Hello Everyone,

I have cuttings I will make available to members for what I think is a reasonable price. My 60 year old fig tree I have been calling a Desert King (not positive since joining the forum) needed a little haircut, so this year I removed high branches where the figs are unreachable. 

Packages have a combination of tip cuttings and non-tip cuttings.

Description:

• Large, bright  green skin
• Strawberry - red pulp
• Very sweet, excellent tasting fig. The quality and flavor varies year by year.  I would describe last year’s crop to have a hint of melon
• Cold hardy
• Grows well in the Pacific Northwest’s cooler climate and typical short season here
• One huge Breba crop in August
•  

Pictures attached

Cuttings:

I should have at least 20 packages available.

6 - Cuttings between 6 – 9 inches for $12.00.    (USA only)

How to request:

• E-mail only.  Please send me an email (use the email relay on the forum... just click on the email link in my profile.  Please send your name and address, and your email address!   

·        Paypal only.  I’ll send you details when I respond to your email

It's good that you have pictures of the tree and the fruit of the cuttings you are selling.

Btw those are some pretty awesome figs you have there. Same for that tree.

Wow, nice tree and huge figs. Good deal for a lot of members.

Wow what a tree. I didn't know that DK fruit got that big. I have a 3 year old tree and hope to get figs this year. The cuttings will not last long.

Wow, what an awesome looking tree and great-looking cuttings & generous offer.

I guess I can be the forth person in a row to say "WOW" Shirley. What an absolutely awesome tree. You must be very proud of that fella.
Excellent offer, who can resist those beautiful cuttings.
Good Luck with your 2015 cuttings :)

Nice!

The fruit description, fruiting habit and leaves all look like DK so I'd say that's a pretty solid ID.  Great offer!

awesome looking figs, beautiful tree :)
too bad I have 2 of 'em growing already.
great deal Shirley.

Thank you.

Beautiful pictures of you tree and it's incredible bounty, Shirley.
Thanks for sharing!

I agree with the obvious, that is a beauty and very healthy looking. I got a DK from Wellspring this last fall, but if turns out to be non-productive I will be looking up this thread and sending you an email in a couple years to try get some cuttings then. Thank you for offering these to everyone, that is a great deal.

Very nice, Shirley!  I can see a lot of love & work goes into maintaining that tree!

I will add my "Wow!" to those figs and great looking cuttings!

I wish I didn't have that variety already. Yours is outstanding!

Let me add my WOW as well. Amazing tree!!! Do you have a bucket truck to harvest the tops?

Shirley, that's an outstanding specimen of Desert King. Looks like it is 12 to 15 high?

After looking at the great pictures, it brings to mind two question.

I notice that you only had 117 cooling degree days, in 2011. Do you recall how the fruit tasted in 2011. 

Seeing a CDD number that low, is going to stop be from me complaining about the cool summers we have in New England.

Also, looking at the  picture of the cuttings, they look like they have been either dipped in wax, or sprayed with dormant oil. I was wondering which?

Bob

Thanks everyone,

This tree is what started my fig addiction and that of many other people.  My fig loving friends named it "The Magic Fig Tree"  and we have called it that ever since.

It's 60 years old.

I would guess it is about 20ft in the picture.  The greenhouse next to it is 10. 


Bob -  We did have a year I was dissapointed in the number of figs.  I normally have them coming out of my ears, but that wasn't the case one recent  year.   I did not share many figs that year. I still had quite a few, but they weren't quite as rich in flavor as usual.  I believe it may have been 2011.

No, the cutting were not dipped in wax or sprayed with dormant oil.  They were still wet from a wash and scrub.


 

Packages have been mailed.

Once again, thank you for requesting cutting from my Desert King.  I hope they live up to what I expect of them.  Happy fig growing. 

If I missed anyone please speak up.  It can be challenging to juggle everthing.
Please let me know that you receive them.

I still have cuttings if anyone else is interested.

Expected delivery date is Thurday:

Alisa
Bill
Cian
Coop
Danny
Dennis
George
Najib
Shailesh
Vito

Expected delivery dat is Friday:

Joe
Mary
T. ( Yekaterina)

Thank you Shirley, once again a great offer 

Shirley, That is one majestic tree. I have strated developing special respect to Flora, especially the tall standing trees that have weathered all along, passing the test in time and yet stay tall and majestic. What would humans do?

Great pictures and very generous offer.

Thanks, Shirley. Cuttings came today. They are some really nice "node-y" cuttings. Very generous.

Shirley, got my cuttings today. Thanks a lot. Appreciate the extras as well.

Hi Shirley
Got mine today. Very nice, I always look forward to growing a fig I've never grown before
and always wanted
Thanks

Ditto....thank you Shirley!  You're my BFF!!!!!

same here. got them yesterday. Still drooling over the pictures . Thanks .

I just realized there were a couple of pictures I forgot to post originally, so posting them now.    

What a great thread, great pictures, wonderful looking figs, fig tree, cuttings and I love your greenhouse! Thanks, you provided a little virtual oasis (and boy can we use it, Philadelphia is even chillier than usual.)

Thanks Donna,

I see  everyone getting  hit hard with the current blast of winter.  We are very lucky here.  It has been mild.

My S.O. built my greenhouse  a couple of years ago.  Here are a couple of pictures as it was going up and at completion.   I now have multiple shelves in it as well.

It replaced an old broken down greenhouse that was rusting and couldn't be mended.


         

That's a cool looking greenhouse Shirley.  What size is it?

Keith,

The inside dimensions are 8' X 8' by 11 1/2'. 

Most of the cost was in the end panels, at about 50% of the total cost of about $700.

Thanks Shirley.  I like the shape for wind and snow protection. Can you grow year around in you location?  Here in zone 6 it would be too much to keep warm all year.  I do use some low tunnels (about 40" tall), as season extenders that are the dome shape like your greenhouse. 

I haven't, but I'm sure I can for some thing. 
I am getting ready to start some seeds started soon and they will be going in the greenhouse.

I envy you.  It's still way too cold for me start seeds except in a heated greenhouse.  We are at least a month away here for indoor seed starting except for broccoli and spinach to go under the low tunnel in a month or so.  Good luck and I hope you post some progress reports and pics. 

The last of the requested packages have been mailed. 

The remaining cuttings are now listed on EBay.

Happy fig growing!!!
I wish you much success.

Please let me know if I missed you.
I would also like to know that you receive them.

Jesse, Jimmy, John, Joyce, Colleen, Chris, Gloria, Fiona and Robert
Expect your packge on Thurday, Feb 5

Wow!  Beautiful tree and beautiful figs!  Greenhouse is nice, too.

The cuttings arrived today. Thank you Shirley for sharing this amazing tree with us. Our best regards.

Cuttings arrived today,thank you for sharing.

The cuttings arrived today. They look great! Thanks, Shirley!

Hi All,
Just finished cutting up a bunch more branches and can offer up more to members, if interested. 

Please see my original post for information.

I love that greenhouse Shirley. Where did you get the plans?

Hi Donna,

Thanks, I love my greenhouse as well. 

There weren't any plans.

Keith, my S.O. just started by  taking measurements of the space where the greenhouse was going.
He then put it on paper, measured and recalculated  what he needed in materials, started putting the pieces together in the shop then  assembled it on site.