I love figs. We can now get fresh California figs here on the East Coast

Stinky The Clown

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Sat Jul-31-10 02:10 PM
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I love figs. We can now get fresh California figs here on the East Coast

But is there any more fragile, perishable fruit than a fig?

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Warpy

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Sat Jul-31-10 03:00 PM
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1. One house in NC had a fig tree out front

so I used to get them really, really fresh. Fig jam would have been wonderful, but my mother hated to cook and didn't do anything she didn't have to, Fig Newtons being readily available at the super market.

It also had a castor bean bush, but fortunately for the rest of the town, my chemistry experiments didn't extend to producing ricin.

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hippywife

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Sat Jul-31-10 03:48 PM
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2. I haven't seen any fresh ones

in ages! Not even at WF. I would love to be able to get some. Supposed to be able to grow them here quite easily but I haven't tried yet. May have to order a couple of trees when I order some peach and apple trees.

How ya doin', Stinky?

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Stinky The Clown

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Sat Jul-31-10 04:25 PM
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3. Doin' great!

I planted a fig tree a few years ago. It is well over ten feet tall and sets fruit but always drops it. Too shady a location. I need to transplant it.

Figs will absolutely grow where you are. You can go from newly planted to fruit in maybe two years.

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hippywife

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Sat Jul-31-10 04:47 PM
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5. Glad to hear you are doing well.

Edited on Sat Jul-31-10 04:47 PM by hippywife

You are greatly missed in these parts, sir. :D

All my best to you and Sparkly. :hug:

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grasswire

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Sat Jul-31-10 04:41 PM
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4. the garden here has five different fig trees...

..grown from rootstock (apparently smuggled in) from Italy. I was really looking forward to them last year but the fruits were so infiltrated with ants that it turned me off. Dunno if that is common and they are usually washed off for processing. Guess I'll have to look it up.

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The empressof all

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Sat Jul-31-10 06:05 PM
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6. I love them too

Edited on Sat Jul-31-10 06:06 PM by The empressof all

I have two trees going in pots. I got them last year as twigs. They are now about 2 feet high. They seem to be doing well but I won't see fruit for another year at least.

I'd love to put them in the ground but I'm not sure how long I'll be in this house and I don't want to have to give them up.

Try them on a Pizza with Prosciutto and some Fresh mozzarella and basil. Heaven in your mouth!

They also marry well with a young pecarino....OMG

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eleny

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Mon Aug-02-10 05:01 PM
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7. We used to have a fig tree in the yard in Queens, NYC

Edited on Mon Aug-02-10 05:01 PM by eleny

My folks would wrap it up during the winter and put a pail on top so snow couldn't get in. The figs weren't huge like the Cali ones but they were sweet & plentiful enough to be memorable all these decades later.

I love them.

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Stinky The Clown

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Mon Aug-02-10 05:41 PM
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9. I grew up with one, too. Plus both sets of grandparents had them

We called that winter tar paper and pail business "Italian Lawn Art" :)

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eleny

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Mon Aug-02-10 06:02 PM
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12. Oh yeah, it was tar paper!

Thanks for filling in that blank. I couldn't recall what they used.

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The empressof all

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Mon Aug-02-10 05:04 PM
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8. My Costco had them yesterday

Edited on Mon Aug-02-10 05:06 PM by The empressof all

I got a tray of about 16 of them. They were really ripe so we needed to eat them all quickly.

I finished the last of them for breakfast.

They were really yummy but I really felt pressured to consume them before they went bad. I didn't feel like cooking them down for fig paste.

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Stinky The Clown

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Mon Aug-02-10 05:46 PM
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10. They had Mission figs a few weeks ago. They lasted a few days.

They had (I think) Kadotas this time. I suspect the same ones you had. Mine were overly ripe, too, and some went wet overnight. They had a slightly fermented flavor to them.

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auntAgonist

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Mon Aug-02-10 05:55 PM
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11. I don't think I've ever had a fig!

Oh I've had fig newtons but i don't think they count.

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Tesha

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Mon Aug-02-10 06:11 PM
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13. mmmm figs...

warm figs, scoop of ricotta, and a drizzle of honey

and when you get tired of that simple treat, fresh figs will have passed for another year

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MajorChode

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Mon Aug-02-10 11:14 PM
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14. I have my own fig tree, but it has never taken off

I get a few figs each year and that's about it. The tree is about 4 years old and has hardly grown at all. The spot I planted it in seems OK. The peach tree next to it and planted around the same time gave me 2 5 gallon buckets of peaches this year.

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