Great story Coop.  I looked closely at this piece and can't spot the fig tree but those tomatoes look like they need watering!

Not quite as pointy as a typical Mt Etna. More like Italian or Peter's Honey I bet.

Thanks for posting that Harvey. I say that the trees are behind him in the darkness of that wall
They are in there I can feel it :)

Harvey, I thought those tomatoes were pretty sad looking, too. They need water bad! And coop951, I think they are behind him when he is sitting in that chair. I also think if the heart attck didn't get him, that spray of DDT probably would have.

A coup for the Coop! Gotta love the story. Awaiting an offering of cuttings. These would go for a premium, I am sure.

Great fig story and great movie with many scenes filmed here on Long Island. I would like a cutting if you are seeking people. Much appreciated. Thanks for sharing the interesting fig and movie story.

Barry
Long Island

Love the story. 

Waiting for Chapter 2

I rushed to my DVD player also after reading this and watched the scene backwards and forwards several times in slow motion. At the end of the scene there is a shadow of a tree visible to the front left on the ground. The tree is behind the camera on the left and only its shadow is visible. That seemed to be the only tree inside the enclosed yard. I wonder how big the trees were to have been brought all the way from Sicily. Would they have been big enough to be placed behind the wall and blend with the other trees there?  

Very neat!  I hope it ends up being something spectacular, although the story alone already is.

Oh i tought my wish list is fulfilled :)

So funny and true, just like collecting fig trees...   :-)

Hey coop, I will trade a bottle of homemade red wine for a clipping :)

Before I got into fig collecting I was on vacation in Sicily and was in Corleone. I saw and tasted a lot of figs. I really need to go back. I too will trade a bottle of homemade wine for a cutting. Petite Sirah?

In my honest opinion,the fig Coop has and the fig,in the movie are one and the same,and they both are Sal Corleone,fig,as it is known here on the forum.
The leaf Coop,show is a mature leaf of Sal Corleone.

Thanks Vasile, your opinion is so well respected, this means a lot to me.
And thank you Alan for your fine detective work
This is really fun, and how appropriate would it be as a Sals Corleone!
Stay tuned folks

I really would love to get a cutting of this tree. Such a great story.

That nursery was ten minutes from where I live.

Interesting thought, PeterC!

I watched the guy at Belleclare Nursery re-potting a 30 year old fig tree, very knowledgeable people. I remember the sign at the place, it read  "If you eat one of my figs, I will kill you"   lmao, they did look good and was very tempting but kept my hands in my pocket ;)

Stay tuned folks. I will be making an offer you can't refuse

Yay, Coop!