Brown Turkey Fig Flower

Did you know

• The fig is not technically a fruit but an inverted flower called a syconium, with the flowers hidden inside.
• Figs are one of the oldest cultivated plants, with evidence of cultivation dating back to 9400 BCE.
• Brown Turkey is one of the most cold-hardy fig cultivars and can survive temperatures below 10 degrees Fahrenheit.
• The tiny flowers inside the fig are pollinated by specialized fig wasps that enter through a small opening.
• Each Brown Turkey tree can produce two crops per year, one in early summer and another in late summer.

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Uses

• edible fruit production
• ornamental tree
• preserves and drying