Looks like I’ll finally be able to taste one. Had a lot of figs that stuck last year but none ripened in time.

Its supposed to look like this, not my picture

In my yard LW is sweet, still the fig my Mom asks for every year. She was a little depressed when both were killed to the ground. They sprung back nicely, about 9 feet tall and will provide some figs.

Yours seem to have short necks. Of course that neck was an exception, they have long necks but usually not that long.

I stumbled upon Lyndhurst White (named after Lyndhurst NJ) next to a 7/11 two blocks from my house about 12-13 years ago. The owner was a very old Italian guy with a huge garden, grapes, tomatoes, eggplants squash etc. He had a communication problem so I was unable to get much from him. His son in law told me the original tree was from Lyndhurst but was long gone. He also mentioned as he walked away, “The key to this fig was pruning”. He never explained and I never saw them again. That winter the tree was left uncovered (it was covered the previous winter) and the following spring there was no garden.  Soon the house went up for sale and the tree disappeared.

His tree was trained to the side. A single trunk about 8 inches thick, about 10 - 12 feet long. The top was cut and about 6 – 7 feet off the ground. He would trim all the branches off at about 1 – 2 feet long. The new growth would cascade down like a waterfall and then go back up. It consumed a lot of room in his yard. Some of his figs were the size of my fist. I’ve been unable to grow them that big.

I grow mine as a bush. I have a small sun challenged yard and could never train LW like he did and use so much room. I covered the first 3-4 years. This past winter both LW’s were killed to the ground. This was the first major damage in about 5 years. LW is sometimes too vigorous for its own good. It tends to shoot branches out from everywhere. First couple of years I got some splits. Can’t remember the last time it split.

Don’t laugh at the artwork but this is kinda how he trained his fig

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e160/KKfromNJ/99%20LW/LW.jpg~original

It’s my understanding it’s a local unknown collected by the Arabic community somewhere overseas.

If you get a ripe one take a pic please.

I know how you feel. About 10 years ago, when we paid to have our grass cut, the guy bumped into a tree and was attacked by a swarm. They took him to the hospital. I carefully scan the trees before I cut the lawn.

Two years ago I look out the window and see this huge hive on the corner of our yard.




Last month I find this small hive forming right above where I acclimate the figs. 5am I sprayed the hive and out they came right to the ground dead.

 

http://thingstodo.viator.com/vatican-city/secrets-of-the-vatican-fig-leaves-on-statues/

Scratch what I said, just checked the tag, the one from St. Mary’s was the next pot over.

These cuttings came to me as Cyprus 2 years ago.

 

scratch what I said, the fig from St. Mary's was the next pot over. 

The double headers above were cuttings that came to me as Cyprus 2 years ago.


   

Gypsy Moths?

http://www.arinvasives.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/1507053-LGPT.jpg

http://www.arinvasives.org/potential-invaders-of-arkansas/european-gypsy-moth/

Every so often I see this guy running in shorts and bare-chested with earbuds. I’ve seen him for years. He runs in the dead of winter (maybe not last winter) in shorts and bare-chested. Over the years I’ve seen him many times in many places so I more or less have his route figured out. I’ve seen him in Passaic, come through Rutherford and East Rutherford. He must be running to work cause I’ve seen him run into the Meadowlands Sports Complex.

This year I tried this place; best price is by the bundle, they are NOT thick plastic but work just fine

#10 - 25 to a bundle - $134.99 including delivery - $5.40 each 

#15 - 15 to a bundle - $82.99 including delivery $5.53 each 

 


http://www.greenhousemegastore.com/product/5469/nursery-pots

Depending where you live your del charge may be different

I must have been lucky, only 1 box damaged, took 35 days to be returned, brainless buyer.