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Brunswick

Variety of Fig · Ficus carica
Large, cold-tolerant fig with a strong breba crop for northern gardens.
Also known as: Magnolia, Madonna, Dalmatian
Edible value9Medicinal value7Other uses4
🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Taste & characteristics

Taste

mildsweet

Profile

Pollination
self-fertile
Fruit weight
70 g

Flowering & harvest

J F M A M J J A S O N D
Fruit harvest
Storage

Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Description

Fruit

Very large, elongated asymmetric fruit, green-brown with pink-amber flesh; sweet but sometimes bland in cool autumns.

Growth

Vigorous growth with large deeply lobed leaves; very frost hardy.

Yield

Reliable breba producer; the main crop does not always ripen fully in cool locations.

Notes

One of the oldest cultivars grown in northern Europe.

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