On Wed, 10 Jan 2007, Excalibur131 wrote: > Hm-m-m-m, I don't know why I need to say this, but I remember eating figs > right from the tree as a kid. Now-a-days you are lucky to find a fig > regardless of where it comes from. (Although I do know of a couple "stashes" > on the Eastern Shore.) While I was at William and Mary back in the late 60s / early 70s, I'd regularly raid the fig trees in the Governor's Palace Garden. Since there were always figs lying on the ground, I figured they weren't being officially plucked by the CWF, so were free for the taking. (Besides, I was a starving student.) Not the best figs in the world, perhaps, but MILES better than the store-boughten dried variety. I remember finding it rather sad that almost no one else seemed to recognize the figs for what they were. Imagine knowing only the squashed brown over-sweet dried variety ... Mario Rups [log in to unmask] To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html