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Help requested to identify this fig variety

Hi to all forum members, over the winter I scouted my neighborhood and identified a cold hardy fig tree that survived without damage brutal  winters 2015 and 2016 in-ground in New Jersey, Jersey City.
Needless to say I took a few cuttings and rooted them. Now the first breba is ripe and it was absolutely delicious.

I would like to ask for forum help to see if anyone can ID this variety. I just hope it is not a common dreaded "brown turkey" :)

An interesting feature on pic #3 very young leaves/growth has redish color to it..

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Looks like a Mt Etna type. Hard to say what strain. But not Brown Turkey. The new leaves of Mt Etna type figs have that pinkish reddish olor tone.

A little underrip, but a Hardy Chicago main crop pic. Generally they taste like berries. Mulberry, Raspberry and Blackberries, is what i usually think they taste like a mix of.

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Figgysid1, thank you so much for your feedback. Much appreciated.

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