Tim, glad to hear of your success. I haven't started any cutting yet but will be doing so soon. I had too many other projects to finish and I also didn't want to keep them growing in pots inside the house. I've solved that problem and I am now ready to start some rooting. Will keep you posted.
"gene"

Tim,
    I just  found and followed your thread. It woudl be fun (for me) to know where in Italy your neighbor's aunt lived (actually,  where the figs lived). The region or the town. Lots of Italians in Pa. came from the Abbruzze-Campo Basso region.

Tim, great to here that your doing good with your rooting efforts. In the weeks since my last post, I have potted and transfered eight of them outside. I also found that the number three prefered to be just completly burried. The two black pots in the third picture went through the winter outside that way. I still have a few inside and should be transfering them outside within the next few weeks. Overall I would say they are doing pretty good.

Tim, update pictures on the three unknown Italians. They are all doing fine. I have added these three to my collection. 

They look great, nice job.



luke

I have started my cuttings from Tim in April and they are doing well. I cannot see any difference in their leaves at this point though. Could it be cuttings of the same variety?

Tim, Charles, and others who are growing these cuttings-- do you see any difference in their leaves?

Thanks for the updates everyone! No huge differences in the leaves here either but time will tell. If any of my rooted suckers put on figs this year I'll be sure to post pics. My cuttings that I stored in the root cellar were the only ones I had separated out by plant so we'll see. I do think there are at least two different trees here just based on the width of the tree. Hopefully they're both different!

I've given away quite a few rooted cuttings so they seem to root rather easily

Boris, although still young the leaves of #1 and #3 look the same. However  #2 does look different. Time will tell as they age and when they fruit. 

Tim, I just want to add my success to this list. Number one rooted best and I have several in pots. Number 2 and 3 are still in cups and developing more slowly but I think they will make it. Thanks for the cuttings and if you need anything let me know.
"gene"

It's been a number of months now since my last update.  I didn't get a chance to check on the crop this year up close, but I drive by this set of trees every day and I believe I've saw some of the main crop ripening around the end of August.

The owner really hacked back the tree this year around mid-summer because it was growing over the driveway and out into the yard quite a bit.  Some of the branches must have grown 5+ ft this year.  I don't think the owner fertilizes at all and the tree isn't protected a bit in the winter.

How are the cuttings doing that I've sent out?  Did anyone allow them to put on figs?

I'll likely be able to get quite a number of cuttings again this year if anyone is interested.  I'm especially interested in trading for the varieties in my wish list but I know most of these have been pretty difficult/expensive to come by lately.

Overall though I'm mostly interested in seeing these trees spread around so that's my main intent in distributing cuttings.  PM me if interested.

Tim,
I ate 2 figs from a #3 plant. Small, blackish figs with red pulp. They were sweet and good. It is a keeper for me. I am not going to keep the plants unprotected this winter. But will expose them to the cold in the winter of 2013-2014. However, #1,#2, and #3 seam to be the same variety. The leafs are Hardy Chicago type.

I have as well extra plants or cuttings for trade or to sell. Will have to chop them severely for shipment, as they grew up 4-5' in height on my plot with good soil.

Just posting to show I'm following and to bump the thread. I might just have to take you up on your offer.

Chills

Hi Tim.  Sent you a PM last night.

Mike

@MichaelTucson, got the PM, you should see a reply.  

Thanks for the updates and interest everyone.  I was able to get two ripe figs prior to the frost/freeze Friday from rooted suckers.  Like Boris said, they were similar to Hardy Chicago and quite good.  I'll be interested to see how they all produce next year.

Was finally able to get some cuttings today!  First pic is a shot of the cuttings, additional shots are of the mother trees.  I've tried to conceal the house as much as possible in interests of the owner, so the shots of the trees are mostly of their trunks.  The trees themselves are probably 10-12' tall and are never protected.

Sorry for the quality of the shots, I was using my phone.  Cuttings should go out within a week to the interested parties.