Here is the only picture I took of the whole fruit.  As I mentioned, the first large fruit above in my hand was taken in July with the all the other pics taken in September. The figs were darker as the summer went on. But all were very sweet and flavorful.  Daisy says it is her favorite fruit of all that she grows.  Sorry I did not know to take a picture of the leaves before the frost.  We have been looking in the varieties section of the forum and are amazed at all the variations of BT's.  How do you know which is which?  I bet the leaves help with the indentification.  Guess we will have to wait for spring for that one.  We are busy labeling and wrapping cuttings to send out to members that requested cuttings.  Another learning experience.  Daisy is tickled to think of all the places that this fig is traveling to this week.  We so appreciate all the interest and generous trades of the members of the forum.  It reminds me of Michael Pollan's book "The Botany of Desire", on the thought that plants use man for their propagation too.  That sure seems to be the case here.  Happy figging all.   

Thanks for posting this photo Jodi. Nice looking fig!

The bottlecap was from another great locally created nourishment, an AZ nut brown beer! ;-)

Yeap....that's a brown turkey!   I love that dark red color.  Here's a question for you Jodi, what is your hottest temp in July and August for your climate?  I'd bet it's over 95 degree!  The dark purple skin proves that.  And does it ever rain much in July and August there?  Just curious if Daisy waters her tree or not.  

In my climate, the best weather for fig is hot dry days.  Which means you have to water extra if temps exceed 95 degrees.  In 2009 and 2010, I had the best climate and the most figs those 2 years.  This year was good too but we use to get 90 degree temps in March and October.  Even though I'm in zone 8a, we get a lot of freezing temps and ice every year.  Jodi, how cold does it get in you area?

Phew Dennis that is a relief. I was a little worried that we really didn't know and it's still a fab tree! The Verde Valley has many microclimates because of the mountains and river valley. From what I can tell (I am an AZ native but I have only lived in the V V for 3 years) Daisy lives in one of the more temperate areas. Up to 110 a few times in the summer and down to 20 or less in the winter. Real extremes. We have some of the largest diurnal temperature swings in the state. Kinda tough on the plants. We have been having some of the wettest years that I can ever remember! It looks like Hawaii on the mountains! It usually rains during our monsoons which start officially on 7-4 and last till September. And she does water all her trees, flowers and gardens as needed. She grow lots of fruit pomegranate, quinces, cherimoya, etc. that she sells at three farmers markets per week all summer. She hails from one of the temperate areas of Bolivia and says it is to cold for her here in the V V. She only cuts back the big papa Cornilio tree (all the cuttings we are sharing) and does cover the offspring. I live 15 miles away on the river. We are 10' colder at nite, as hot in the day. I just transplanted one of her 2 year olds to my yard. I have it very snug for the winter. She is a real plant lady! ;-)

That fig looks delicious. Thanks for sharing.

I wanted to share the posts snaglpus has made about this tree.  
"Originally Posted by snaglpus
Hey Jodi, You did a great job on those cuttings. The older ones will root also. The larger ones take longer to root. But if they are fresh, they are ok. Daisy's tree is the new and improved brown turkey. If you google "Improved Brown Turkey", you will see. It's also the same as California Brown Turkey and Thompson Brown Turkey. The bark on those trees turns an off white as the tree ages. Those trees are very common throughout Caifornia. It's one of my favorite tasting figs. THe tree is a dwarf meaning it will only get to be around 12 feet tall but is a heavy producer. Over the years, I started collecting Brown Turkey fig trees. And my best heavy producer is the Improved Brown Turkey. Today, I have 3 in self watering pots. They do better for me in these pots because some days we have consecutive 96 degree days and figs need lots of water on those hot days. On hot 90 degree days, IBT figs turn dark purple. The more heat, the darker the figs will be and the sweeter they will be. IBT is not a hardy tree in my climate. It puzzles me how it can survive your climate! I see you guys are having morning temps in the early 20s! Wow! That's tough on a young fig tree."

So does that mean that this is no longer considered an "Unknown"?  We trimmed another bazillion cuttings off this big old papa tree.  What do you do with all the cuttings on an old tree?  It is mind boggling how much it grew this last year.  :-)  

That is an awesome tree  ,looks like the ones I saw in Jordan and in Peru .

wish I could grow a big tree in ground I am going to trim mine down and keep in 10 gall SIP planters from Evil Wal-Mart ha

thanks for sharing

AUSTIN  

So where are you located Baust?  I have been to Peru several times, Cusco area, and don't remember any fig trees.  Probably too cold up there.  Where did you find the figs in Peru? I love that place and the way the people work with the plants. Good luck with your trees.  Let me know if you want to try this one.  We have lots of cuttings.  LOL!

Jodi I saw fig trees in Lima in walled yards .

I saw several small fig trees in Cusco in the court yards of two church's .

 There is a fig growing in court yard of presidential palace .....not sure if that's  cusco or Lima ??? but reportedly it was planted 600 yrs ago buy Pezaro  ...so the legend goes ??

I was going to try and pinch a cutting but the day we were to tour the Palace there was a political rally and we could not go .

In the sacred valley below Cuzco I saw larger  fig trees in walled gardens  of farm houses .

Cuzco is about 11,000ft the sacred valley about 6,000 ft . micro climate due to moist warm air from amazon over the mountains I was told.

Nothing much grows above 9,000 ft here  , but over there I saw vast fields of barley and potato's on a high plane about 12,000ft.

Austin

OOPS  I am in S.E.Nebraska zone 5 close to 6 . very hot humid summers very cold winters .

I grow apples  ,apricots , nectarines, pears , red sweet , red sour . sweet yellow   cherrys  , plums , plumcots  , Almonds , raspberrys , black berrys , goose berrys , walnuts , kiwi , grapes , currents ??? more maybe

Oh my that is great.  I must not have had my fig consciousness amped up like it is now.  Inspiring me to go back to Cusco for even more reasons.  It does have a very interesting climate with all the eucalyptus and many frost tender green plants growing even when it seems so cold at night.  Yes they are amazing gardeners.  We went to a place between Cusco and Pisac that was a giant round terraced area that was were they grew hundreds of kinds of potatoes, amaranth and quinoa.  I really loved the way the food tastes there.  The people seem so involved with each other, the earth and all aspects of living things.  Hope to get back there and Bolivia next summer.  Happy figging.  ;-)

Jodi ,I was in Perugia and visited the Giardino Mediovale or Orto Botannico, they had a fig tree whit a sign that said : Albero della Vita or "Tree of Life"
By the way a pine tree was referred to as: Albero della Morte or "Tree of Death"