On 11/07/13 14:36, Martin wrote:

Do figs grow tree sized in S England like they do in Greece?

And the north.

At bawdy school (Brentwood) in 1949/50 we plundered the *huge* fig tree
in the kitchen garden.

Delicious, plump, purple fruit with seedless pink juicy flesh.

'Twas this memory which prompted me to buy my Brown Turkey.

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Rusty Hinge