Re: Fig pruning

Can't address the taste comparison - I have brown Turkey and I think its great.
I don't know that there is much size difference in trees. Figs will be the size you prune them to. But I'm probably telling you what you already know.... 

Nan

On Oct 24, 2008, at 11:16 PM, Deborah Lindsay wrote:
A timely topic for me. How does the flavor of Brown Turkey compare to Black Mission (my favorite fig)? I want Black Mission flavor in a smaller tree if possible. 

Deborah Lindsay
Oakland, Calif.


--- On Thu, 10/23/08, Bracey Tiede <tiede@pacbell.net> wrote:


From: Bracey Tiede <tiede@pacbell.net>
Subject: Fig pruning
To: "'Medit Plants'" <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008, 12:49 AM
Fig trees are such great experiments in pruning.  We've
had a Brown Turkey
fig between our house and next door for at least ten years.
The tree is
still only about 10 feet tall when I forget to prune it.
The truck is at
least 8" across.  We get lots of figs every year but I
will admit that the
breba (early summer) crop is limited due to pruning.

I prune after the leaves fall in the fall and again in the
early summer/late
spring to keep the size down for easy picking.  We drape a
bird net over the
top of the tree to keep down bird snacking and it works
very well.  We
harvest at least six dozen or more figs each year for the
two of us.  That
works very well.

Cheers,
Bracey
San Jose CA
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