Subj : Figs wass:Printing was: 4
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sun Aug 31 2025 07:51 pm
Hi Dave,
DD> I've been considering putting in some cold hardy figs. But to do it
DD> would require disruption of my dise yard. I think I'll leave well
DD> enough alone.
RH> It would take several years for the tree to get established and bear
RH> fruit. This is our 10th summer in this house; IIRC Steve planted the
RH> fig tree around our 3rd summer. It took maybe 3 years to get
DD> IOW, given that I'm 83 it's a legacy project. That's why I'm planting
DD> paw-paws. (scientifically known as Asimina triloba)
Leave it as a legacy for future owners of the house. The first apartment
Steve and I had was in a converted hotel. We had a first floor, end
unit, with a busy seafood restaurant kitchen probably not 20 feet away.
It also had several established fig bushes (couldn't really call them
trees). Several weeks before we got married, Steve and the apartment
manager made fig preserves so we enjoyed several jars of them over our
first winter.
DD> I think I'll work on getting rhubarb established alongside the
garage. DD> Right by the TV tower also.
Sounds good to me. (G)
DD> And the pawpaw trees - They grow fairly quicklyand bear fruit in their
DD> second year. My grandmother had a half-donen pawpaws outside her
DD> grade-landing door. My granddad and I used to eat the fruits by biting
DD> off the end and squeezing the pulp into our mouths,spitting out the
DD> *HUGE* seeds.
Happy memories. I've heard of pawpaws, never had the chance to try one.
Closest I've probably come is persimmons; one of our church families in
Hawaii had a persimmon tree and would share the abundance every fall.
Talking with a friend today, was telling her about the many different
foods/cuisines I've tried since getting married but forgot to mention
the persimmons. Probably mentally lumped them with the rest of the
Hawaiian foods. (G)
DD> Our seeds came from North Carolina with my great-grandmother, Emma
DD> Cherry.
Do you know what part of North Carolina?
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Ruth
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