The Mission fig I bought my Mom 5 ago finally ripened a bunch of fruit. I picked the 2 or 3 that the birds hadn't attacked and brought them in to share. I commented to my sis that these are the BIGGEST Mission I've ever seen, size of my palm and 2-3 times larger than Missions I'm familiar with. I didn't give it much thought what with the 4" down pour we had last month but now I believe it may be a BT but it might be a Black Jack too.

So what would you do if a nursery sold you the wrong tree and you've tended it for 5 years...besides grafting??

Sue

U could mess around with it if u dont like it try new things On it

Sue,
Can't hurt to contact the nursery if you have any documentation from the sale.  I know it's got to be frustrating after 5 years of caring for something you didn't want.

Burn it.

Hi,
Find a second spot. Dig a second hole for your new black mission tree to come.
Keep the first one ! With figs that big, I would keep it. Do you have pics ? How was the taste ? Did you find them good ?

They didn't taste bad but then they weren't ripe either. A little sweetness, not much flavor. Not the explosion of berry I was expecting from the Mission. If one is desperate for a fig, it would pass but if I had to chose between it and others, there's no contest.

Haha, Jon, I expected nothing less from you. :-)

At least now we have a name for it.  I'd contact the nursery.  One green world ignored me for over a year but the new owners said they'd ship me the right fig in the Spring, when they had some in stock.

If you over water the Brown Turkey Fig Tree, the fig will be huge and either watery with no taste or sour. If they get a lot of sun and water correctly or hold back watering for a couple of days before ripening then they are the best tasting fig ever. Good Luck !!!

oh  too bad you didn't get what you wanted.  All that time and love.    Just be glad that  you didn't have a heat stroke and adopt a BT plainly labeled from the big box store because you felt sorry for it like me.    Runty and stunted.    The girls working in the garden center named it   Little Brown T_ _Dey.    Plus they threw  some other half dead stuff in with it to sweeten the deal.     LOL    Joyce

I'd Franken Fig it, if it's a vigorous root stock.

Best of luck to you.  Also, thanks again for the Chico Strawberries.  I can't wait to see the "lipstick"




Tim Zone 10a Santa Barbara, CA

Sorry guys but how can you confuse a Black Mission with a Brown Turkey?

A BT as the name says is Brown.
A Mission fig is black or am i wrong?

Does the fig look similar to that?

Jon, now you know one of the best tasting figs we ate at UCD was the Brown Turkey and the California Brown Turkey!

Sue, if that tree produces figs, you should keep it!

Christian, the tree wasn't producing when it was purchased, only had the tag on the tree to go by.

Dennis it will be kept, hate cutting down a productive tree even if a BT or BJ. I can always sell the fruit to my local organic farm stand. They said they'd buy as many figs as I can provide. For now, the birds are feasting. It's on my Dad's property and he's too weak to tend it and I don't get over there enough to care for him and the trees and the roses and the dog (needs a bath). He has an orchard of 12 trees from stone fruit to citrus and this fig.

Crunbar, that's my idea too, to graft it with other varieties. Until then the birds are happy and getting fat.

Sue