Check this out...

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/08/22/159750471/meet-a-man-on-a-mission-to-save-rare-and-unusual-figs#more

Excellent article!

 Pete

I think it's peop[le like Bass, Jon and Vasile and many more that motivate many of us to join on the mission to save the rare figs from going extinct.

Way to go Bass

not much more to say but:  A+

You tell 'em, Bass!

Awesome article!! Way to go!!

Enjoyed reading the article. Great job Bass.
Thank you Grandinetti for posting the web-link.

Way to go Bass! great article .

Good article!

Thanks for the article. Very interesting to put faces and a bit of history to names. :)

Thank you for sharing the article. 
Bass, good job!! 

Joe, great find! Thanks for sharing. It's like having a family member speak for all of us.

I dont know what has to say  a suitable words in English for this dedication job like John, Bass and others .
If i may say in Bahasa " Luar Biasa.!!!!."  . Congartulation Bass...!!

Well done. Congrats.

Missed this yesterday!  What a nice tribute!  Contratulations, and may you find many more new varieties, Bass!
Suzi

Very nice. NPR is "real news" too!

That is indeed a fine article about Bass, his project, figs in general and some other great fig people.   Alastair Bland is one of my favorite writers of fig stories.   

 It has been a while since I posted a list of articles that Alastair had written and thought that some of you may enjoy reading them who have not seen these before.    Some of the links within may have expired, but some searching may find them again. http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/Adventure-Finding-and-Eating-Figs-Alastair-Bland-3593139?highlight=alastair+bland


http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/quotFig-Hunting-in-Napaquot-satisfying-story-and-photos-3599591?highlight=alastair+bland


 The Great Georgia Fig Hunt http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/The-Great-Georgian-Fruit-Hunt.html

Enjoy,
Ingevald

Thanks to all of you. 
All of us here are contributing to the survival of rare varieties and making them available, and sharing them with others. We all have the passion for figs. 

I was looking up "Montserrat Pons collection" after it was referenced in another thread.
I was out of the country in August and had missed this thread/article on Bass.
Nice article, if you missed it also.
I particularly like paragraph 8, on how easy propogation is LOL.

Growing cuttings the traditional way in the old country, is usually by sticking them in he ground. I do that usually with thick cuttings and they take.

What a wonderful article about you, Bass!  And, you're very handsome, how nice to be able to put a face to a name :-)  Very well written article.

Great article Bass. It's good to put a face with "Bass". You're a spring chicken compared to many of us here ;-) !

It's nice to see all your hard work being recognized in a such a positive manner. Well done!

excellent article...thx for sharing

I agree with everyone's kudos out to Bass. I too missed the original article and really enjoyed reading it this evening.

Awesome.  This article makes me want dark Portugal figs.