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Brown Turkey, Celeste or LSU Gold

15 years ago

I have a choice between Brown Turkey, Celeste or LSU Gold and wanted to get some advice and input from you guys. I don't have enough space for more than one so I want to make the best choice. I really want a good tasting fruit and would love to start seeing fruit before too many years pass. Which of these three would you recommend and why? All input will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

BevD

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bonsaist
15 years ago
If you like the juiciness of the fig pick LSU Gold. It's large, juicy and sweet.
There are many variants of Celeste, but they're mostly good tasting figs.
I wouldn't go with a Brown Turkey, too bland and lacks the sweetness of the others.
Any fig tree will bear at a young age. May get some the first year, but I usually allow up to 3 years before it produces well. Usually the quality of the fig enhances as it gets older.

Bass
tracylikesfigs
15 years ago
There are some very sweet and nice brown turkey strains. It gets a bad rap from those that have only experienced bad ones, or ones with an odd flavor.

I highly recommend the one from Rolling River Nursery ( rollingrivernursery.com ). It's the best I have encountered, and they sent me a beautiful tree for the money, fast growing and productive too. I have heard good things about the one from OneGreenWorld (Vern's BT), but don't grow it personally). I recommend this over your other two choices.

The LSU Gold is not precocious in my experience. It doesn't really start doing much fruitwise until its 4th year, but it's a very nice light fig. The Celeste is a great fruit, but small and not juicy. It may drop its fruit, so if you only have space for one tree, it might not be worth the gamble. I recommend Blue Celeste if you can find it.

Good Luck
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