HarveyC
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Posted 1412082710
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To tell if a fig is a Smyrna type one must typically bag the fruit to see if it persists without caprification. Genetic testing might change that need some day. Frank, I stared at the photo quite a bit and don't see the fig tree but I'm sure it's there! Also, coming up empty so far on the treasure hunt but will work on it more when chestnuts slow down.
__________________Harvey - Correia Farms Isleton, CA (Sacramento County) USDA zone 9b, Sunset zone 14
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MGorski
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Posted 1412083866
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Frank, thanks for sharing these amazing photos. You are fortunate to have people with you who appreciated your passion for figs, otherwise someone would have been frustrated. I hope you will be able to have an extension of your experience with those figs here at home in the next years.
Mike in Hanover, VA
__________________ Zone-7, previously Mescalito