Think you have a lot of varieties of fig?

[mountainfigs]

Tim Hensley claims in "A Curious Tale: The Apple in North America" that about 14,000 varieties of apples were grown in the US in the 1800s under 17,000 different names. More recently NPR has claimed nearly 8,000 varieties of apples were grown in the US and that well over 6,000 of those have since gone extinct, globally.

Growing tens, hundreds, even thousands of varieties of figs seems suddenly much less excessive in that light.

[RunsSlow]

Suddenly, growing two dozen fig trees makes me feel just as I do in my dream where I step out of my front door and head down the street before I realize that I forgot to get into my clothes!

[tinyfish]

Bring on more figs then

[CliffH]

I'll be sure to work this into a conversation with the wife......

[SmyFigs]

Thanks! I feel much better now.😊

[figgrower]

Ha! As if any of us really need another excuse! I think that other people are crazy for NOT growing them.