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Anjeere Torki

This is a fig that I obtained as a cutting from a generous forum member this past Spring.  Here's the story on this fig as told by my friend (who of course is welcome to identify himself):

"This is from a friend of my uncles who grows this in Nashville alongside a fig he got from Walmart which he hates calls his Walmart fig. While his Walmart fig keeps freezing to the ground and doesn't ripen any fruit in time, the Anjeere Torki has been productive and reliable for him he said of 3 crops a season of large delicious figs (I presume 1 is breba). I have never seen a ripened fruit from it and I really hope it's not a Brown Turkey. I would be surprised though if it is... I don't think Brown Turkey has it's origins from Turkey... this one was brought directly from Shiraz, Iran but likely came to Shiraz from Turkey. I saw both trees the Anjeere Torki and the "Walmart" fig... and the Anjeere Torki was healthy and good sized tree while the Walmart fig stayed small I presume always recovering from winter damage (they were both planted at same time).  In summary all I know is: it's cold hardy in Nashville, TN, the figs are large, they ripen in time, an that although they come directly from Shiraz they do not need fig wasp if they are ripening for him."

Well, the  long-fingered leaves look nothing like the Brown Turkeys that I've seen. It seems to have a bit of fmv but is growing pretty well anyway.  I suspect if it was planted in the ground most of the symptoms would go away. I let one fig stay on and finally picked it today.  Considering it ripened in cool weather, and it is the first fig, I was pleasantly surprised that it had some complexity/richness to the flavor.  I'm not sure if the photo captures it well but the pulp was more pinkish/orangish than red. It will be interesting to see how it does next year.

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Thanks so much for posting Steve! I'm glad I found this one and am looking forward to the next couple seasons! Congrats on being the first member here to fruit it! Mine is still tiny :) my uncle who has had some of the best Iranian figs in the motherland rates it very highly based on samplings last season from the mother tree. Can't wait to try it

It seems similar in appearance to Brunswick, both leaves and figs. This is based purely off of observations on the forum, I don't have a Brunswick, just saying it appears similar.

Calvin, I'm not sure why I didn't realize this myself but you may be on to something.  This lone fig I harvested seems somewhat different than the Brunswick variant I used to grow (see: http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/please-help-me-identify-my-unknown-5983133?pid=1274764698#post1274764698).  However, it is the first fig off of a 1st year tree so it could be come more Brunswick-like in the future.  Given the source of the fig, I doubt if it is identical to Brunswick but it is something I will keep in mind as I evaluate this fig.

when I saw the pics I too thought it could be a Brunswick type but wanted to wait a couple seasons before judging!! I'm glad it had some richness in its flavor from the start :)

Hi Rewton,
Could be "Goutte d'or" which from what I saw on "Brunswick" is in the same family - although I haven't tasted or grown a "Brunswick" myself.
So with more pics of fruits and more mature leaves, I could compare to my own "Goutte d'or".

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