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["Jeanne Driese" <jeanne13 AT earthlink.net>]

Lynn, thanks for your impute.  Advice I have been given says to avoid Brown 
Turkey unless I know it is really a brown turkey, apparently lots of folks 
call any brown fig  by that name.
Wish I had lots of room but I have only a very small spot on the south side 
that is exposed to the sun all winter and for several hours in the warm 
months.  My spot to grow is a very small window of space on my woody hillside!
Jeanne
tnhillwoman
North East TN zone 6
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Lynn Wigglesworth 
  To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org 
  Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 10:36 AM
  Subject: Re: [Homestead] Fig Trees


  I grew several varieties in Philadelphia. One was Brown Turkey; I don't 
  remember the others. My garden was a protected zone 7 and they didn't die 
  back. I hear that one is now as tall as the 3-story house. Here in zone 4/5 
  they only grow in the greenhouse (unheated, but about 2 zones warmer than 
  the outside).

  Lynn Wigglesworth
  Tioga Co. PA
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Gene GeRue" <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
  To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 10:26 AM
  Subject: Re: [Homestead] Fig Trees


  >
  > On Feb 23, 2009, at 8:19 AM, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:
  >
  >>>> James are you growing any figs?????
  >>
  >> Yes,  I'm growing a few called Chicago . . . They are not reliable
  >> and at best they are not remarkable, insipid until they are
  >> thoroughly dried.  You have to add a lot of spices to the jam or it is
  >> tasteless.
  >
  > Don and I tasted some at a neighboring place this summer that were
  > good. The trees do not die back in wintertime. We are in 6a zone. I
  > have sent an e-mail to the friend there and asked for varietal name.
  >
  > Gene GeRue
  > www.RURALIZE.com
  >
  >
  >
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