I wanted to start off by saying how interesting each one of you is, and how cool it is that each person has such a unique variety of figs. I just started to get into horticulture, and i have went on a rampage bought many fruit trees. 

I have a question. We have a 15+ year old fig tree in our backyard, that had never been pruned, or trimmed. I have attached pictures of what it looks like.

Basically i decided to give it a massive hair cut. I cut most of the branches off, and i brought the tree down to the first "crotch", to the red line.

Do you think the tree will push new growth?

Did i kill this loyal tree? By the way if this tree comes back, it is a HUGE tree, maybe we can identify the fruit, and I would be more than happy to send cuttings to whoever wants some.

Thanks!

-Sean

Just so you can so evidence of why you don't need to worry...here's a picture of my panache that I pruned pretty aggressively.  The fruit was out of picking range last year so I cut it way back and will keep it low from here on out.  Nodes that had been dormant for years woke up and it is sprouting new growth like crazy.

Eric