Hey pete welcome back. hope your doing well my friend.

I will have cuttings of

brown turkey
2 strains of hardy Chicago
mvsb
rdb
nero 600m
blue celeste
violetta bayerfeinge
lsu holier
latarolla
sals G
desert king
and 5 pretty good unknowns
can get some nice big but thorny blackberry cuttings too Kiowa

just let me know if there is anything in my list you would want.

Pete, it appears that UCD no longer does cuttings.  And generally anything you need you can get from one of us, realistically! 

And I would echo the suggestion for some Mt Etna variety - HC, Sal's, Takoma Violet etc, because of their reliability in fruiting after bad winters and their overall quality and productivity.

I love my MvsB most trusted and reliable fig I have imo

for whatever reason, i never had a luck with mt. etna verities.. had 'em all and they never did well. might be due to container culture and intense nc heat..

Lived in zone 5 for a few years n veer could get a Chicago Hardy to live through the winter. So for me didn't live up to the name. You would think a fig called Chicago should live through the weather in Chicago.

I think they do better in heat pete, but I know if you grew my MvsB in ground you have figs every year without protection

mike I grow all my figs in zone 6b unprotected every year just to see what I can still get a crop from. I had a hardy Chicago strain from hirts that did amazing until we had that bad winter a few years ago. the strain of MvsB that I got from a member years ago 3 of my four cuttings rooted and found a home in my hedge. I get loads of rip figs off of them every year. although that year we didn't seem to have a summer I had few but did still get some.

hence 5 that i know does well here. and this time, they will be in grown :)

Hi Pete
How wonderful to hear from you. I have a delicious CdD Blanc from UCD if you want it. You sent me my first KB and still love that variety.
I would send you anything I have

Pete, I'm mad at you! We've had no one to post about figs at 3AM!! LOL! All jokes aside, I'm glad you're back! We missed you! Get well my friend!

Dave I was living 60 miles south of Chicago. Which I guess was too far north for Hardy Chicago. I had bogught at Lowes. Would grow like crazy in Summer. Then winter would kill it all the way to the ground. I guess t didn't like -30 temps.

glad you're better
HUGZZZ TO YOU !

dennis :) 

no more drinking up till 3 am now days. too much med to interfere with pleasure of find spirits :) good to be back!

thanks susie :) hugs back at  ya!

hi coop! hope everything is well. i might ask for some cuttings of Kathleen's Black. i think not many are keeping it since it's hard to put figs on. i'm telling you, pinch it and it will put them on like crazy. it's one of those figs that takes time to mature. but once about 3rd yr of putting on the figs, it will be a nice surprise :) 

My KB produced a bumper crop this year, it's second year in ground.

Doug

Let me know how I can help Pete

Dan

thanks dan :)

i think i have most of what i want covered. i'm going with what i enjoyed most in the past. and this time, screw container culture. i'm gong in ground. i want tall trees to sit under and enjoy my figs after long day at work!

pete