I've been stalking a few houses with figs for a while. All of these are in zone 6 without protection. Today I knocked and was able to collect cuttings. I have 4 varieties to share.

The first is U. Italian Nyack Purple. Unfortunately I do not have any info on it except it's color.

Second is U. Italian Orangeburg Purple. Again I have no info on it except it was planted at the house 50 years ago.

Third is one I have posted about here before. U. Italian Sorrento. It is an Italian Honey type, yellow and Honey Sweet.

The Fourth is U. Italian Yellow Westfield. This one is from the house that the mother plant of Sorrento is from. The one fig I found was frozen, under ripe, and rotten. When I broke it open it smelled like Strawberry Jam. Mary, the 86 year old owner, said it was even better than Sorrento.

I am offering 20 package of these as a cold hardy collection. Nyack (2) Orangeburg (6) Sorrento (4) Westfield (6). This is a total of 18 cuttings for $25. PM me if interested.

8:00 Saturday night 5 packages left!

PM sent. 

Thanks for the offer, they sound great. 

Scott

Sounds like a great offer Aaron, some of the new members need to take advantage.

Aaron, great and generous offer as always.

Very kind of you to make these available. 

Great offer.  A nice collection of figs for cold areas.

8 hours in and still 10 bunches left!

Aaron, I have sent you a PM. Thanks for offering them to forum members.

Aaron, if they are as nice as the unk Yellow Greek you sent me, that is a really sweet offering for zone 6 growers.  I would love to have that combination, but as new to figs, I don't want to take on too much getting started.  Nice offer for sure.

Very kind offer, thanks!  I've sent you a PM, too.

[QUOTE=dirtguy50]Aaron, if they are as nice as the unk Yellow Greek you sent me, that is a really sweet offering for zone 6 growers.  I would love to have that combination, but as new to figs, I don't want to take on too much getting started.  Nice offer for sure.[/QUOTE]

Just do it, you'll regret it if you don't.   What's a few more?

LOL Scott.  Space is a problem for me.  I have cuttings from 4 different generous folks on this forum and need to learn the best way to propagate these first.  Overwintering will be a challenge here and Aaron's offer is so tempting and really encouraging the way he put the offering together from unprotected trees.  I am amazed at the passion, willing to mentor,  and generosity of the forum members here. 

The offer is tempting.  Space is also an issue for me.  I already have 8 unknowns under grow lights now, and have already allocated my remaining grow light space to already incoming cuttings.  I have no idea where I'd be able to propagate these cuttings without incurring spousal wrath.

[QUOTE=dirtguy50]LOL Scott.  Space is a problem for me.  I have cuttings from 4 different generous folks on this forum and need to learn the best way to propagate these first.  Overwintering will be a challenge here and Aaron's offer is so tempting and really encouraging the way he put the offering together from unprotected trees.  I am amazed at the passion, willing to mentor,  and generosity of the forum members here. [/QUOTE]

Keith,  trust me, space is an issue for most of us.   I will be going to great lengths to accommodate the needs of my additional trees so I do feel your pain. I think I will be going from 4 fig trees to nearly 20 by the end of next summer. 

Nice jump right!

It's Monday afternoon. Still a few packages left. Mailing first round today.

Those sound great!!

Awesome, I cant wait to get them started.

Guys - store them in the fridge until May then root them outside.  Don't miss out!

why wait until May? If I start them now I can have figs next year :):).. Well, maybe. :). I made a hardy chicago for someone last winter and gave it to them in the spring. was only about a foot tall. They got 5 figs and the tree is 4 ft tall in one season. Obviously not all varieties are the same though .

I have a Greenhouse in my garage, I'm going to give them a head start.

Aaron, thank you.  Arrived today in good shape!

I'm surprised that I still have 3 packages left, but I do. These are well wrapped, just toss the entire package in the crisper until you are ready to root them. Last 3!!!

I also have a few six packs of U. Sorrento and U. Italian Westfield Yellow. I can do either of these two for $12 or both for $18.

I am surprised you have any as well Aaron.  The sticks I got from you were nice healthy cuttings.  This offer looks like a wonderful offering.   I mentioned to you that I would love this, but don't want to overdue my newbie status take on more than I can chew.
I am in zone 6a and very few folks here know anything about, or growing figs here.  I am trying to spur interest in our area and offer free starts to promote this wonderful fruit here. 

PM sent. Thanks.

bigbadbill,  If your PM was to get cutting from Aaron, you will be happy with what you get. 

Yeah, Aaron is a good dude. I am sure I will be more than pleased.

Sent you a PM for the cuttings. Being a newbie, I hope you can tell me what I need to do next.

[QUOTE=Bevman]Sent you a PM for the cuttings. Being a newbie, I hope you can tell me what I need to do next.[/QUOTE]

I sent you a reply. Send me your address so I can address the package and go to sleep.

Thanks for the feedback. I appreciate it.

