BOOK “FIG TREES OF THE BALEARIC ISLANDS” is Available!

[DELFIG]

The "Fig Trees of the Balearic Islands" (English version) is available by Trees of Joy.....for those that were looking for this highly rated book.

I grabbed a copy....

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[LadyGT]

I gave mine away.

 

[cdh]

I gave mine away.

Well, now I shall soon have a copy to give away in due time. Thanks for the tip, @DELFIG

 

[DELFIG]

I gave mine away.

Your thoughts on the book?

 

[DCallahan]

Great book, awesome reference material.

Its pretty interesting to me to read Pons' assessment of the different varieties in his climate the native one for them, to what i experience in my vastly different climate. Some are better to be here then he describes there.

 

[LadyGT]

The pictures were nice and glossy. Its more like an encyclopedia because its heavy. The info given was more than I needed. For example size of the eye, number of lobes, the usage and location on the island. The person who I got the book from said it was just collecting dust on his shelf. I looked at it the first day I got it for an hour and put it on my bookshelf. It was there for 4-5 years collecting dust too. I went through it and took a few notes just before giving it away. Most of the varieties are not available in the US if I remember correctly. If you are a collector and need to compare one variety with another to ID it, maybe you will like it.

The growing conditions there don't apply to my area. I get more current info online so the book just took up space so why keep it? I told the recipient if he didn't want to keep it, please raffle it off at a fig event.

 

[GoodFriendMike]

I don't have it yet. But at some point will get it. Looks like a great book for those that like to research and/or those who collect many figs.