Never mind I just got off the phone with the State of California Department of Food and Agriculture Plant Health and Pest Prevention Services. I WILL NOT SHIP TO CALIFORNIA http://www.nationalplantboard.org/docs/summaries/california.pdf

Lou, from reading many articles about FMV its a known fact most fig plants have if, some tolerate it and crop very well with showing no signs of it but its there, some show it only slightly, others show it all the time. Most do very well with it and grow and produce just fine with no problems. Ischia black and madeira seem to be the 2 hardest affected by FMV and show it most. My madeira seem to handle it fine and shows on only a leaf here and there, my ischia refuses to grow and had bad misshapen leaves. Belleclare is has been said along with other nurseries have it as well, i have learned that a lot of folks think they have a virus free tree but thats not the case it just not not show itself in all fig tree's from my readings. My edbile landscaping sals i bought years ago showed it as a small plant but as the years went by and it matured it show no signs that i can see and is for now my best producer and good eating figs, but the FMV is there as from what i read it just cannot dissapear from an infected plant. So give your plants a little time if they do well for you great if not then burn em. My ischia im experimenting with to help it fight back with hormones and vitamens and fertilizer regime constantly, at 1 point i even cut all the leaves off, it still refuses to grow and if i dont kill it first it might just not ever do anything but i keep it around for now. I have some hopefully coming from ucdavis that im sure have it as well but hopeing maybe 1 of those sticks can deal with it a little better such as my sals did, if not i just lost 8.95 in stamps and no big deal.

Black Madeira is usually both a bad rooter and a very slooow grower. In my experience, a twig (or 2) grows normally with the majority of the rest remaining stunted. Try heat and a fertilizer regimnet. Ischia Black, suffering from a very severe case of FMV, is even much, much more worse! I had one for 3 years averaging ~1" yearly growth. After that, I hacked the twig above the soil, leaving 1 (or 2) nodes. Then it grew ~1 foot the following year. Go figure!

Thitiponk –Black Madeira is one variety that you have to be very careful about buying, especially on eBay. A prominent nursery was selling what they thought was Black Madeira for a number of years and recently discovered it wasn’t that variety at all. But people bought it, made cuttings, sell plants they believe are BM, and the wrong BM fig continues to be sold. Also, sellers from Madeira Island sell cuttings of black figs which they call "Black Madeira", but are different also. These are all probably good figs, but not BM. Do a little homework on the fig forums before you buy it to make sure you're getting the real deal.