armando93223
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Posted 1383192934
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They planted explosives to blow open holes to plant trees in the old days of Fresno......http://valleypbs.org/valleysgold/?p=488
greenfig
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Posted 1383195694
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Interesting... Are you close to that location? What varieties do they grow there?
armando93223
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Posted 1383196848
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About 40 miles away, I would believe they grew Black Missions and maybe Kadotas.......I just recently went to Fig Garden Area and found a small abandoned orchard of about 16 fig trees.....the leaves looked like Black Missions. It had a lot of construction equipment there so it may not be there next year. The orchards use to be on Van Ness Blvd between Ashlan and Bullard......if your curious you can Google the street view.
americanfiglover
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Posted 1383197371
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sad to hear nice trees to get destroyed for construction.
armando93223
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Posted 1383198204
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Even though a lot will be knocked down, there are sporadic trees on the sides of houses....so the variety won't disappear....I just have to knock on doors if I see anything interesting.....I have gotten a few cuttings that were accessible by the street.
BexleyRabbit
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Posted 1383207298
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I enjoyed watching that, thanks.
FiggyFrank
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Posted 1383225660
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Great video. Nice to see these folks take such pride in figs.
ForeverFigs
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Posted 1383227462
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Armando...thanks for sharing that video on the history of growing figs in California...I always enjoy seeing clips and photos of previous generations of growers.
Dieseler
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Posted 1383234818
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Armando i was surprised to hear about the explosives and how much dynamite was used in the process.
leon_edmond
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Posted 1383238199
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Thank you Armando.
FrozenJoe
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Posted 1383240507
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Thanks for posting this Armando. It was fun and informative to watch.
armando93223
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Posted 1383250171
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Your Welcome, Stay Safe today....those darn trick or treaters stole a cactus from me last year....LOL
elin
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Posted 1383250432
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Hi Armando
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armando93223
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Posted 1383252709
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Thanks Eli....seems interesting and funny...will watch it tonite......Thanks for posting this.....They say Israel is the Land of milk and honey...how about figs.
timgoodin
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Posted 1383257738
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Great video, I enjoyed it greatly.
ChillyNPhilly
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Posted 1383316905
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Oh heavens to betsy, I gotta drag myself away from this Greedy Italian movie but it is very very hard to do!
Bosco
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Posted 1383339867
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Armando, I know people who, long ago, thought they would be gentlemen almond orchard owners up that way, only find they needed to dynamite each planting hole. Surprise, surprise..! I guess vast tracts have a layer of subsurface hardpan structure, which needs fracturing. We have some of the same in parts of San Diego…..local name is “caliche”!
Elin, Thanks, I’m still laughing as I browse through the many older episodes posted on YouTube……….. :-)
Wish List for 2015: Black Madeira, Col de Dame Blanc. Noir and Gris,
armando93223
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Posted 1383347227
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Thanks Jack (Bosco)....yeah I love those Two Greedy Italian guys.......hopefully I will get a camcorder and make a spoof of it.....they are hilarious....we need to make a thread of only fig videos...so when we finish babying our trees we can look through the videos...
Sas
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Posted 1383348240
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Great Video. Thank You
RodneySanDiego
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Posted 1383384045
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Great Videos, Thanks Armando and Eli. Anyway I can get a piece of Fresno History and send me a few cuttings, I don't care if its a Black Mission its Fig History, will send you PM.
armando93223
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Posted 1385078043
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Bumping this up: 2 Great Videos the PBS and the Two Greedy Italians. There might be some people shut in due to the weather, like me...its been raining all day.
