FMD
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Tam
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The fig interior and leaf shapes do not look like Brunswick.
Tam
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pitangadiego
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Look more like Mission and/or Black Mission.
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FMD
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Thank you Tam.
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waynea
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Looks like my Black Mission I purchased from where?? You guessed it LOWES, about the same time as you.
dkirtexas
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Not Brunswick/Magnolia.
rcantor
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If it was a Brunswick growing in FL the figs would be split :)
JD
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Frank,
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Aaron4USA
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2 different figs? one is honey-ish inside and the other red when ripe.
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jdsfrance
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Hi FMD,
brianm
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Its caprified very red interior this year
brianm
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Interesting link between the two.
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FMD
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OMG! Lowe's making a labeling error? How is that possible? LOL.
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brackishfigger
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The "magnolia" i bought from lowes had a pic just like the fig you show on the label, and it was grafted onto my frankenfig before the folks here informed me that it is in fact a yellow/green fig, not purple, and synonymous with Brunswick, which I already had. Not only that but an open-eyed fig, horrible for the humid gulf south.
brackishfigger
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Just to add, my leaves match Brian's, more slender fingers than yours, on both the magnolia and brunswick.
FMD
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MariannaMiller
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Definitely not a Brunswick/Magnolia. I have several growing here on the SC/GA border. Leaves are wrong (need longer thinner fingers on your leaves) and the fruit is wrong. We get a lot of heat and sun and at best the figs are pear shaped beigy colored fruit with a pinkish blush that never quite makes it to purple. The inside is a blush pink color. Fruit is not cloyingly sweet and I think its a member of the honey family taste wise. Would send pictures but I cut all mine to the ground this year and the leaves are sort of variable this year. Despite that, my bushes have bounced back to being over 6' in height despite not having the number of stems thinned and are now setting scads of fruit which only the earliest might have time to ripen (shows the importance of a good root system). Most of the past 7 years in SC have been dry enough for it to ripen without souring but that was not true last year. Although its an open eye variety which is not ideal for our climate, I have to say you can do some interesting things with the green figs and they have earned their spot in my orchard (they make a great pemmican among other things). Not sure what you have but it does not resemble to Black Missions I have seen around here and which I have grown. Skin on these fruits has been quite tender and the fruit more elongated. I know there is quite a variety in the Black Mission family, so perhaps? The color is right although mine have more of a pinkish color where the fruit meets the stem. I bought my Brunswick/Magnolias as BT's at a local nursery. Lots of surprises when you grow figs. :) If they are tasty and don' t sour, celebrate the mysteries in life.
