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Video from the Balkans (figs)

Hi All,

It has been a long time but time has come to pay a short visit to F4F and post a short update on a few things I have been doing.

Best regards to everyone!

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Been too long thank you for posting.

what are the main figs marketed there? albania?

interesting.. are they caprified? 

Nice to see you back. Thanks for video.

I said in the video that Italy should not be considered as the craddle of figs but the truth is that such countries as Italy, USA and Turkey invested money into R&D in terms of creating new varieties. So yes the history of the figs is not only about Italy but in terms of quality chances are higher you will be able to buy better quality figs in Italy just because they had more money to do research.

Elin: Albania is a small country so no chance and they have their own production. Montenegro was part of Serbia and before this it was part of Yougoslavia. This is complicated story in terms of history and I prefer to skip this topic as this forum is about figs! The end result is that Montenegro is a small country and looking at other countries around I can only think of Bulgaria and Croatia that have some level of export for figs.

As for caprification it most probable as most fig trees you will find on your way will need it as they are in the wild.

Also, last year I went to Georgia and Armenia and too bad I did not have a video camera on that trip...

Hi Michal ,
amazing how time goes by so fast, its nice to you you post and thank you for sharing the video.
Please come back as time allows you.

Great video.  Thanks for creating and sharing it.

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