Brown Turkey fig
Ficus carica 'Brown Turkey' · Fruit
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The Brown Turkey is the dependable, cool-climate garden fig — a medium-to-large pear-shaped fruit with dull brownish-purple to coppery-mahogany skin that opens to a pale pink-amber, sparsely seeded interior. Its flavour is mild and gently honeyed rather than intense, sweeter and lighter than the jammy Black Mission, and its great virtue is reliability: it is hardy, heavy-bearing and forgiving, which is why it is the fig most often planted against a sunny wall in Britain and the cooler parts of the United States.
Picking a good onedrag
Firm, neck straightSplit, weeping, souring
DroopingPeak rawEat as it is: torn over cheese, cured ham or cream.
Neck and stemNeck bent, the fruit hanging heavy
Weight and giveHeavy for size, yields to a touch
SkinFine lines at the shoulder, skin dry
Smell at the eyeWarm, honeyed, faintly floral
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What you get from one
99%
Edible part
50 g · just the stem off
51 g
Weight each
each one
Keeping ittap a temperature
A domestic fridge holds it about 2× longer than the counter.
90-95%
Humidity
Single layer, loosely covered
Airflow