Bethel Grove Gardens · Variety reference
Brown Turkey
Biological type: Common (persistent)
Pollination: Unknown
Cutting reference$5.00
One-gallon reference$23.00
Reference estimates, not sale offers or mature-tree appraisals. Price evidence date not recorded.
No verified photograph yet
Fruit & growing traits
- Biological type
- Common (persistent)
- Crop habit
- See Condit 1955
- Main crop ripening
- Average
- Flavor profile
- Sugar
- Fruit size
- Large
- Skin color
- Unknown / not recorded
- Pulp color
- Unknown / not recorded
- Hardiness / climate notes
- USDA 6–10 (ChicagoFigs selector)
Reported growth habit: Unknown
Origins & names
- Geographic origin
- Documented in Condit 1955 (often Mediterranean / N. Africa / CA intro)
- Possible origin
- USA / Europe
- Synonyms / alternate names
- Ashridge Forcing; Blue; Blue Burgundy; Brown Italian; Brown Naples; → San Piero; Common Blue; Early Howick; Fleur Rouge; Italian Large Blue; La Perpétuelle; Large Blue; Lee’s Perpetual; Long Naples; Small Blue; Walton; Whitmill’s Early Purple; Delta; New Delta; Texas Everbearing
- Same or nearly the same
- Unknown / not recorded
- Popular close brother
- Unknown / not recorded
- Known parentage
- Unknown / traditional (Condit monograph entry)
- Reference year
- 1700
- First year (estimate)
- Italian San Piero landrace; pre-1800 in Europe
- What the year means
- Traditional Italian. CA 'Brown Turkey' is this type. First seedling unknown.
Evidence & reference values
- Confidence
- Established in Condit 1955 index
- Key sources
- Condit 1955 alphabetical list p. 325; ChicagoFigs zone selector
- Condit page
- 325
- Notes
- Condit type symbol C; described under this name or cross-referenced in the 1955 monograph. | Price: HD 1-gal Brown Turkey $22.88
- Commonality
- Super common
- Market availability
- Big box
Preserved earlier research
These earlier notes have not been reconciled with every catalog field. Edit the full description to replace this section with a current account.
Condit distinguishes English Brown Turkey from California Brown Turkey. The collection label does not establish which accession is held, so no country is assigned.
Preserved earlier research. The updated workbook fields above may differ; consult the cited sources when reports conflict.
This is a collection record based on the existing nursery catalog. Independent research and a complete historical review are still pending.