flax: Why would you want a fig tree that hasn't proven itself to produce figs? I've yet to hear anything positive about DD, regarding production, except for Diego, and he's in zone 10. A hundred DDs were procured by people on this forum, and their silence is deafening (as to production). It was a very mild Winter in my area this year, and ALL figs were unscathed by cold. Winter started here on January 6. laceyvail: I wouldn't pay too much attention to promo material; I've never seen a fig in my life that stopped growing at 2-3 feet, unless something was wrong with it (or it was bonsaied in a 2" pot). One of the 3 DDs I have grew to 11 feet the first year, from a foot-tall rooted plant in a 4" pot. My DDs are the most rampant growers I've ever seen.

Another South Philly star gone. Almost every neighborhood had a singer or comedian who made it big. South Philly gave the entertainment industry soooo many singers and comedians for years. He was one of the best.

Glad you are both safe. Several years ago we had hail that big that did a lot of damage. We had to have a new roof put on our house and other things repaired. We had never seen hail that large before. I thought every window in the house was going to break, but thankfully they didn't.

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