Thank you for the info.

Aside from questionable marketing tactics of some nurseries, is it legal to register a "public" variety?

I understand that someone in a breading program patents a new variety, but a variety like "Brunswick", "English brown Turkey" or similar, can anyone do it only changing the name?

Hi Viadei:And Thank you for the information:
I have noticed this one myself in my Fig trial row,but many people remain sceptics about it.
The trouble is that Violetta is patented in 2002,here in USA,so it will be a long time till expire.
It is true It is amasing:If it walk like a duck,if it quak like a duck,and if it swims like a duck it should be a duck.
I will grow it a few more years and see if it is any difference.
The Baiernfeige say that their tree is more productive and with larger figs when grown one next to the other.

Peace be with them

Hi,I don't know if a fig tree can be more productive or make larger size fruit than the English Brown Turkey. Herman please remember to let us know after your compare the two trees, I'm curious.Also I'll post some pictures of the ripe main crop.

Stay well, Anthony

In the 1930's my grandfather planted a fig tree in our family property in the low montains (Jura) of Switzerland. The climate is very hard there but this fig tree had always lots of fruits. No one knew the name of this tree. When I set up near Paris (France) I took a branch of this fig tree and planted it in my garden where it has lots of fruits too. I searched everywhere the name of this fig tree but didn't find it. Now my brother discovered the advertisment for the "Grosse Brune d'Enghien" which correspond to the fig tree we have. From this point I found this fig forum. So I can confirm that this type of fig was already growing in Europe before WWII without any name.

What is to point out is that in my parents garden we had only one harvest in July. From the tree I have in the Paris area I have one harvest in July with large brown pear-shaped fruits and one in October with small purple/blue round fruits.

Ciedro,

How is your fig tree in Paris? I will be going to Paris in April. Would be nice if I can bring back some cuttings.