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I am the guy with the King Arthur figs on the flickr site. I have emailed the person who brought the original plant to us. It is not ours, I believe it was a "pass a long" / "selection" from a customer up in the North Georgia mountains. My memory it was chosen for its hardiness. I don't think we named it, I believe it came to us with that name. It is very common in the industry for individuals and/or company's to name selections. To the point, it can be confusing at times. Many times the reason for the selection is hardiness, compact growth, longer bloom time, re-blooming, larger or smaller fruit, etc. Some are patented, some trademarked, others just passed along for free. I have been in the business for over 25 years and seen many plants with different names but were all were the same plant. Maybe a different strain. Some of the loropetalum's are a prime example. Sometimes the plant was brought from another country by more than one person, thus each gave it a name. Not saying it is good or bad, just part of the industry. I am no expert on figs, but hopefully the person(s) that we picked the original plants up from can give us more info. Once he contacts me, I will be glad to share. You can decide from there if it is a BT selection or something else. I will be interested to see what you can determine from the information I can provide. I am always looking to learn more about plants and their history. Thanks and have a great day!
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