Narrative
The above UNVERIFIED accession names were cited as synonyms in Fig Varieties: Hilgardia, Vol. 23, No. 11, 1955, p. 428, by Condit; in The Fig in Georgia, Georgia Experiment Station, Bull. 77, 1907, p. 91, by Starnes and Monroe; in Fig Growing in the South, USDA, Handbook 196, p. 5, by Krezdorn and Adriance; in Fig Culture in California, Circular 77, 1933, p. 11, by Condit; and in Ortho Book 'Citrus and Subtropical Fruit' Memo, 1985, by Claude Sweet. Info. on this variety from Sanders, Figs in Containers, Fruit Gardeners, California Rare Fruit Growers, Vol. 23, No.6, December 1991: Medium-to-large, elongated fruit with brownish maroon skin. Large open eye. Fine-grained, sweet, juicy, firm, meaty flesh. Excellent for jams, canning, drying, or eating fresh. Vigorous, small tree. Prune severely. Info. from Commercial Dried Fig Production in California, University of California, Leaflet 21051, p. 5, November 1978: A European variety, probably introduced into U.S. from England. It is not recommended for planting as a dried fig variety. Brown Turkey trees produce a few large breba figs that are utilized fresh. The second crop has medium to large fruits that are also shipped to the fresh market. The eye is fairly open and the fruit is subject to insect infestations and souring.