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Charlie
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This is a new mystery fig to me if anyone has any variety ideas. Durbrow is the last name of the owner. |
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Smungung
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Looks like a really nice tree. |
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SuperMario1
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Leaves and fruit look pretty much identical to Olympia. This is a newly recognized cultivar, however it has been growing for about a century in Washington... perhaps other places as well. |
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pino
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With that fig skin colour and the long lobed leaves could it be in the Brunswick family? |
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snaglpus
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Looks like a fig common here in NC called King Authur. |
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SuperMario1
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Absolutely could be, I don't see why not. It definitely is not a Brunswick, but could be a hybrid with a Brunswick mother and a caprifig, or some other close relative. However, it does look like pretty much identical to Olympian to me though. |
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Charlie
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Dennis it doesn't seem to resemble your King Arthur in this thread http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5816776 |
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SuperMario1
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Ripe figs are pretty much identical as well. |
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Charlie
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[QUOTE=SuperMario1]Ripe figs are pretty much identical as well. |
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Charlie
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What zone are you in Mario? Was that fig ripened in cooler weather? |
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SuperMario1
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Your are most welcome Charlie! I am in zone 8A along coastal NC. We were having some okay weather when the fig first started to ripen, however all of the sudden we got over a week of torrential rain and overcast skies. The fig sat on the tree for a quite a while just absorbing moisture and trying to decide if it was ever going to ripen fully. I decided to pull it off to prevent spoilage, and to keep that fig from taking too much of the tree's energy from other figs that might ripen when the weather clears up. The fig was a bit watered down, but considering everything (age of tree, conditions, etc.) still had a nice flavor. I'm confident that as the tree matures and the weather cooperates, this will produce some very nice figs. I agree that the figs from my Olympian are different from other cultivars that I have tasted. A little bit of a melon essence in there, good sweetness, mild figginess, substantial texture = different and good. It is still in its first year of production, so I expect the flavor profile of the fruit to change as the tree matures. |
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sbmohan
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Why can't this be Eastern Brown Turkey AKA LaDerek? |
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Charlie
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[QUOTE=sbmohan]Why can't this be Eastern Brown Turkey AKA LaDerek?[/QUOTE] |
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sbmohan
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Hi Charlie, Please search the forum postings for Sunbird or eastern brown turkey or LaDarek. You will find quite a few pictures and great information. |
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Charlie
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[QUOTE=sbmohan]Hi Charlie, Please search the forum postings for Sunbird or eastern brown turkey or LaDarek. You will find quite a few pictures and great information.[/QUOTE] |
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