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Today, our last in Provence was a day that will not be easily forgotten. Like true Americans, we dropped by Pepinieres Brusset Fig Nursery in Caromb unannounced, and were given a royal tour of the operation, sampling of maturing figs, a basket of figs to enjoy later, and the undeserved incredible generosity and hospitality of being invited into their home for refreshments and more conversation. Turns out Jean Luc is as bitten by the fig bug as any of us. It also turns out that he has plugged into the North American fig connection and has his own private collection from LSU and UCDavis and elsewhere! Imagine my surprise to see Mary Lane, Black Madiera, Brown Turkey, Brooklyn Dark and Syrian Long in his collection! He even has an Italian 258 and he knows our very own Bass.
His main business at this moment is to get his Longue Noir de Caromb and Madeliene de Deux Saisons to market. The first crop of each is ripening as we speak. In two weeks Caromb holds its annual Fete De La Figue and he is deeply involved in the planning. Despite this, he took 2 precious hours of his time to walk us around his large property showing his private collection as well as the business side. My wife and I took tons of pictures and a small video. I will post them when time is made available. We exchanged emails and addresses like all good fig lovers will for continued contact. We discussed FMV, the wasp, rooting techniques (he simply plants cuttings in pots) and a hundred other things. I even showed him my YouTube videos of the Tallahassee orchard.
What a day! What a great person!
Here's a little something on his business.
http://translate.google.fr/translate...ml&prev=search
Here are a few of the pictures taken...
His main business at this moment is to get his Longue Noir de Caromb and Madeliene de Deux Saisons to market. The first crop of each is ripening as we speak. In two weeks Caromb holds its annual Fete De La Figue and he is deeply involved in the planning. Despite this, he took 2 precious hours of his time to walk us around his large property showing his private collection as well as the business side. My wife and I took tons of pictures and a small video. I will post them when time is made available. We exchanged emails and addresses like all good fig lovers will for continued contact. We discussed FMV, the wasp, rooting techniques (he simply plants cuttings in pots) and a hundred other things. I even showed him my YouTube videos of the Tallahassee orchard.
What a day! What a great person!
Here's a little something on his business.
http://translate.google.fr/translate...ml&prev=search
Here are a few of the pictures taken...
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