Tony, I have a 22 y.o. fig tree that was ' stupidly pruned by at least 2 idiots, including myself- until I decided to find out why I was not getting as good of figs I did when I neglected it... by then, it had reached some monster 20 feet high... It is time to bring it to what it should be, so I have taken several airlayers and this one of the picture was the left over of an airlayer above it, so I decided to root it in my cabinet... and whoola, it turned out amazing... and I get new cuttings, so I have to do something with them.. I know the root stock grows well - It is unknown (perhaps a brown turkey) the fig is huge and purplish - no pics of the ripe fruit yet.
Now, I am learning and trying to get the tree to be in shape because in the spring, I want to have new good producers grafted on the trunks that are wasted and not producing because of stupid pruning. All new to me, but if these grafts make, then I can be more skilled when I graft the mother tree.
This picture is a huge airlayer I removed from said tree and I want to do like the Japanese do, in front of my rockery, but from now it is just in an old garbage can. I have 'tied' the 2 main branches to a bamboo, and it is laying horizontally now, out there in the weather. I know this tree will handle the cold, that is why I could kick myself for neglecting it for so long. This one will need some grafs to fill the areas where the good fruiting branches were removed...