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Durbrow Unk

This is a new mystery fig to me if anyone has any variety ideas.  Durbrow is the last name of the owner.

This tree was planted around 20 - 25 years ago, purchased from a nursery without an ID tag and has spread along the entire width of the home, about 30 feet being conservative, from the limbs rooting on the ground.

It is just now beginning to ripen figs in this cooler weather,though he said it ripened earlier in previous years. Figs are different tasting from any I've had and very sweet.  Wife says sugary.  I just thought they were very good.

The tree is on the East side of the home, shaded late after noon.  

At first look at the figs, I thought LSU Tiger but the leaves don't match my Tiger.  I'm stumped and I don't think the Tiger was even released back when this tree was planted.

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Looks like a really nice tree.

Leaves and fruit look pretty much identical to Olympia.  This is a newly recognized cultivar, however it has been growing for about a century in Washington... perhaps other places as well.
Here is a pic showing the leaves on my Olympian fig.
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*Worth noting: if you look on the 5th pic down from what you posted, you will even notice an asymmetric leaf that looks nearly identical to the asymmetries presented in the leaf toward the bottom and in the foreground of the second pic I posted.  I believe your tree is an Olympian.

With that fig skin colour and the long lobed leaves could it be in the Brunswick family?

Looks like a fig common here in NC called King Authur.

Absolutely could be, I don't see why not. It definitely is not a Brunswick, but could be a hybrid with a Brunswick mother and a caprifig, or some other close relative. However, it does look like pretty much identical to Olympian to me though.

Dennis it doesn't seem to resemble your King Arthur in this thread http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5816776

SuperMario1 I agree the leaf patterns are very similar but what about ripe figs?  

There will be very many cuttings from this tree come dormant time since I get to help prune it and he always just tosses the limbs over the fence for brush pickup.  If anybody wants to trade for some I'll let you know when they're available.

Ripe figs are pretty much identical as well. 
See post 128 here: http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/olympian-4714618?pid=1289443058
Regarding the ripe figs: Exterior color, shape, size, pulp color, from what I can see of the eye, look pretty much identical. 
Regarding the pics of fruit that I posted in post 130: This fruit was ripened under unusual conditions and could have been left on the tree longer which accounts for the different appearance.

Do you want a cutting from my Olympian so you can compare them side by side in the next couple year(s)? PM me for details.

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Originally Posted by SuperMario1
Ripe figs are pretty much identical as well. 
See post 128 here: http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/olympian-4714618?pid=1289443058
Regarding the ripe figs: Exterior color, shape, size, pulp color, from what I can see of the eye, look pretty much identical. 
Regarding the pics of fruit that I posted in post 130: This fruit was ripened under unusual conditions and could have been left on the tree longer which accounts for the different appearance.

Do you want a cutting from my Olympian so you can compare them side by side in the next couple year(s)? PM me for details.


Looks like the same fig.  Thanks for the offer on the cutting but I do have a healthy TC Olympian, second year from Wellspring, that I was able to get three air layers on back in August.

 

What zone are you in Mario?  Was that fig ripened in cooler weather?

Your are most welcome Charlie!  I am in zone 8A along coastal NC.  We were having some okay weather when the fig first started to ripen, however all of the sudden we got over a week of torrential rain and overcast skies.  The fig sat on the tree for a quite a while just absorbing moisture and trying to decide if it was ever going to ripen fully.  I decided to pull it off to prevent spoilage, and to keep that fig from taking too much of the tree's energy from other figs that might ripen when the weather clears up.  The fig was a bit watered down, but considering everything (age of tree, conditions, etc.) still had a nice flavor.  I'm confident that as the tree matures and the weather cooperates, this will produce some very nice figs.  I agree that the figs from my Olympian are different from other cultivars that I have tasted. A little bit of a melon essence in there, good sweetness, mild figginess, substantial texture = different and good. It is still in its first year of production, so I expect the flavor profile of the fruit to change as the tree matures.

Why can't this be Eastern Brown Turkey AKA LaDerek?

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Originally Posted by sbmohan
Why can't this be Eastern Brown Turkey AKA LaDerek?


I don't know why.  Got any links or leaf & fruit pics? Thanks.  It's very sweet and good.  Is that the good BT or???

Hi Charlie,
Please search the forum postings for Sunbird or eastern brown turkey or LaDarek. You will find quite a few pictures and great information.

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Originally Posted by sbmohan
Hi Charlie, Please search the forum postings for Sunbird or eastern brown turkey or LaDarek. You will find quite a few pictures and great information.


The Sunbird and other BT types seem to have a hollow spot in the core.  Is that so?  The Durbrow has no hollow spot but the exterior color is spot on.

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