Hi 
Hope you enjoy this as i did...
hope the blogger wont mind i linked it.

http://shepardsgrove.blogspot.co.il/2011/09/notes-from-fig-season-italy.html

Check the picture with the antiche varieta

Also with flow found this 
http://www.rai.tv/dl/RaiTV/programmi/media/ContentItem-aec79869-1893-47ad-8520-e483d57da12d.html

shows Fig Bud Grafting  in the middle of video

Thanks elin. I really enjoyed the blog. Norhayati

Thank you for this, there is a nice picture of the rare "fico dall'osso" for sale!

Thanks for posting this Eli.  That table of different figs looks pretty cool.

Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the great links

Hey thanks great links! 
From the neat photo of the heirloom figs I see a nespola(loquait) or is it?
Unfortunately no chance of growing them in Zone 6?

Thanks for the link there are some nice looking figs on the table
that caught the ole eyes and made me put on the reading glasses to see
their names.

[QUOTE=pino]Hey thanks great links! 
From the neat photo of the heirloom figs I see a nespola(loquait) or is it?
Unfortunately no chance of growing them in Zone 6?[/QUOTE] Unless you live in Puerto Rico...or at best in Key West... There is no chance of successfully growing a Nespero (Nespola) . Wonderful tree. There is a 150 year old specimen growing in the atrium of the El Convento Hotel in Viejo San Juan. It is 3 stories high! Ciao, Joe

Nice looking hotel El Convento!

I really enjoyed that blog, thank you. Amazing place, I can only imagine.

Now I have to know, what does fica mean? (after reading comments in second link)

Tami hi Fico means fig and fichi is the plural i think .

i wish i had nespole here they ae special.. although i heard they need cold to fully blet.
can they-medlar trees be grafted on a loquat?

any members have some spare scions? 

Medlar for sure can survive cold weather , maybe loquat cant...

Hey Eli, 
I know Fico means fig but on the comments someone used fica and everyone thought it was so funny and were mentioning it meant something else. I want to know what it means.

A mature loquat tree is definitely 7a hardy.  You just won't get any fruits in may/june if the winter gets below about 18 degrees F.

[QUOTE=javajunkie]Hey Eli, 
I know Fico means fig but on the comments someone used fica and everyone thought it was so funny and were mentioning it meant something else. I want to know what it means.[/QUOTE]

Hi Java,

"Fico" is Italian for fig.

"Fica" is Portuguese for fig.

"Higo" is Spanish for fig.

They are all based on "Ficus," Latin for fig.

Ciao,

Joe

The blog is so nice to read! and look at those pictures! Thank you! :-)