Growing conditions can greatly affect fig leaf patterns and can make it difficult to ID a particular cultivar only from its leaves. Your tree is definitely not a Vern's Brown Turkey. Post some pictures later of the whole fruit and cut in half by cutting right through the very center of the eye.

Dan

Hi Dan,

What is a Vern's Brown Turkey? Are there any photos of that kind of tree? Do you have Vern's BTs?

Thanks,

Vivian

Your fig have leaves(at this stage),that Celeste fig has.
The fruits also look like Celeste ,now.

I also have a Celeste (Celestrial) that I bought from the same place, the leaves on the Celeste do look very much the same but they are alot smaller than the Brown Turkey, the Brown Turkey leaves are bigger than my hands. The Figs look the same too but not as big yet. I

At what stage do brown turkey figs' eyes become pink? The Celeste's eyes don't turn pink until just before they ripen. I have a supposedly brown turkey with little figs on it and they are all green still. I have a TX Everbearing with little figs on it that are all green as well and they are supposed to have pink eyes, as well.

Thanks,

Vivian

From The conception,as soon as you see them,when they are like a corn kernell,they are pointing up,and at top end they are red.

So far the leaves look nothing like my California Brown turkey, I'd say it's safe to rule that one out.

Noss:Southern Brown Turkey has red eye from when small,English Brown Turkey do not.

Oy Vey! My "Brown Turkey" doesn't have pink eyes!!! Neither does the TXE. Perhaps I have an English BT, then? Time will tell. I don't need any more Celestes, that's for sure. The two girls I have are more than enough for me.

Thanks,

noss

Hello ayyubaddeen,

What is the name of the nursery you got your Brown Turkey tree from? I got a Brown Turkey tree from Just Fruits and Exotics and the little figs have green eyes still. The leaves look a lot like your tree's leaves. My tree is still a little baby and the leaves aren't as large, or as dark green as your tree's leaves are.

noss

The place I purchased it from is Halls Nursery, according to the label on the Fig Tree it was supplied to them from Alma Nursery in Georgia. My leaves are large mostly 3 lobed with some single leaves (no lobes at all). Dark green leaves, Figs are firm, med-dark green in color with no eye to light green very small eye.

The leaves look like my Celeste. Here is what I think is an Eastern Brown Turkey.

Hi ayyubaddeen,

Thanks. I guess we may have to wait awhile to see if our trees are really BTs, or something else. I'm going to email the place I got my tree from and ask them about the fig and see if they can tell me why the eye is still green.

noss

I need to go through some of my family photos and see if I can see the fig trees my grandma had in her yard. Maybe I can see the leaves on them, as I'm certain her trees were BTs. She lived in Newport News, VA and we visited her during the summers.

noss

Just planted a brown turkey fig tree. The green fruit is very soft and the inside is pale also. Taste good but why is the fruit not purplish brown. I am assuming it is ready to eat because it is soft. Bought at a Home Depot on Kauai, Hi.