Encanto Farms Nursery > Categories > Unknown Purple Italian 2014 ??? Not Likely

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JD

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Edit. This thread was entitled Unknown Purple Italian but clearly that is not what this is. Thanks to forum members more experienced than me, I doing some homework. Once it ripens, I will know for certain. Meanwhile, I changed the title to avoid any confusion.

Unknown Purple Italian
. Gifted three cuttings labeled as Unknown Purple Italian from J. A. Stallone on 31 January 2010. It is a first ever fig for this tree. It is a massive fig that is more than likely not purple with an open eye. It has swollen but it is still as hard as a baseball.

Any thoughts?

This fig may ripen, fall, be eaten, and/or rot without human intervention. Thus this is for the record:

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hoosierbanana

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Finger leaves, large eye, light purple/ brown, with white spots...

I am thinking you got a Brunswick. Depends if the eye opens up into an interior (amber to pink) cavity.

hoosierbanana

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Pic from an unk representation at Cosmos restaurant in Wilmington.

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dkirtexas

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Brunswick. AKA Magnolia, no doubt in my mind.

newnandawg

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Brent, I think you are right.

lampo

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This is a very nice fig !

Francisco

JD

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Thanks Brent & Danny. http://figs4fun.com/Thumbnail_Brunswick.html

leon_edmond

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It resembles my Doree both the fig and the leaves.

JD

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Leon,
If you have photos, please post them for comparison. It would be helpful and much appreciated

JD

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More of the same...very bland but beautiful leaves.

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