Bethel Grove Gardens · Variety reference
Olympian
Biological type: Common (persistent)
Pollination: Unknown
Cutting reference$8.00
One-gallon reference$33.00
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
- Main; some breba
- Main crop ripening
- Early
- Flavor profile
- Sugar-Berry
- Fruit size
- Medium–large
- Skin color
- Purple-brown
- Pulp color
- Red-amber
- Hardiness / climate notes
- Notable cold hardiness for a large fig
Reported growth habit: Unknown
Origins & names
- Geographic origin
- Olympia, WA selection
- Possible origin
- USA
- Synonyms / alternate names
- English Brown Turkey (one ID)
- Same or nearly the same
- FigBoss SSR cluster places it near Celeste / CDD / Hardy Chicago / VdB / Brunswick (related, not clone). Carini also called English Brown Turkey — do not assume identity.
- Popular close brother
- Unknown / not recorded
- Known parentage
- Unknown seedling or unnamed import
- Reference year
- 2000
- First year (estimate)
- c. 2000 Olympia, WA selection (published in collector press thereafter)
- What the year means
- Chance tree / unnamed import selected in Olympia. Not a controlled cross.
Evidence & reference values
- Confidence
- Modern US selection; parents unknown
- Key sources
- FigBoss; ChicagoFigs
- Condit page
- Unknown / not recorded
- Notes
- Price: Raintree Olympian $33; HD 1-gal $29
- Commonality
- Common
- Market availability
- Garden center
Imported catalog record; not individually reviewed. Separate names do not necessarily establish distinct genotypes.