George it is not nice to talk about fig jam or anything fig ......I know I have a fig and last year we even got to eat some but didn't have enough to have jam or preserves.....mine fig is just starting to leaf out.....it's coming back from the roots this year so prob. won't have any figs that get ripe this year but last year was wonderful. Barb.....in SW Kansas were we claim we are Zone 5 instead of 6 to be sure....