They look great Ken, nice job you have done :)

Very nice Ken. Congrats!

Vito,

   I am sorry you were the subject of prejudice. I never felt it much myself, but in my youth, the county seat to the east red-lined Italians. Even this day and age someone calling me with a problem said he was very confident that [we] people know how "fix" things. That pretty much ended that conversation.

    But, figs bring people together.  Just look at this forum. Even with the uninitiated, there is an opportunity to make new friends. Unfortunately, sometimes people use labels indiscriminately without mal intent. You are right to question, and right to give the benefit of the doubt.

    By the way, not that I'm an expert, but those photos say Longue d'Aout to me.

Aaron - PM for you just now.  I am beginning to think that you were right about the more plausible identity of this fig. Melinzana Calabrese is more likely than Longue d'Aout, I suspect.

Frank - (and others)

I met with the owner of the fig tree's property last week and we agreed on a very sunny location for the air layer's planting.  She is in a canyon, so it took some seasonal calculations to find the perfect (sort of) spot.  Although there may not be a "perfect" location with water available, the location we identified is vastly superior to the mother tree who, as stated above, is in shade pretty much all the time.

Strong work!

All air-layers doing well in their respective pots and in the ground. It  was a lucky season.

Beautiful variety, Ken.