Bethel Grove Gardens · Variety reference
Brunswick
Biological type: Common (persistent)
Pollination: Unknown
Cutting reference$8.00
One-gallon reference$35.00
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
- Bifera
- Main crop ripening
- Average
- Flavor profile
- Sugar
- Fruit size
- Medium–large
- Skin color
- Bronzy yellow to brown
- Pulp color
- Amber
- Hardiness / climate notes
- Hardy; rain-sensitive fruit
Reported growth habit: Unknown
Origins & names
- Geographic origin
- Uncertain Mediterranean; English & Southern US gardens
- Possible origin
- France
- Synonyms / alternate names
- Magnolia (TX); Madonna; Dalmatian (one usage); Bayswater; Black Naples; Brown Hamburgh; Boughton; Clare; Clémentine; Dalmatian; Hanover; Large White Turkey; Magnolia; Saint Jean; Silver Leaf; Aubergine; → San Piero; Kennedy
- Same or nearly the same
- Some genetic studies group Brunswick / Rattlesnake / Capitola Long. Distinct from CA Brown Turkey.
- Popular close brother
- Unknown / not recorded
- Known parentage
- Traditional
- Reference year
- 1700
- First year (estimate)
- Pre-1800 English/Mediterranean garden fig
- What the year means
- Long English and Southern US history. TX Magnolia is the same complex. Seedling year unknown.
Evidence & reference values
- Confidence
- Established name; messy synonymy
- Key sources
- Condit; ANR-1145; FigBoss genetics post
- Condit page
- 325
- Notes
- TX canning fig as Magnolia. | Price: Fig Boss Celeste-class; LSU mail-order 1-gal ~$30–40
- Commonality
- Common
- Market availability
- Garden center
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 records Brunswick/Magnolia under many names and from several countries. Those collection and cultivation locations do not establish a single birthplace.
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.