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Requesting your option Fig Mosaic or not, if so what to do? picture 3.jpg  picture 2.jpg  picture 3.jpg 
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they are three seperate trees, first pick is a hardy chicago, 2nd pick is a cole de dame (from UCC) and the 3rd pick is a Noire de Bellone.. thanks for your help.
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First and third pic look identical Charlie maybe both the CHardy?
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ChrisK thank picture 1.jpg  s for the catch, still new to the forums and how to use.. here is photo 1
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Yes, that is mosaic. You have 2 two options: 1) be paranoid and destroy all of your trees in a frenzied panic, or 2) chill out, enjoy your trees and live happily ever after.
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Hey Charlie, my advice it to freak out!  ;) keep your plants for now but be sure they do not have fig mites... Any source that has 100% FMV infection does have or has had the "fig mite", FMV does not spontaneously show up, it is transferred from plant to plant by the fig mite. Not only that, the fig mite takes FMV to each and every bud so next season all the growths will be sick, and cuttings from the plant may root and grow very poorly. 

I would personally ditch the HC, but seeing is believing. You can get a healthy one at Lowes or HD on sale for less than $10. Bigger trees at Whole Foods and local nurseries, no FMV symptoms because only collectors are crazy enough to buy sick plants. Burpee sells a healthy variety similar to HC called Letizia. You do want to at least get a healthy one (after you deal with any mites that would ruin you efforts) because varieties like HC... Etna figs... get mosaic spots on figs that cause many to drop, and the ones that ripen are more vulnerable to spoilage. Or the growths may be too weak to produce many figs to begin with, unfortunately.

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Hey there Charlie , or try this. On pics one and three( same pic) I see a bunch of healthy leaves at the bottom. Take a pair of pruning shears and snip off all the ugly looking leaves and do that every day until your plant shows no sign of fmv. It worked on my Brunswick babies last year and I ended up with a couple of healthy plants. Make sure you destroy the infected leaves far away from the plants! Best of luck and keep us posted! No panic necessary ;)!
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