Interested to know if that Medici fig ends up needing pollination. One person bought thinking that the pics were taken in FL.
You’d better keep a close eye out for pests also, the listing portrayed a wild tree in decline. There were borer holes in the stump and they could have been the cause for the top dying in the first place.
I love figs, dried or fresh, fresh ones look infected with worms, sorry.
The buyer is respected and has introduced many figs here, at least according to some on f4f, so thought worth taking a chance. (25 bucks, no postage) Seems to be the standard price. It will not be near any other figs until April. All my figs are in cold storage in the garage. Yes, they are not her pics. I saw that they were from Italy, so you could be right. I researched the fig and found the original seller auction.
Before I knew about the scammers, I bought a fig from them. It was supposed to be Lebanese Red Bekaa, and it turned out to be a Celeste type fig, it’s very good though and a great grower.
I did get a real Bekaa off a known grower. She did say she tasted the figs, so I hope the trust that forum gives to her is true. Live and learn, I have many degrees from the school of hard knocks.
Next year if all goes well I’ll send you a plant! I still owe you!
Thanks for the heads up, you are a straight up, no nonsense kinda guy, I like that a lot about you
Thank you for the warning,
Not the first to say that! Well I have SWD and I also read an article that PA and MI too have since 2012 been catching the African fig fruit fly, yet another invader. I have eaten many SWD worms, taste like chicken! 
Looked like Bourjassotte Grise to me. What do ya think, Brent?
Everything else does too!!
I’ve had fresh local figs from at least 3 sources (including my own Hardy Chicago) and wasn’t impressed. I forgot the 3rd earlier (a co-worker’s father), whose figs were the best of the 3 (rising above just edible, but not as sweet as the window grown one).
I looked at some pics and their insides also seemed much darker.
AH…I see. So not your first fig for sure but your first really, really good fig I guess! I like to let mine ripen to the “jelly” stage you described too, so maybe that was part of why you liked this one! Whatever it is, congratulations on finding a fig that excited and inspired you so much. Me and many others can relate!
not really sure, but did you post a decades’ old beaucarnea/nolina a while back?
That’s doubtful. Bourjassote Gris is even darker inside than Gris de St. Jean.
@HighandDry @BobVance I’m referring to the fig called Medici that hoosierbanana is referring to. Sorry for the confusion.
I don’t remember either? As I have a decades old beaucarnea.
must have been you i saw posting it-- if you actually have one. There aren’t many who grow them, and quite certain there are even less who actually have them for decades!
I hope it works out for you. There was some hullabaloo about a variety this seller introduced a couple years ago and I think time ended up telling a different story. There are plenty of people eager to vouch for each other on fig forums, it is a poor substitute for growing something out and verifying it though, and bad for confidence when there is a hitch.
@ross Since it was found in a hunting reserve I think it is more likely to be a seedling than a known variety.
I am continually impressed horticultural prowess Bob. Nice work! My original cuttings came from Encanto. Your pictures don’t look too far off from theirs given it ripened in Jan on a window sill.
Regardless, I hope it is a great fig for you and grows well.
Thanks Andy- the starts were in such good condition when you sent them that they hit the ground running. I remember being impressed with how fast they filled the new pot with roots after I re-potted them.
How has it done for you so far? Just as precocious?
Before I bought the fig I researched her activity on f4f. Herman and other were trading with her. Her collection is large, she has many figs , but does not sell them. I could not find anything negative about her. She has been a member since February of 2010, she has 8 dogs. I felt I could give her the benefit of the doubt. She was interacting with Bass, Rafed, and other old timers who used to post. She is an old timer, a definite regular and well known to the old timers. She mentions many rare figs she has way back in 2011. After 7 years of collecting rare figs she is an expert. I trust her judgement that this is a worthwhile fig, She has tasted them all. Well nobody has, she is up there with the best of them though. Her collection probably would rival anybody mentioned in this post.
I got the impression that she had not tried it herself, but she never said one way or the other. The Italian listings were more complete and since she did not answer me directly when I asked who wrote the descriptions I figure it was not her.
In the auction she mentions her plant had a few figs. Using other people pictures is really poor and sends off red flags, that was really poor.
What was sad while researching was Olga, whose real name is Olya (Nice name!) had some rare figs in 2011 and they are still selling for a lot! Argh! 5 people have PM’ed me on F4F for Craven’s Craving cuttings in the last 2 days as the auction is now over $67 for 3 cuttings. Well if you can’t beat them join them I guess? I really don’t like this about figs, but it is the way it is.
Olya is the affectionate diminutive form of Olga (like Drew is for Andrew 
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After I wrote that I thought that may be possible, so what culture is that name from? Suppose it could be a few.