Bo Ji Hong fig

Anyone know what type this is and if it will grow here zone 7b?

What he heck is going on with my font $%#^$$^^

I contacted a man in china selling it on ebay. never bought it, dont think i will. he said it gets to 10-20F where the unprotected mother tree is. i am not 100% sure so it just wasnt woth the 50 buck risk for me.

Yea I seen it when it was 50 but now its not that much plus its listed on Ioffer I dont know if you know the sight but I offered 5 bucks we will see what happens not gonna spend more then that.

Tony - the font for your opening statement shows you are secure in your masculinity ;)

Looks a lot like California BT

Tony, 

I found some interesting information about this fig.  It was part of various fig varieties imported from Texas to China in late 90s.  All those figs were given alphabetical and numerical coding, and this one was coded as A132.  The original name was lost, so they renamed it to Bo Ji Hong.  "Bo Ji" was the translated name of Brooke Shields, so whoever named this must be a big fan of Brooke Shields.  "Hong" means red for the color of the fig.  

According to the information I find, Bo Ji Hong produce both breba and main crop, but it is mainly for main crop production.  It is cold hardy, but late variety.  The hardiness information is based on China's weather, so not sure how cold hardy it is to zone 7b in USA.  

I bought all four varieties frum this guy,will see...i'll keep you informed.   Marius

hello,i live in South china,BoJiHong is common fig here,i can show you some pictures about it if you want.  pyxistort 's infrmathion is right.

Is it just a brown turkey ?? it looks huge in the pics 5 in across and 6 in top to bottom thats the only reason im interested in it and I think it says from -10-20 deg If it is BT it wont be so bad my dad just loves fruit worst case he eats them :)

@PS Thanks Jo-Ann

@uuu can you show pics please inside and out if you have im sure others would be interested as well.

@Thanks Marius.

@Thanks Scott good info.  (All those figs were given alphabetical and numerical coding, and this one was coded as A132)  where did you get this info I cant find it anywhere?

"bo ji" in korean is rather very similar to 4 letter word for a female. i was shocked that i saw this on the forum.. LOL

It hit Ebay a couple of weeks ago and now its on Ioffer im interested to see what it is if its as big as it shows in the pics.

@PS Pete I found the definition for it in korean yea Im a little surprised also now that I know what it is .

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Great!

USA figs going to China and coming back with a different name (adding more confusion).

I do stand by my original unique (dwarfish) China 'Wuhan' fig specimen though...
[I personally back traced it to the original horticulturist that, way back, first introduced it here.]

The pictures of the figs on ebay were not that appealling to me. The one fig actually had clear tape on it to keep it from splitting wide open. Most had very large eye, so no good for me here in NJ. It might do well in very hot and dry area. I'm talking about fig from China, since that is topic.


luke

The one I was talking about is brown/dark fig I did see the one your talking about and as far as confusion I wont offer it to anyone other then myself unless we know exactly what it is im just interested in the size of it if I can find the original source here in the USA like Texas etc I would be happy to get it there if anyone knows what the name of it was/is here im all for it let me know.

Well Tony if you get it please keep us posted on growth habbit, fruit production, taste, etc. cover the basis. Bass has a fig that is soposed to get really big red lebanese or somthing like that.

the first and the second,grow in land;others,grow in pots.BoJiHong came from USA in 1980's,Num:A132.lost its true name,someone called it BoJiHong.

In china，”Brooke Christa Shields“ is Translated into “Bo Ji.Xiao Si” ,"Hong" means "red"，”fire“..so,i guess the "Bo Ji Hong" fig was a prank，hah

Tony, the measuring tape in the picture is metric and those are centimetres. It takes 2.54 centimetres to make one inch.
Sorry to pop your bubble, or make that "fig". :)

those do look like some large figs.

ARRRRGH centimeters I didn't even think of that :o

Anthony, The information I found was from China's websites.  Looks like many people are growing figs there, too.  

uuu, Are those pictures from your trees?