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Brunswick or not

I have a tree that resembles brunswick somewhat.Biggest difference is that this fig does not split at all.Following pictures show figs that were picked 2days after receiving 8 inches rain. Only information i have is that its supposed to be a southern Italian variety. This is main crop and taste is excellent in my opinion. Tree is planted in very rich soil located in Brooklyn NY.Observations were made for several years .Wondering what some forum members opinion would  be here.                                                                                         Angelo Zone 7  NY

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Boy everything but the pulp suggests Brunswick.  The pulp of Brunswick is more like the skin color, amber.  I do not have it so I will not say yes or no. My Paradiso is very similar to that as far as everything except the pulp as well. But I have only had a Breba with the amber colored pulp. Some varieties exhibit different interior colors from one crop to the next. 

Angelo....what do you call your tree or what name did it have when you took ownership?  

Looks like a Brunswick type to me.  Some might toss out Stella as a possible also, but the skin isn't greenish yellow enough IMO.

I like it for Brunswick also. Brunswick is known to have a strawberry tinged hollow core too. Only insconsistency is that the leaf does not appear glossy. Nice fruit. Enjoy!

See Brunswick  Remember figs can change dramatically depending on environment, including color ranging from honey to strawberry. For example: Sucrette

Saramc..  I just call this fig Mikes after my brother who has the mother tree.Thing is that next to this tree there were two other unknown varieties that had some splitting on the figs when we received all that rain.The interior and exterior color does vary crop to crop and by the year. I believe this may very well be a superior strain being it doesnt split like your average Brunswick does.Not shure where Brunswicks origin is from, as per my brother  this fig is from southern Italy,probably Calabria region.Mother tree is over 20 years old. Calabrese long  and Paradiso JM are yet two other trees it resembles. Fruit taste is definitely excellent however. It has a nice honey taste along with that good fig flavor.   Thank you for everyone's input. Angelo

Thanks for the response Angelo....interesting.   It is SO amazing how each plant/animal adapts to its environment.  What started out as perhaps "just one" is now  ?? how many ??.   Just amazing to me.

I like it for malta purple gillette, personally.

Possibly both. 

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