thank you to all who has been asking about my status. i'm doing better. was in coma twice this year, but pulled through. special thanks goes to ottawan :)

now to business.. i don't have any fig trees any more. while i was sick, they were neglected and they all died. there were some extremely good fig, and rather rare ones, not as rare as some of the members collection, but they are no longer living. 

my fig trees were my pride and joy as some of you might have remembered..

to those i shared cuttings, i would like to ask for favor, providing the cuttings have grown into trees now.

i'm looking cor following.

1. Paradiso Gene
2. Kathleen's Black
3. Niagara Black
4. Ronde de Bordeaux
5. VdB Paradise Nursery

please let me know if the cuttings can be shared. as always, once grown, any cutting will be shared freely.

pete

Pete, I can share KB cuttings with you

Good to see you back!  Hope you can get that fig orchard in pots going again!

Hello Pete
Glad to see you back!

Francisco
Portugal

thank you ed, i'll send my addy to you on PM :)

francisco! how are you. hope everything thing is well in the fig paradise!

Welcome back! Nice to see you post Pete!

Welcome Back Pete...
I can provide RDB and maybe Niagara Black if I can ID it .
Mark

Pete, I can also provide you with Niagra Black cuttings this Fall - just let me know.  Glad to see you are back!  

I had a large in-ground Paradiso Gene but moved and left it at my old place.  I did bring cuttings which resulted in one new plant; however, it is too young for cuttings this Fall.  I imagine someone will come through with PG though.

thanks guys!

steve, if i can get Niagara Black from you that would be great. 

thanks, 
pete

I can provide rdb if Mark doesn't come through. PM your address if yes.
Cary

Glad to hear your back and feeling better. I bet you'll have everything you want in no time.
Good luck!

I don't see Hardy Chicago on your list.  You need a Hardy Chicago, don't cha?  What fig collection would be complete with a Hardy Chicago?  I happen to have a cutting or two of Hardy Chicago.  Are you interested?

Hi Pete, 
Good you feel better to come back. 

Eli

Welcome back Pete. Hope you're safe out there.

I have an extra RDB cutting I can give you if others fall through

I have 2 strains of VDB, one that looks like UCD Vista and the other one with the long fingers and spade leaves.  If either of those is what you want please PM me... also have RDB if you need.  LSU Scott's black is not on your list, but should be. ;)

Pete I have a Paradiso gene nice airlayer if you need it Pm me. Feel better.

Hi bullet08,
Nice to see you posting again !

Can help you out with Paradiso Nursery's VDB.

Navid.

Pete: Glad you are feeling better. Sorry that I dont have any of the ones you mentioned but I will PM you to offer what I do have.

Blessings,
Meg

Hey Pete, glad to see you back! I can load you up with RDB cuttings. Pm me with your addy and how many you want!

Great to see you back Pete !
Would love to help you restore your collection if I can.

Glad to hear you're doing better now, Pete.  I only have what several others have already offered but get in touch of me if you expand your list.

Welcome back Pete

thanks all for the generous offers. this time, i'm going to put the trees in the ground. space is limited, that's why those 5. they were the best tasting to me while i was growing them. they are few others, CdD and so on, but they don't produce as much as 5 i listed. i might hit USDA/UCD to see if they still send out cuttings.

again, i'm grateful for all the offers! thans all!

Pete, Glad you are back. Have missed your posts. Very sorry about your collection. I don't have anything on your list to share but can say that everything I have in the Mt. Etna family seems to do very well in ground in our zone and seems to be very tolerant of being ignored for periods of time. Best wishes for good rooting and fast growth.

Hey pete welcome back. hope your doing well my friend.

I will have cuttings of

brown turkey
2 strains of hardy Chicago
mvsb
rdb
nero 600m
blue celeste
violetta bayerfeinge
lsu holier
latarolla
sals G
desert king
and 5 pretty good unknowns
can get some nice big but thorny blackberry cuttings too Kiowa

just let me know if there is anything in my list you would want.

Pete, it appears that UCD no longer does cuttings.  And generally anything you need you can get from one of us, realistically! 

And I would echo the suggestion for some Mt Etna variety - HC, Sal's, Takoma Violet etc, because of their reliability in fruiting after bad winters and their overall quality and productivity.

I love my MvsB most trusted and reliable fig I have imo

for whatever reason, i never had a luck with mt. etna verities.. had 'em all and they never did well. might be due to container culture and intense nc heat..

Lived in zone 5 for a few years n veer could get a Chicago Hardy to live through the winter. So for me didn't live up to the name. You would think a fig called Chicago should live through the weather in Chicago.

I think they do better in heat pete, but I know if you grew my MvsB in ground you have figs every year without protection

mike I grow all my figs in zone 6b unprotected every year just to see what I can still get a crop from. I had a hardy Chicago strain from hirts that did amazing until we had that bad winter a few years ago. the strain of MvsB that I got from a member years ago 3 of my four cuttings rooted and found a home in my hedge. I get loads of rip figs off of them every year. although that year we didn't seem to have a summer I had few but did still get some.

hence 5 that i know does well here. and this time, they will be in grown :)

Hi Pete
How wonderful to hear from you. I have a delicious CdD Blanc from UCD if you want it. You sent me my first KB and still love that variety.
I would send you anything I have

Pete, I'm mad at you! We've had no one to post about figs at 3AM!! LOL! All jokes aside, I'm glad you're back! We missed you! Get well my friend!

Dave I was living 60 miles south of Chicago. Which I guess was too far north for Hardy Chicago. I had bogught at Lowes. Would grow like crazy in Summer. Then winter would kill it all the way to the ground. I guess t didn't like -30 temps.

glad you're better
HUGZZZ TO YOU !

dennis :) 

no more drinking up till 3 am now days. too much med to interfere with pleasure of find spirits :) good to be back!

thanks susie :) hugs back at  ya!

hi coop! hope everything is well. i might ask for some cuttings of Kathleen's Black. i think not many are keeping it since it's hard to put figs on. i'm telling you, pinch it and it will put them on like crazy. it's one of those figs that takes time to mature. but once about 3rd yr of putting on the figs, it will be a nice surprise :) 

My KB produced a bumper crop this year, it's second year in ground.

Doug

Let me know how I can help Pete

Dan

thanks dan :)

i think i have most of what i want covered. i'm going with what i enjoyed most in the past. and this time, screw container culture. i'm gong in ground. i want tall trees to sit under and enjoy my figs after long day at work!

pete