I wouldn't know what to expect if I actually bought something from Ty-Ty. Are you sure its a fig?

Uh-oh! I don't like the sound of that. That place not so good? My Tenn. Mountain looks fine.

Yeah, I had bought several figs from TyTy in the last 4-5 yrs. before finding this forum and other resources that pointed out TyTy's shall we say...not so great...reputation. My most recent purchase from them was in Feb. of this year - supposedly a Genoa White...the key word here is supposedly. My previous experience with them was the purchase of a Green Ischau. A year and a half later when it first produced fruit the figs were small dark colored figs. I called them, emailed pictures of the dark figs, and they replaced the tree that October. This replacement tree is producing fruit for the first time this year. I'm gonna say that I have no better than a 50/50 chance these figs will be green :) Anyway, the "Genoa White" I bought in February was VERY late budding out (7-8 days ago here in central Mississippi having had unseasonably warm weather). However, it is now flourishing. From what I've come to understand though, there's no telling what variety it is (other than whatever they had most of when they filled my order). This Genoa White taking so long to come out of dormancy is somewhat a mystery to me though because I think TyTy is on near the Florida/Georgia border, and I'm in Mississippi. By the time this tree budded out some of my other trees already had figs on them.

I love any chance I get to bash TyTy. They are criminals, and have ripped me off as well. Tell anyone you can to stay away from them.

ciao,
Anton

When I next get in that vicinity I'm going to stop at TyTy and see what the place is like. Between its reputation and its loopy website pictures it may be interesting.

Back in 2003, I bought 4 figs from TyTy, before I knew of the issues associated with them. The figs that I bought were: Patrick's (Malcom's)Supergiant, Tennessee Mountain, White Italian and Nero Caesar. I did not have any problems with the delivery of the figs. All arrived alive. However, as is suggested earlier in this thread, the names of the figs bore little relationship to accepted variety names with the exception of Tennessee Mountain,which was Celeste. White Italian was also Celeste as was Nero Caesar. Patrick's Supergiant was an ordinary Brunswick. The Tennesee Mountain fig died (probably due to fire ants, an infestation that occurred in-ground at my home.) The other varieties are growing vigorously. For the serious collector, the name issue is problematic. I understand that a vendor may market a fig with a more colorful name than the accepted variety name. Paradise Nursery (the gold standard of fig sources, as far as I am concerned)gave descriptive names to the figs. However, they always included the accepted variety name of the fig in the "small print". They are great folks and I hope that they enjoy their retirement!

gonebananas,

I look forward to your report. Pictures would be great, but I imagine they'd be pretty defensive.

this happened to me last year so what i was told to do was buy a role of clear plastic and make a house type out of it covering the tree, kind of like a green house. just make sure that you leave an opening so that air gets in.
this worked for me right away.