In article , Jaques
d'Alltrades writes
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from Tim Tyler contains these words:

It looks as though the same trick can be fairly easily
be performed with figs as well.

Fig seed germinates readily, but beware! Many imported figs are from
varieties which are not self-fertile. I can't remember the details, but
you might need male and female trees.

The flowers of the fig are inside what eventually grows into the fruit.
Flowers are male, female or neuter, the neuter ones basically being a
food supply for the wasps who fertilise. Female wasp enters, lays eggs,
eggs hatch and develop into male and female wasps, only the females
leave to lay more eggs elsewhere. The different flushes of fig fruits
have different proportions of male, female and neuter flowers to
synchronise with the wasp life cycle and ensure fertilisation.

Some varieties of fig can produce fruit without fertilisation,
fortunately for us, as we don't have the fig wasp in the UK. But I don't
think these fruit have viable seed.

So the quick answer is - no you don't need male and female trees, just
the right sort of fig.
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"