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JR

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Posted 1372645446	Reply with quote #1

Wanted to share my latest roadside conquest... Spotted this on a hiking trail that runs alongside the highway and although the fruit doesn't look that great, I couldn't help myself. I don't know what it is, but it's a fig!!!!! Good luck in identifying it -- the fruit looks and feels deflated (for lack of a better word); the skin/meat itself feels squishy, thick and moist; the flower/seed area is on the drier side, but not completely dry; and the opening is tight. It may just be dropping fruit early due to the latest heat wave....(??) Also, most of the leaves on it had 5 lobes, but some had 3. Does anyone have any ideas??? On another note, here's my dessert for tonight...

Charitup

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Posted 1372646730	Reply with quote #2

I got no clue about the new treasure but do enjoy dessert tonight. goss __________________ goss North Ga. zone 7

americanfiglover

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Posts: 643

Posted 1372648004	Reply with quote #3

I'm on a trail right now in Washington and no figs. I rode my bike for hours and didn't find a single tree. I dont know how you guys are doing it. Great find. __________________ Jarrett Spokane, WA ZONE 6A Proudly Serving in the United States Armed Forces, 2009-Present Everyone should have a green thumb Figs: Nero600m

bullet08

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Posted 1372648385	Reply with quote #4

i only found 1 tree since i started growing figs. but it's on someone's backyard, and very young tree. probably from HD, Lowes or Sam's club. __________________ Pete Durham, NC Zone 7b "don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash." - sir winston churchill "the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." - the baroness thatcher *** all my figs have FMV/FMD, in case you're wondering. * * and... i don't sell things. what little i have will be posted here in winter for first come first serve base to be shared. no, i'm not a socialist...***

Smaritza

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Posts: 319

Posted 1372648591	Reply with quote #5

One morning I was going to work I saw some ladies picking mulberries. So I took a walk up that same street and lo and behold there is a fig tree growing in a vacant that's for sale. Well needless to say I went back home and got my clippers and clipped a piece of both. __________________ Smaritza Bronx, NY Wishing for: Ronde de Bordeaux, Aubique Petit, Pananas Purple, Longue d Aout, Lebanese Red, Ischia Black, Scott's Black, Martineca Rimada, Tarantella, Jolly Tiger, Nero,

americanfiglover

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Posted 1372650354	Reply with quote #6

Looks like a caprifig with flowers on the inside to me. __________________ Jarrett Spokane, WA ZONE 6A Proudly Serving in the United States Armed Forces, 2009-Present Everyone should have a green thumb Figs: Nero600m

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