Ken,

Sorry The seeds did not make it. Yes the seeds would have been fresh and at least a start on stratification, not scarified. I don't remember when I sent them, they were probably gathered a little later in the year then present last year. If you did not give them additional cold stratification after I sent them that might have been the issue I usually leave them in slightly moist peat/sand until around Feb and they no take forever to germinate. I don't recall when they were sent. At least one patch I visit had no fruit this year, I have not have made to the other patch yet, It's about 1 1/2 hour away and I may be to late regardless.  

 I someone wants a year jump some of the State Forestry depts. do have Papaws in their seedling programs if someone was interested in a quantity of non-grafted seedlings, and at least some of them are made available to out of state. They are small conservation grade seedlings, but they are cheap. In the Kentucky Forestry offering it lists 10 seedlings for $24 dollars shipped, or I think $50-$60  for a 100 seedlings. I would get them from Kentucky as their seedlings are from the pawpaw orchards at Kentucky State University who is probably the leading force in the development of new pawpaw cultivars, They also just hosted the Third International Pawpaw Conference I think this past weekend. There is as well is a Yahoo discussion group for Papaws I have linked below as well.

http://www.pawpaw.kysu.edu/PawpawSeedlings.htm

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pawpaw_Discussion/

I just use a 30 Gal standard size trash barrel, with the board across. I usually remove our bird feeder for a few days and place this in the same area.  I thought about using a single sheet newspaper or maybe a thin plastic under the seed to keep them from sinking and looking wet, but I never tried it. A few years ago I probably disposed of a least a dozen in less than a week. I didn’t care for the task, but the damage they were inflicting had to stop. I actually am afraid I have created a locally super race of squirrels.  All the stupid stand still and get shot or go swimming. The smarts live to reproduce; because of recent it  did not work as well.  I actually set up one with the deeper type bucket at one time and that is a tricky getting the water deep enough but not so they can reach down, it is better going with the full size trash barrel or such, as I doubt an escapee would make the same mistake. The key I think is setting up where they frequent and that small sampling of seeds on the board.

Yes, that’s a bit far. You folks over there in Athens like your hedges, maybe you can get UGA to get rid of that nasty privet hedge and replace with a Fig one like yours.

I agree Suburban deer can easily get out of hand, I have never hunted them and half scared if my son gets one that I would have to help gut it. Besides the accidents they cause, in areas not hunted and with predation they can overpopulate their food sources and deseases as well become more of an issue for them. In some areas I believe they are a major contributor to decline of trillium and other wildflower populations.

Removal of them is often controversial, as they are impressive animals and some people never want to see anything harmed, but sometimes the conditions we create need fixing when things get out of balance and it’s really evident at this time of year as the population is more active moving about and with the crazed bucks chasing the does all about and across the roads.

Best Figs to you I will be watching Sports Center for your interview with Coach Richt on the new Fig Hedges.

I just posted and then saw Herman posted as well, so it seems very likely I will have a Marseilles white to go with the Marseilles VS black I purchased from you recently on Ebay. I am hoping I do better with those cuttings then I did with the Col De Dame and VDB I started from UC Davis this spring. I move them up to 1 Gal. recent and the leafs yellowed and dropping this past week and I am thinking too wet. The Marseilles VS black are not that far along yet, maybe they will benefit from my learning of on the UC Davis cuttings

Thanks Folks,

The Marseilles looks like a likely suspect for the light one, reading that it is a heirloom fig, the ribs which this fig does have, the ribbing is very pronounced on the immature fruit, and maybe these were not quiet ripe, but they were very soft, and moist. I thought the dark ones looked like Celeste myself. I am not going to label either one, other than Unknown, just curious about what they could likely be. Jeff that would be great if you could post a pic of your LSU fig, there is a crunch to the seeds, but I am not any sure more than the dark ones. I just ate the last light one, and the interior was still very light colored but softened even more almost to a jelly texture. Guess I need to go grab some more this weekend.

I think they are ripe Jason, but I may be wrong, The ones in the tree picture are not ripe  The ones on the plate are very soft and moist, drooping from the stem on the plant, and the birds and hornets were eating ones just like them. I ate a lot of them. Some of them may have been a little more yellow and the interior is a little darker than the picture looks. Maybe my palate is so not so discerning, and  a few days might have improved them. You are not far away I have read your post about checking out local trees downtown. These are about halfway between Alpharetta and Canton, you are welcome to check them out if you want. Thanks for the input on the dark ones

Hi,

Been reading this forum for a while, but  my 1^st post. I normally hang out in a general fruit forum, as you Fig people seem a little Cult like to me, but I admit I did taste the Kool-Aid and I like it. I am in North Georgia and have about 6 six Fig cultivars, and quite a lot of other fruits. I started some plants from a Friend’s figs that have been in her family here locally a little NW of Metro Atlanta for a few generations.  I know you figheads probably get tired of identifying posts over and over, but the variation in the leaves of even the same tree seem to confuse me, The dark one they have always called Brown Turkey, but I know how generically that label has been used. It actually looks more similar to Celeste pictures to my novice eye. The light fig is the one I am more curious about. This is not the original plants I have pictured, they have been started from their prior home place, but she actually stated they have been in her family since the late 1800s. The plants do not receive good light, and in my opinion are overgrown and leggy, but are both maturing fruit right now. The dark one is sweeter than the light fig, but I find the both tasty. Thanks for any input, and I hope I am successful attaching the pictures.