@Barry, I can get a pic if you want it.  Most of my trees are pot culture, this tree is 7' tall and in a 3gallon pot.  The tree is on the south side of my house and gets full sun from approximately 10:30am until 6:30pm (~8 hours).

@Chris, all of my trees go dormant in Atlanta.  I don't understand what you're asking about how large the root section is.  Does the pot size listed above help?  My trees sit in pots and are encouraged to root into the ground through the pots.

Jason,

Looking at how large a container would be needed to transport one. 

Jason,
        I have several trees that are supposed to be Magnolias(Brunswick) planted in the ground with full sun.The figs are near the ripening stage,but they may or may not ripen if the weather doesn't cooperate.My figs certainly won't ripen fully without the summer heat and dry conditions,but I am curious about the size and color of your Brunswick fig's eye in the green unripened stage.

If you have a pic, I would appreciate the view.

Jason, if you don't have takers on the two Brunswick I would love to take one off your hands.

Jason,

According to USPS the shipping should be around 20 or 25. I am observing trees in my area and not all of them have been affected by the weather to start going dormant. When do these usually take the plunge?  

Let me look into this one, guys. I'm always for easy (local) versus shipping.

Jason,

To cut down on the height if you need to, you could offer the cut pieces to anyone else that is interested. 

That is true, but then I'm sending out multiple packages instead of just one, which is cumbersome, when I could just hand off a 7' tall plant to someone local and be done with it.  Really, this isn't that awesome of a plant.  If I thought it was worth keeping, I'd offer to ship it out, but it's hardly worth the price of gas to pick it up, in my book.  I normally only ship out 1-gallon pots.  Anything larger than that just isn't worth the time and effort involved.

Let me check to see if I still have any 1-gallon versions of this plant.  I think I planted the last one in our community garden to commemorate the burned out neighborhood building it came from.  I don't think I have any extras, but I can check.  This tree needs pruning at end of year, if I give it to Newnandawg, I'm happy to ask him to send you some wood. 

Not looking at it as a special tree, just a historic one. 

It's a Brunswick ;)

Hey Barry, here is a picture of the unripe "Voiture" fruit's eye and other pics near ripe.

One thing that is pretty distinct about some Brunswick is that much of the fruit are lopsided.  This tree is no different.

4 weeks from ripe:



10 days from ripe:

Jason, did you see my PM?

    The green figs on my fig trees that are supposed to be Brunswick (Magnolia) look somewhat similar.The eyes on mine appear more red. I was expecting some long thick necked figs,but they don't look like they are going to resemble some of the ripened Brunswick(Magnolia) fig photos found elsewhere unless they stretch out during ripening time. Thanks for posting the photos Jason.

What's the source of your tree? Lots of figs start out with pink eyes.

Jason, I compared my Paradiso leaves to the Brunswick (Voiture #217) you gave me. They appear to be identical. The fruits look alike also with not
much of a stem. If you look at the picture I posted today under Paradiso you can see the resemblance of the fruit.

I have both- They may be related but they are not the same. I received unknown Italian trees that had all the makings of Brunswick. They looked similar to Morle's Paradiso.  But his type did well in rain and humidity. Not great but they didn't split and spoil like the unknowns- Brunswick's claim to fame.  Looked like they belonged in Little Shop of Horrors, they looked that bad.  Taste a bit different but not by much. Neither really give me pause to keep.

Who says Brunswick splits in rain? I've always perpetuated because that's what I've heard, but in retrospect, never actually seen.

Then what looks like it and splits? Then I'm mistaken. It has finger leaves and light to medium tan blushed skin depending on heat. Opened like a tulip when the air saturated with moisture. Guess I was under the wrong impression.


I wish I took pics.

It's possible, Dom. I really don't know. This is by first Brunswick, and I have had two. Neither split. From day one I started reading here and then two ears later when I setup an account, I have read that Brunswick supposedly splits in east coast weather. Yet, I have yet to find one that splits in rain.

It is totally possible Brunswick splits, but I'm getting the feeling Brunswick generally gets a bad rap as a tree. If it weren't for the large eye, I would've kept it.

I ate one of the Voiture/Brunswick before handing it over to Mike - ill post pics. It was extremely sweet and surprisingly figgy - almost too sweet for me, but ... For some people, this tree would be a keeper. It would make an awesome fig spread and would hardly require Any sugar at all - just some pectin and agar.

Another pic of Voiture here: 

did you see this argelina?
http://www.jardin-mundani.info/moraceae/cabrahigo-X-hembra.jpg

Looks like this fig would benefit from the organza bag treatment.

Has anyone heard from Jason?