That is mysterious! 
Raccoons? Where do u live?
Creepy!! Lol New Jersey!
@shrinkrap I know my wife and I were amazed spent 5-10mins inspecting them, canât find a single remaining pear.
It seems like wildlife would eat some there and leave some evidence!
The Jersey Devil?
Bigfoot?
Harold and Kumar?
I noticed in early June I lost about a dozen total around when I read about my âJune dropâ of nearly a dozen peaches. I still have 5 surviving pears, I did wrap that tree in netting to keep animals and birds from getting to it.
My fig tree is alive and well but bare of fruit for the 6th+ year? My pomegranate tree died over the winter and the deer decimated my Cherry and plumb trees!
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My guess is the thieves were squirrels. Theyâll strip ripe or unripe fruit from any fruit tree. Iâm not sure if the netting will help, once they find the fruits. I tried tin foil on a certain native nut, Chinquapin, and they chewed through that. Finally, I made cages of half-inch mesh to protect the nuts, which I used for planting.
Squirrels will often pick and hide, leaving no obvious evidence. And, their buddies see the bounty and join in. They donât stop unless you either shoot them or all the fruit is gone. Been there, done that. The method I use is only provided on a need-to-know basis! 
Fig trees, in temperate climates, typically bare fruit on second-year branches. That means you wonât get fruit if the plants die to the ground. For most varieties, fruit buds and branches get killed when the temperatures go below 8-10°F. Squirrels love figs.
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Ah. Well, it looked too good and tidy to be a rodent, anyway.
Let us know- is it a flavor grenade? Not the name, I know thatâs the name, now I wanna know if it IS oneâŚ
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I have a potted fig tree that is on my windy balcony in summer and inside during the long winter in Ottawa, Canada. It is 3 years old. I need to learn how to prune it because it is getting too big. I usually get an early and late crop, though the second ones donât always ripen before the cold sets in. The second fig is a different variety and it is growing in width more than height. Itâs younger and no sign of fruit yet. It is inside right now as part of staging my condo for sale (and what a ridiculous business that is), but will go back outside soon.
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Figs are very easy to prune, but some cautions are in order: Prune them where the dripping sap, latex wonât be a problem, not on your carpet! Conditions and variety affect bleeding.
Itâs best not to remove more than approximately 20% of the plant per pruning, and allow the root to leaf ratio recover for some months before any other pruning. You can prune anytime, but itâs typically done during the winter. The new growth this year will fruit next year, unless the dormant fruit buds are killed, e.g. by freezing.
Remove low sucker growth, near the soil, unless the tree has died back and thatâs all you have. Try to space out branches and remove those which cause crowding or are at very steep angles with the main branch.
FinallyâŚrelax! As long as you prune during the dormant season, itâs hard to kill a fig by pruning. Here, freezes often kill off every bit of top growth and the plants rebound just fine. Even when some contractors had to cut a bunch of figs down to ground level during the summer, in order to erect scaffolding, they came back fine. Figs are amongst the toughest of trees. Archaeologists often use them to find old home sites!
Be sure to scrub and wash your pruners before and after to prevent disease transfer and keep the sap from forming a hard to remove gum.
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My bro in law is the biggest mangler of pruning that Iâve ever seen. I donât want to go into detail. He cuts their fig down to amost the ground in early winter and horribly, cutting mid branch and so forth, but the fig is in the leaching field and takes off as soon as it quits freezing. Iâm freaking amazed at the tree, it may take over the west side of town