[QUOTE=figherder]why wait until May? .[/QUOTE]

That was in response to the guys who said they would take them but they're out of room for now.  The can store them until Spring and root them outside if need be.  They could also put their newly rooted cuttings outside and root the cuttings stored in the fridge inside when the space is cleared out.

[QUOTE=rcantor][QUOTE=figherder]why wait until May? .[/QUOTE]

That was in response to the guys who said they would take them but they're out of room for now.  The can store them until Spring and root them outside if need be.  They could also put their newly rooted cuttings outside and root the cuttings stored in the fridge inside when the space is cleared out.[/QUOTE] 

Sounds like an assembly line.  A constant exchange, add sticks, remove trees and add more sticks, repeat.  I like it!

My 'out of room' problem is not the rooting part, but what am I gonna do with em after they grow up?  I have 21 varieties to root this winter and 45 plants started last winter that about fill my cold storage area.  Too many generous offers here...  :)

Buy more land and  put up a green house.  Send your extras to friends or sell them on ebay.

Must. have. every. variety.


(edit to add PG-13 for language but there's no sound)

ALL THE FIGS

[QUOTE=rcantor]Buy more land and  put up a green house.  Send your extras to friends or sell them on ebay.

Must. have. every. variety.

ALL THE FIGS[/QUOTE]

You might want to check that link again, It took me to... well lets say an unusual blog.



Is there an exact number for every variety? 

That link is. ... Different

[QUOTE=eboone]My 'out of room' problem is not the rooting part, but what am I gonna do with em after they grow up?  I have 21 varieties to root this winter and 45 plants started last winter that about fill my cold storage area.  Too many generous offers here...  :)[/QUOTE]

That's all you have? What's the issue here?

[QUOTE=COGardener][QUOTE=rcantor]Buy more land and  put up a green house.  Send your extras to friends or sell them on ebay.

Must. have. every. variety.

ALL THE FIGS[/QUOTE]

You might want to check that link again, It took me to... well lets say an unusual blog.



Is there an exact number for every variety? [/QUOTE]

"ALL THE _______"  describes the descent into madness that is this fig collecting sport.  If you read the post it describes a similar descent into madness.  If you read the posts on the right sidebar you wont stop laughing.

Each of my varieties has an exact number  :)  Birds continuously drop (in season) new varieties of Ficus carica in areas that have the wasp so there will never be an exact number.  There are many trees in remote places that are not in any cultivated collection.  If the major collectors around the world combined databases of their collections there would be some that are the same with different names and some that are different with the same names.  An exact reliable number isn't available at this time.

Ok, I did not bother reading it, I was expecting a serious list. 

I know there is no way to put a definitive number on how many varieties of fig are growing world wide. What I should of asked for, is an estimate of the number of varieties in know cultivation with in the continental United States.

My guesstimate is around 600

UCD has about 400 and I'm guessing there are another 200 floating around out there across the US.

Worldwide is probably 10 times that amount.

I am kind of sorry I missed this. The past week as been a fiasco: car problems, computer problems, head cold and too much work. Glad it's all settled down. Good luck to those of you who got in on the deal and let us know how you fared.

I think Jon has over 1200 varieties and Bass has many from the Middle East Jon doesn't have, George has some unique ones from Malta, others have some rare ones from Europe, there are at least 3 guys in the South who have unique varieties and we keep finding more unknowns in peoples' backyards.  It would be unwise to leave out Canada because Adriano and possibly Danny have some varieties that are unique.  I don't know how many of Jon's and UCD/USDA's varieties overlap.

Aaron, I received the cuttings today, they look great! 

Thank you

Scott

Ok, 1200 varieties plus.  So I'm going to say 1500 for a round generic number.  

Aaron,

Thank you! I received the cuttings yesterday (they look great!) and I'm putting paraffin on the ends this very moment. I can't wait to try these one day :)

Thanks, Aaron. I just got my cuttings this evening. Wonderful, thick quality cuttings.

Thanks again !! Wonderful cuttings

Thanks Aaron, nice cuttings arrived today and are in refrigerator, chilling! 

    They arrived today, and look real good. Not talking figs here, but anything I have rooted before were of a smaller diameter. This looks like I am going to have some fun and luck with 3 to 4 nodes on each stick. Thank you for doing this.

Aaron,

Again, thank you for great cuttings!  I just got them all cleaned and loaded up into a Sterilite-o-Moss.  I will post an update once I start to see roots. 

Good luck rooting everyone.

Scott

Aaron,

I wanted to let you know that more then half of your cuttings have rooted (the first ones in 16 days), have been moved from the long fiber spagnum moss to cups, root are now hitting the sides and most buds are now leafed out. 

Thank you for the healthy cuttings, the great deal and opportunity. 

Scott

Hello Aaron, I have them in the perlite cups, In the order of rooting first to last:
1) Sorrento
2) Westfield
3)Nyack
4) Orangeburg.

Also to mention your Yellow Greeks are rooting strong and I have already trasplanted a couple in 1 gallon pots.