Our plants which were winter protected by covering with about 4 inches of soil, and came through without any damage from our minus 11 degrees Fahrenheit winter were Ronde de Bordeaux, Marseilles Black VS, Sal's Corleone, Violetta, Brooklyn White, and Hardy Hartford. Hardy Hartford and Marseilles Black VS had no damage what so ever. Kathleen's Black, and Danny's Delight had the most damage. The damage that Danny's delight suffered really surprised me. For us Hardy Hartford has proven to be one of our most cold hardy. The original plant took minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit in Hartford without winter protection, and was around eight feet when I took cuttings in March. Bob

Yes:Very Good question:Antonio. And I am glad to answer on this Forum,so other people see it,and if they want,they will do so. Here they are: Fig I fruited and found excellent tasting but not cold hardy. Needs to be grown in container here in New Jersey,or colder climates: Beall Col de Dame(all) Violette de Bordeaux (EL) Gipsy Fig (Zingarella) Adriatic Barnisotte(From UCDAVIS) Black Ischia Black Mission Sicilian Black (James Robin) These are all super high quality tasting figs,and container growing is needed for two reason: 1.These cultivars are not cold hardy 2.In container they can be placed in the sunniest spot in the yard,and so insure that they will get ripe every year here,because they are larger size fruitting figs that need more heat to get ripe compared with others. Vasile S

Gene, NOOOOOOOOOOOOO problem. Just don't have time for some of those things. Thanx. Etneo, Would love to do that but just not enought time. All them are sliced and posted at http://figs4fun.com, just done individually. I only cut up ones that haven't been photographed. That way I don't have to eat them all immediately. Leaves are likewise posted. The list of new fig pix in the last month is at http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/fig/msg0801133929876.html?1

I can send you cuttings, let me know how many and what lengths. You just pay postage for them. Don't have variety names. No guarantee for success. Email me your details. Janoyan