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[mIEKAL aND <dtv@mwt.net>]

 This fig sounds like an essential addition to my collection.  Anyone 
growing this?  Im struggling abit with the claim that it survived -10F 
however.  & the only source Ive found so far is TyTy Nursery selling 
bigger plants, would love to find some cuttings or smaller plants.   
-mIEKAL

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this is the listing on the TYTY website:

Tennessee Mountain: (Ficus carica 'Tennesee Mountain') Perhaps the 
coldest hardy fig ever discovered, the original tree was found growing 
in 1945 near Nashville Tennessee, where it had survived the bitter cold 
winters to -10 degrees F. in the snow-covered mountains of the 
Appalachians. The original tree was sent to a scientist at the Georgia 
Coastal Plains Experiment Station for testing and was sold by Dr. Silas 
Harmon in 1978 to Ty Ty for $500.00. This tree has never failed to 
produce a large crop of fruit for twenty years and has become the most 
popular fig tree sold by Ty Ty for cold climates. Zones 6-11

http://www.tytyga.com/figs/pg21.htm