway ??.  I had a good atlas, but found no street numbers and no sign for the farm - if in fact I was in the right area.  I think I stopped at 2 or 3 falls.  Cannot remember the names - this was at least 25 years ago as you well know!  We had Sliding Rocks in Texas also - best was at Pedernales Falls - That was a rush!

Actually not going to be too far from there this weekend - rafting the Ocoee with a group of guys from church.