Ficus Carica “Brown Turkey”

     Fig “Brown Turkey”

                                            ID#150

 
 
 

Plant obtained from: Williams Nursery in Merritt, NC  (about 3 feet tall )

Location history: Spring 2009, tree still in original location, measures about 16 ft x 16 ft.

I love fresh figs,  after planting a Celeste fig tree the previous year I decided I could use a second tree. Never enough figs I thought... how wrong!


This tree is the second tree  planted in the property.

About14 yrs. later the tree still a bit shorter than the Celeste but their canopes are touching at the center creating a great center piece for the yard... and many hours of fruit collection take place every summmer. All the  fruit gets eaten.

HEIGHT X SPREAD: 20 ft x 20 ft PLANT TYPE: Deciduous GROWTH RATE: Moderate TEXTURE: coarse LIGHT: full sun WATER: low to medium SOIL: adaptable. Tolerates salt water.
As observed in Coastal NC. BLOOMS: the edible fruit is the flower. FRUIT AND SEED: Purple outside/red inside matures about 4th week in July- 1st week in august. KEY FEATURES: The flower blooms inside the fruit. Most variaties are self pollinators and require no wasp to pollinate. PRUNNING: During winter, when tree is dormant cut branches to open up interior.
A year cycle in the life of ...... at Mooring Hitch Fruit is small, purple in color. Compared to Fig “Celeste” , it is not as tall and with more dense shrub tendency; the fruit taste and apperance is to me, indistinguishable. Many treat this plant as a shrub, I do not. From the start I have pruned the plant to become a large tree with a umbrella like canope. Fruit grows from new shoots, do not prune mature trees heavily, this can reduce the crop. I DO NOT fertilize this tree. A large crop of figs ripens during 4th week of july - early august. On a single day I can easily collect 10 pounds of figs. The harvest lasts about 3-4 weeks. Figs get canned, made into fruit rolls, fig newtons, fig cakes or dried. Mocking birds have been nesting and training their brew around this tree for years.
          Mooring Hitch Gardens