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I don't know if this has been posted before.  I am looking to  trade cuttings with other fig enthusiast.  I am looking for varieties that I do not have.   The varieties that I currently have are the brown turkey, the  Texas ever bearing, and a unknown variety that I was told may have come from India 40 to 50 years ago.   The  fruit is about 1 inch diameter and about  2.5 inches long.  The flesh is yellow and  extremely sweet when fully ripe.    The skin is yellow to brown in appearance.   This variety is extremely fast growing, It grew from a cutting to a 6' tree with a 2' trunk in about a year and a half.   ;) The  items on my want list are the  Black Madeira, Mission or the Kadota  but would be open  to any self pollinating variety with good taste.
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Why don't you introduce yourself first?. Instead of coming to the forum asking for things.
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The name is Brian.

 What's the protocol?
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Greetings Brian,
Normally people read the info at the beginning about getting started on the forum. Then write an into letting us know about you and your interests. You can get a lot of info here and meet a lot of nice people. We are something of a community, hoping to help one another.
Be welcome. 
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Read the Forum, Study it, and introduce yourself when you know a little more. Don't worry about anything, we all started here...
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Welcome!  We all love to trade!  Tell us about yourself - where you live, how you got started in figs, whatever else you want to mention. 
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Hello Bian, well come to forum F4F :)
I am Aaron, new to this also...
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Sounds like what I am looking for.  I'll go through the getting started section.  Sorry about going direct, On some of the Computer forums that had belonged to they preferred a more direct approach.


 ps.  > Nice to meet Gloria.
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Hello Brian.
Welcome to the forum.
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Welcome Brian!
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Welcome Brian
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Welcome Brian!
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Thanks for the Welcome guys.  Guess thinking about all the  sweet figs got me a little to excited. :)  I'll look over the the getting started section and will get back to you guys soon.


Thanks again.

Brian.
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Welcome, Brian!
What is your location?
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Hey Brian welcome aboard!
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Hi from Germany! (Zone 7b) Christian
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Hello greenfig -  I'm located in Durham, NC USA  just outside of RDU.  What location are you in?
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Hey Brian, glad you made it. You are among good peeps here!
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Hi Brian
Welcome to the next stage of fig fanaticism 
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Welcome to the forum Brian
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Originally Posted by Scarecrow_Sun_God
Hello greenfig -  I'm located in Durham, NC USA  just outside of RDU.  What location are you in?


I am from the SoCal, the other coast :)
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Brian,
In this fig mad hobby business having a paypal account is quite handy for small payments like for s&h
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common figs do not self pollinate. the seeds are infertile. welcome to the forum.

we had few bad apples in the forum who came in asking for cutting and then run. even worse, taking the cutting and putting on the ebay, or worst use forum name to sell wrongly named figs to people. so some of the forum members are not too happy about folks dropping in just asking to buy, sell, trade and gone in few months.. weeks.. days. 

but if you stick around and participate, members here are awesome :)

edit: seeds are not infertile. they just do not self pollinate. if common figs are grown where there are fig wasps, they can be pollinated and produce superior figs. 
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***** all my figs have FMV/FMD, in case you're wondering. *****
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Posted Reply with quote  #23 
Thanks for the information Pete.  After I got the first response I was caught a little off guard.   I was not looking asking for anything just looking to trade varieties with  other enthusiast which I thought was win/win a the way around.  I can see I have a lot to  learn.

Thanks again.


Brian

ps  see you from Durham as well.  Are there others from our location?
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Posted Reply with quote  #24 
Welcome to the forum, Brian.  In Jan/Feb time frame, Jon will be offering cuttings from the foundation.  It's a great time to get new varieties. Jon will post when it's time.
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I'm not too far away in Fort Mill, SC...
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 Gloria -  Howdy neighbor!   What zone are  you in 7b or 8?  What other varieties do well in the southern region other than the brown turkey?
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brian, 

there are few in raleigh, and i think there is one more member in durham area. i met one of the member and shared some cuttings a yr or two ago. she participated in the forum for awhile, but i guess got too busy with her work and kids. haven't seen her in awhile on the forum. 

there are others out by willmington, and in charlotte. 
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"don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash." - sir winston churchill
"the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." - the baroness thatcher

***** all my figs have FMV/FMD, in case you're wondering. *****
***** and... i don't sell things. what little i have will be posted here in winter for first come first serve base to be shared. no, i'm not a socialist...*****
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Pete - Off topic,  and hopefully I won't get bashed to much for it.  I know this is a fig forum, but has any one exchange other types of  cuttings or plants or has there been any interest in doing so?  Just asking as that is how I go many of my plants from co-workers and others with shared interest, usually when it comes to growing, any thing I don't have to put much sweat into and all reward I am all for.
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there is good amount of interest in the forum regarding some what related and not so related fruit trees. persimmons, pomegranates, exotic tropical fruits and so on. occasionally you will see some carnivorous plants for controlling gnats, and some succulents. but 99% of the topics are figs. some of the members will share their pom cuttings. for awhile mulberry was popular. there are more specialized forums out there for things other than figs.  
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"don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash." - sir winston churchill
"the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." - the baroness thatcher

***** all my figs have FMV/FMD, in case you're wondering. *****
***** and... i don't sell things. what little i have will be posted here in winter for first come first serve base to be shared. no, i'm not a socialist...*****
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That's good to know.  Over the years I have always found that the things that have done the best for me were the ones I ended up getting either free from close friends and family or from other enthusiast like myself.  There you kind of know what you are getting and what to expect.   Many of the items  I purchased over the years from garden sites were not  true to form or just not to the liking.  I had bought 2 almond trees once and one turned out to be a peach.
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