When the farmers first tried to grow figs in Fresno County, the trees grew beautifully and flowered well, but never set any fruit. The growers finally learned that the trees needed a certain kind of wasp to pollinate the fig flowers. After that it was a huge industry here growing figs at the turn of the century. The upscale area of Fresno is called Fig Garden and the kids in the 60s and 70s used to “party in the figs.” I don’t know how many fig trees are here any more.
There is a fig tree near here that is at an old homestead, near a spring, it is huge and 100 or more years old.
It looks as tho mine has died, since I have been sick, and it was almost 40 years old.
The birds would eat the figs, until they were so full, that they could not fly, you would find the birds sound asleep on the branches.