http://www.tytyga.com/category/Fig+Trees but, then, most opf their pictures are obviously a joke.

Ach! I think never linking to TyTy no matter what is a good idea. We don't want anyone to get the wrong idea and think they are legit.

But is this place for real? From their site:

"You can buy fig trees from online mail order nurseries."

"Fig trees in Europe can grow to a tremendous height of 100 feet, but the fruit is very difficult to harvest when the tree grows taller than 10 feet."

"The trees easily grow to 100 feet in Europe but usually less than 30 feet in the United States."

"...the Green Ischau is especially useful in avoiding damage by birds, since they are color blind and the figs is invisible to them."

All are exact quotes. I hope those European birds don't hurt themselves by flying into those invisible fruits 100 ft. off the ground.

To follow up on the above: many if not most birds can see color. This should be obvious by realizing that their own coloration is no accident--a macaw would be an extreme example. The quote would still be hilarious if all birds saw all things in shades of gray, of course.

The jack thomas qtr pounder is a very large fig.

mastino :

Last year I bought some 5 FT. tall "ATREANO" fig trees, and they ripened some very large figs, in late August, that were fully 2-1/2" in diameter. All the figs, as they began to ripen, reached this size. Not one fig out of about 4 dozen, fell or rotted before ripening. None split, or soured. All were very sweet and flavorfull, and I have no explanation for this, but, no birds pecked at any of my figs. From what I have read on this forum, I guess I might have just been lucky. The figs turn a beautiful deep, golden-yellow when ripe.

Look/search on previous postings under this variety name, for some pictures of this fig. Last year, just two figs filled the palm of my hand, and were the size of a small pears.

I'm learned from this forum that these extra large figs never really develope that "rich", fig flavor, and that they can split and sour from too much water. I had none of these problems with this variety.

Anyway, happy fig-hunting.

Hi Mark, Well I don't know anything about 100 ft fig trees WOW ;) but I also think a bird smarter then people give credit for & could spot a fig if they wanted a fig. As far as seeing, well I had a black bird (rescue) an every time I held him near my face I went blind. The bird would take my contact out so fast I didnt even realize anything happened, it happened so fast & I never felt anything. Sweet thing saw the " odd irritant" in my eye & took car of it for me. I also have chickens 1 rooster & 40 hens & 1 fig bush in the chicken coop lol. I can tell when my figs are ripe because they dont touch them till the day "ready for picken". So sounds like I should get a Green Ischau hehehehe. Hello effdeeve, I had the Atreano on my list of wants, glad to hear from someone who has one, what nursery did you get yours from? Thank you loshunasfarms, The jack thomas qtr pounder hmmmm Im going to research that one :) pitangadiego I had seen that picture & wondered about THAT too! wild forager Iv learned allot from these fig posts, mainly where to & where not to buy figs from!

~Thanks for all your input~

Four years ago i bought a small fig off ebay billed as a Celeste. I grow in a large plastic pot with miracle grow soil and bring all my tree's in the garage for the winter after a good frost hits em. The figs on this so called Celeste are a purple brown color and they have like a watermelon cantaloupe taste when fully ripe and just melt in your mouth (very juicy)the inside is pinkish in color. It stands up well to the hot weather and the rain,the figs have a larger eye compared to my other figs and the taste is different as described above.They are the last to ripen and usually all of them don't but the ones that do swell up and are huge,i never have weighed them.This year i will try to post some pictures as i have no idea what kind it actually is.
Martin

mastino:

You do not mention where you live, so I'll give you a few sources for the "ATREANO" variety:

ZAINO'S NURSERY/GARDEN CENTER, WESTBURY, NY
"BURNT RIDGE NURSERY" - OREGON
"ONE GREEN WORLD"

Just google these places to get their phone numbers, etc.

My larger, 5ft. - 6ft. trees were purchased at ZAINO'S, and were loaded with about 4 dozen figs total, between the three trees. My smaller trees came from "BURNT RIDGE". They were really just rooted branches, about 18" -24" tall, but they very quickly grew into small treelets, and, even set fruit ... which I did not allow to develope. This year though, these same smaller trees are loaded with figs at every leaf-node. The larger trees are also starting to show fig-buds, and if all goes well, I am hoping for a large main-crop of figs this summer. I'll keep you posted.

Good growing!