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Süßer Georg Fig

Can someone please tell me about this fig. 
Is it a dark fig or green fig.  Cold hardy?
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Susser Georg = Sweet George (German -> English)

I've seen it called both.  (I know someone that has it, but it hasn't fruited yet)
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Hello Cathy!  Mine has but they are small but fast grower; will know more about the fruit in July!
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Suser Georg  fruitted here and is very cold hardy.
According to my comparison of ripe fruits,it is a variant of English Brown Turkey,that grew and got adapted very well to the cold winters of Central Europe,specifically Austria.
It resist very well to rain while getting ripe,so for you in Texas,it is a good choice.
It has an abundant breba crop,and an abundant main crop,of large fruits,providing the breba buds do not get killed by frost.
In your Texas climate the cultivar has adeqvate ,hot ,long Summer to get ripe both crops.
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I am making notes on all my varieties and could not find any info on this one.

Thanks for everyones in put.
Only 1 column left to fill in, what color is the skin when it matures?
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Herman, excellent cold hardy fig information.


 I was not aware that Sweet George was a English Brown Turkey. I had not tried to obtain a cutting or plant in the past because I did not know it was a English Brown Turkey variant.

As far as I can tell from our research so far. English Brown Turkey is the most cold hardy fig we have been able to identify. But, like Brown Turkey there are so many English Brown Turkeys, getting the right is difficult.

I have read that Hanc Mathies stumbled onto one and ended up after his evaluation trials keeping only two figs, one he called Miller's English Brown Turkey and Atreano. I have also read some stating that Hanc's English Brown Turkey could be grown as far as zone 4A, with winter protection.

Also, for those who might try to purchase one from Millers, I understand that Millers lost the true one that Hanc bought from them. years ago.

Herman, can you tell us how it taste in comparison to the other English Brown Turkey you have in your collection??

Bob
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Bob It tastes sweet and juicy,when it ripes properly,but BOB be aware that all English Brown Turkey I had,have had problems here ,getting ripe properly,because of need to LOnger Hotter Summers.
Only in 2007,did they all performed properly and got ripe more than Half of the main crop.
It is not the cultivar fault,it is that the climate is not adeqvate.!
I forgotten to say I grow all figs except Desert King,inground,and this is a reason,English BT is having problems getting ripe every year.
When I had them in containers,they got ripe much better,and more reliably,here.
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Herman, since you have had a chance to grow and taste both Sweet George, and Violetta Bayernfeige, Do you think they taste the same.


I have not tasted Sweet George yet. I have had a chance to taste Violetta Bayernfeige. I found it to be both very sweet and very juicy. This was in the plants third year in the ground here. The first two years it either did not bear or the fruit was not very good tasting.

But, in it's third year it was very good. 

So, the reason why I'm asking you for your opinion on the taste of Sweet George compared to Violetta Bayernfeige, is that I'm wondering if they are so close in taste that having one is the same as having both, as far as taste is concerned.

Also, Our Violetta was the only plant to have half of it's fruit still on the plant when frost came. Which makes me think this plant may be only good in cool summer areas like New England, if one grows it only for its breba crop. Which are huge in size. The first breba fruit we picked was 150gm, and other dozen or so were all over 100 grams.

Bob, zone 5 Connecticut
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Hi Alan,

Thanks for all the info.  I actually got my cuttings from quinoah so will add your notes to my notes.
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Thanks for the additional information Alan.


That is about the same information I came up with while researching, the English Brown Turkey figs.

Although the main crop is out standing, I'm wondering if maybe the English Brown Turkey figs should only be grown in the north, for their breba crop. Since I have not been able to locate any one in the north, who does not have the problem of ending up with half the main crop still green, when frost comes.

Bob, zone 5 Connecticut
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