I wanted to re-pot 19 figs from cups-> 1 gallon pots today.  This meant I had to drive to the store to get some potting mix, I was fresh out.

Before leaving, I brought all my figs downstairs.  I noticed a Violette de Bordeaux (EL) sourced from a gracious f4f member had spiralling leaves, I assume due to FMV.  I planned to post a picture when I got done potting, but I had two HUGE finds on the way back home.

I was just crossing I-20 into SE Atlanta...and remembered at a plant swap recently, a girl roughly my age was wanting to know anything and everything about figs, and she in turn told me about an older tree next to a church nearby.  The church backs up to the interstate, I turned to go look...and sure enough, quite a large tree - I mean, it's medium sized, overall, but I don't often see trees get this big around here.  Most trees seem to be less than 10-15 years old.  I then turned down another street to get home...and I see this other huge fig tree bounding out of a backyard of equal size/height just two blocks away!

So, here are the pictures, with some notes.  The wood-fenced tree looks like a Brown Turkey to me.  Not sure about the one next to the church - it has two very different leaf types - one with very distinct 5-spatulate fingers, and the other one looks more like what's on all the Celeste trees around here.  I'm told it produces smallish purple fruit, which could indicate Celeste as well.  I'd ask the owners in both cases, but most people around here have no idea what they have....anything with a tan or brownish fig is "Brown Turkey" to everyone, it seems.

Blah blah blah, man I can talk... pics:

FMV leaf twist on a VdB (orig source: EL .... update: fig died 3 weeks later)




Fig next to church in SE Atlanta...produces breba crop, reported to have smallish purple fruit.  Note the two (possibly three) distinct leaf shapes - I'll never guess what this one is..... (It turned out to be Black Mission)

And this is a tree I stumbled across on my short drive home (12-14 blocks), it was literally 2 blocks due south of the last pictured fig.  That's a 6' tall privacy fence, for scale.  There are a LOT of Brown Turkey and Celeste in Atlanta, this looks just like my Brown Turkey, but looks can be deceiving.

One more find - this is the 20'+ tall Blue Celeste I keep going on about near the Atlanta zoo.  Look closely at the picture - the pickup truck on the left is a light blue VW pickup...it's about 5' tall at the roof, for reference.

Owner offered up cuttings, said I can freely go by and take them.  The fruit is pretty good, but a child tree from this one against a south-facing wall nearby puts out better fruit.  I'm not a huuuuge fan of Celeste, but they're not that bad.

wow!  awesome pictures!  thanks for sharing jason!

Ok, so much for 6-8 weeks of waiting, more like 2 weeks!!