Re: Re: was time question/now figs

In a message dated 01/24/2003 6:48:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
jsinger@igc.org writes:

> they like it cool enough to go completely dormant. that does not, 
> necessarily, mean a cold period. they are most at home in the us&a in the 
> central valley of california, although they thrive in lots of other 
> locations. 

When I was growing up in the Florida Panhandle, we had a fig tree that was 
big enough to climb up in.  I earned my first money by making fig preserves 
for neighbors - 25 cents a quart.  When I was a teenager I developed an 
allergy to the white sap - reacted to it like to poison ivy.  That area of 
the state usually had a few freezing nights every winter.  They used to tell 
us children that it "got too cold to snow."  The tree obviously could 
withstand temperatures in the twenties, and I remember at least once that it 
dropped into the teens - burst pipes were an annual event. I can relate to 
your weather woes. That tree is probably long gone no matter what the 
weather.   
Auralie

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