It can get pretty confusing for some of us Harvey. The land at Wolfskill (near Winters, CA) was donated to and is owned by the University of California at Davis--some of that land is under long term lease to the USDA for the National Clonal Germplasm Repository at Davis (one of 32 NCGRs in the US). The rest of the land at Wolfskill is used by UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences.

Your point is a good one. The fig and pomegranate cuttings that we get from the NCGR at Davis are prepared and shipped by these US Department of Agriculture employees (http://www.ars.usda.gov/Aboutus/aboutus.htm?modecode=53-06-20-00), not anyone employed by UC Davis.

They deserve the recognition (and a round of applause) for the excellent work that they do maintaining and distributing this collection. 

Bump

Dennis,

Did you bump to get a taste of Ischia Black?

Here you go

 

   

@strudeldog  Wow! Nice!

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Thanks Phil!  I got plenty on one of my 2 trees.  Should be ripening soon.

Dennis, I know you have It and got it to produce way before I did.  After 5?6 years mine finally decided to grow  and hold a few figs. It was a long wait

Picking some from trees that are 3 years old as well as from trees I grafted last November.



 

Nice looking fig! I believe this was one of the many you had at the gathering, right, Harvey? Although it appears that I didnt enter it on my list.

Meg, I believe I had maybe 3 fruits to share and it may have been towards the end and didn't get passed around.

I know this one is a slow grower but I wish I could get my hands on this variety. I tried to buy one from Tom on eBay but was just outbid on that one. I guess there isn't enough supply for the demand :(