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The Fig Hunter Collection - Winehaven 747 Refresh

Fresh cuttings

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Located in: Red Bluff, CA
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 This fig was found in the historic area of Richmond, CA known as Winehaven. Winehaven was a winery, that held the title of "world's largest winery" for 12 years (1907–1919) until Prohibition forced its closure.  Winehaven went mostly unused from about 1920 until the late 1930s.

The Navy bought the 412 acres (167 ha) site in 1941, moved into the winery buildings, and constructed 20 large concrete tanks on the hillsides above for a fuel depot. Thousands of drums of fuel were stored in huge buildings, pipelines were laid, a new pier was built and the old one was eventually removed. The old Winehaven Hotel was pressed into service for a period as barracks and mess halll, and the workers' houses were renovated for the use of naval personnel. The Commanding Officer of the Naval Fuel Depot was assigned the largest house on the bluff overlooking the others, which previously had been the home of the winery superintendent.

Kaiser's Richmond shipyards built 747 Victory and Liberty ships for the war effort, more than any other site in the U.S. The city broke many records and even built one Liberty ship in a record 5 days, when the average was 30 days.

Despite the switch from wine to fuel, the historic district remains virtually unaltered from its days as a winery. There are 35 buildings in the National Register historic district built between 1907 and 1919. Also within the district is the Winemaster's House (Building 60), which became the Commanding Officer's residence, and the Village of Point Molate, a row of turn-of-the-century cottages used to house Winehaven and military families. The Navy continued to operate the fuel depot during the Korean War and Vietnam War until it was decommissioned in 1995. 

With purchase, you will receive 2 cuttings, each with at least three nodes and 7" or longer. This was a 2019 find, and for the sake of transparency we have not yet had the opportunity to confirm whether it is common or not. However, we are offering it for its rich historical significance.  

 

ABOUT THE FIG HUNTER

My name is David Burke aka The Fig Hunter . I live in Northern California in Red Bluff at the very north end of the Sacramento Valley. Though I was born ,raised and lived until few years ago in Napa of The Napa Valley . I work primarly in heavy construction as a Union Pile Driver of Local 34 out of Oakland,Ca one of the oldest Pile Driving Unions. With type of work I travel a lot all over Northern California .

On the Ranch I grew up on there where 3 massive Fig trees I remember from my youth. I started in the fig hunting hobby over a year ago because it was a fun thing to do after work . It also allowed me to take figs home to my family . We own 11 acres in Red Bluff,Ca we had a 1 acre market garden going and raising poultry and Berkshire Hogs. We were looking for something to add to the property and because I was finding fig trees we went with them.

I started recording videos and putting them on YouTube after being recommend to do so, because the live streams of the fig trees I was finding on What The Fig were being lost in the mix of regular posts. So we started, and by we I mean my beautiful wife Priscilla started, “ Fig Hunters” YouTube channel ( the name was of course because of what we were doing and name The Fig Hunter was because someone said you really are The Fig Hunter. We do this as a family; Priscilla , our 3 daughters and I. It allows us to enjoy a hobby together and most times it happens just driving down the road.

We have found wild fig trees from Disneyland to Oregon, but most our finds are in the San Francisco Bay Area to Redding though. We follow strict, long established naming guidelines of the fig community. We freely name seedling figs and we record and document the trees so to be able to prove that they are a seedling. If we can’t tell if it’s a seedling ( 100 year old trees ) we might name the road and unknown if only for our own records . You might ask how can we tell it wasn’t planted? Well we use the method of possibilities if a tree is in a spot such as growing out of a rock the chances are it’s not planted. We do our diligence and research; the hours spent pouring over photos is exhausting. Most important we are doing this because it’s fun to share with others and the adventure .

The end goal is to have a legacy to pass to the girls as a fig farm in Northern California. I will continue to work Union because it’s fun . Also I wish to be and I respect honesty up front. I shall make mistakes because I’m human, but I will not go out of my way to lie to you about the things; if I don’t know if it’s common I will never state that it is. We look forward to chatting and visiting if you have any questions just ask. We are on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok Reddit, Tumblr. Join us at https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCnnY0N_QfTusyl_pefsSJXQ to join in on the figventure. Please ,like ,subscribe, and follow.

So find a fig make a friend; plant a fig make a friend forever -The Fig Hunter

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