hi gang,
   i heard that most brown turkey figs are low on taste.
yet i hear people praise the life out of English brown turkey.
is there a difference? i hear it grows very well in this area ,long island.
anyone care to comment.

marcantonio

I am sure Multiple hybrids,of Brn Turk,were introduced,by plant supplyer,some growing them from fertilised seeds of Brn. Trk in Europe ,Asia and Cal.
So I was reaserching this subjiect and this is my conclusion.
According to UC Davis Germaplasm Rep.
The English Brn Turkey is DFIC 17.
So i had ordered cutting from it,in 2006.
This Spring my cutting grew and produced 3 fruits,wich were not bad at all.
As the first fruits on a 1 foot tree they tasted very good.
But i am almost sure your fig is not identical with DFIC 17.
Please tell me after you see the picture;Also there is another Thought to be English Brn.Trk Cultivar that it's owner say is very good and flavorfull.
Just Search "Espo" on GF,fig forum.
DFIC 17 Pix :Bellow

This fruit was 80 grams

hi herman,
  herman i actually don't have any brown turkey yet.
i was going to order it from edible landscape.
what do you think?

marcantonio

The one from EL,is a good one coming from Hanc M. in New yORK.
It is very Similar if not Identical with Espo,Brn Trk
Just ask EL,if they are going to give you a EBT,that originates from Hank Matthies,in Long Island .You do not want any other BT,they might have.!!!

Hi Herman
You mentioned "Just Search "Espo" on GF,fig forum."
What is "GF, fig forum" referring to?

Garden Web,,Fig forum,search box,Sorry about Mistake

I have heard so much about the English Brown Turkey Fig. I was trying to locate a place that sold the fig. When I search on google all I get is the regular Brown Turkey Fig. Where do you find cuttings for the "English Brown Turkey Fig".

Here is where you can buy an English Brown Turkey right now......and they are on sale.

http://www.ediblelandscaping.com/plants.php

Dan
Semper Fi-cus

English Brown Turkey are very much different in flavor and taste in my area. In my area, EBT figs are larger, juicier, and sweeter. It is a great tasting fig.

Dan, did you get my email?

Bought a 5 gallon EBT from EL last year. Taste was really bland. It went to fig heaven.

English Brown Turkey is a very good tasting fig. I do have 3 EBT the one from Edible landscaping has mostly 3 lobed leaves very different compared to my other two EBT that have the typical 5 lobed leaves. Its the only EBT I have that has not fruited yet starting to wonder if its even an EBT based on leaf shape.

I have the EBT which originated from Espo's tree. It is a very good tasting medium to large fig which has a very nice "figgy" flavor to it. It will produce two crops in my area. As H2 suggested, give Mike at Edible Landscaping a call to be sure that the EBT's now listed originated from Hanc M.

Nope. I have not received any messages. I am headed to your area this weekend.

I actuallly sent two repllies to your original email. One yesterday afternoon and another with all of the details this AM. Copies are in my "sent" box and I did not receive any error message.....not sure what is going on.

I will paste a copy of  my AM reply to you using the figs4fun Private Message function shortly...........

Dan
Semper Fi-cus

........you should now have a PM. Ed Romero will be out of town this coming weekend. Last time I tried to set up a visit with other forum members to visit his super nice orchard....he had to have surgery. I've given lots of other details about their place in that PM.

Dan
Semper Fi-cus

Hi Nelson,
I got an EBT from EL this spring and will post pics when the one fig I left on ripens.

Grant
z5b

Nope, Jason.  I did not get it.  I think the email gremils are out.

The two emails that I recently sent to Dennis are somewhere out there in cyber space. However, this forum's Private Messaging function works just fine.

Dan
Semper Fi-cus

I will PM also. It seems your mailserver hates your figfriends, we can rarely get anything through to you! ;) ;)

I asked Michale about two months ago at Edible Landscaping, if his English Brown Turkey originated from Hance Mathies, and he say no. He said he was now getting his stock of English Brown Turkey,  from a wholesaler in the south.

I asked Michale about two months ago at Edible Landscaping, if his English Brown Turkey originated from Hance Mathies, and he say no. He said he was now getting his stock of English Brown Turkey,  from a wholesaler in the south.