[chuckell]

thanks good link

[Harborseal]

Unless you use Celcius.

[COGardener]

Hope certainly hope so.

[Ripple]

Scott, I would say the Ebay seller binbin9 is a legit fig seller. He's a member of the F4F forum. He has a number of fig video's on youtube that are quite informative on growing various figs varieties in the PNW. He also has a a blog called Seattle Garden & Fruit Adventures which has an impressive amount of information not only on figs but also reviews of exotic fruits etc.
Here's the link to his review of Vashon Violet on his blog spot. He also has reviews on various other fig found on the index to the right..
I suspect VV is another of those figs with varying identity,

http://seattlegardenfruit.blogspot.com/search/label/Vashon%20Violet

[COGardener]

Since the seller isn't vetted yet, I sure hope they don't turn out to be BT or who knows what. I've seen that listing rerun on EBay for months and months and months.

[chuckell]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/3x-Vashon-Vi...EAAOSwgQ9Vy0~U

just now in rooting process

[chuckell]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/3x-Vashon-Vi...EAAOSwgQ9Vy0~U

still new just now getting roots

[COGardener]

I looked up the seller, and there is no info on them, I certainly that it is true to form for you. Has it fruited yet or is it to new of an acquisition?

[chuckell]

yes brunswick ,that adds more to it for sure ,thanks for the post

[Ripple]

I looked at the Ebay listening and was surprised at all the AKAs for Vashon V. that were listed. Here's a link thank might shed some light on Vashon V. identity or add to the confusion.

https://sites.google.com/site/kiwifruitsalad2/f3-1-medium-colored-figs

[chuckell]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/3x-Vashon-Violet-Fig-Cuttings-/201492947995?hash=item2ee9ea641b:g:ILEAAOSwgQ9Vy0~U

[chuckell]

What is special about it besides the hardiness?

~the size impessed me from the picture on the cutting add where i got them from,and i don't have the picture but thats why i got the cuttings i heard they were cold hardy and the size wow they were big unless the picture wasn't really them ,~

[Taverna78]

Agreed.

[chuckell]

~i purchased vashion violete cuttings on ebay because it said it was alias ebt,i purchased three cuttings,and did the parafilm method on them for rooting,it appears maybe two have taken ,they have leaves and i started them a couple months ago~

oh and you can bet i will be airlayering as soon as i can maybe this summer comming i hope~

[chuckell]

If someone has it, perhaps some air layers to start spreading it.

~i purchased vashion violete cuttingds on ebay because it said it was alias ebt,i purchased three cuttings,and did the parafilm method on them for rooting,it appears maybe two have taken ,they have leaves and i started them a couple months ago~

[Chrisk]

Very cool article. I have two possible Celeste/ SBT varieties and this article makes sense to me in more than one ways. Thanks for sharing.

[AscPete]

I'm not a stickler for correct terminology but when referring to figs (Ficus carica) we should use 'Sub-Freezing' not 'Sub-zero' since severe damage is done with sustained temperatures above 0 degrees F.

[fignut]

Another possibility is that Hanc's isn't a Brown Turkey at all, but a Celeste, which would make sense as those two varieties are almost identical - and Celeste is hardier.

This is an excerpt from the article by A.J. Bullard in the Southern Fruit Fellowship newsletter (Issue #5 1989):

"It so happens that the two fig varieties most commonly grown east of the Mississippi are the two most confused...It seems Brown Turkey got the inside track with figs early on and became the Frigadere of refrigerators so to speak. Nurseries mislabeled Celeste as Brown Turkey - some by honest ignorance and some to sell Brown Turkey figs which customers called for. Some major nurseries didn't know the difference."
"Both varieties are adapted to the Southeast so why does it make any difference?"
"First as my fig Guru Paul Starnes says, don't ask a fig owner what variety he has because he doesn't know but calls it Brown Turkey or Celeste (Sugar) - usually having the varieties reversed."
...."Celeste is the most common fig grown in the Southeast and is somewhat more cold hardy than Brown Turkey....Celeste trees stood that had been hurt very little in over 40 years enduring at least one zero and one 1 degree F ...without much kill-back if any....The owner said the Celeste had never been killed back in its 40+ years but the Brown Turkey, 'got killed back to the ground every few years'. Same exposure, soil type, climate, etc...."
"Brown Turkey will bear fruit the first season after being 'leveled' on sucker growth while Celeste won't. Brown Turkey also will produce a Breba crop if the terminals aren't killed back much in addition to a main crop. Celeste almost never (Dave Ulmer) has brebas to mature....The Turkey brebas are larger than the main crop figs and much larger than Celeste. Turkey brebas are often 'lop sided' but to my taste about like the main crop. Celeste figs are more symmetrical, smaller and sweeter than Turkey."
"One ID I find useful with developing furit is that the scales around the eye of half grown and over Turkey figs are pink or red while those of comparably sized Celeste figs are green. The eye of mature Turkey figs is somewhat open while Celeste is closed and is therefore a better keeper - resisting souring better. Celeste seems to have a longer stem than Turkey but the skin color isn't a whole lot different."
As to leaf shape both are classified as 'grape' leaf .....but a common basic difference exists between the most typical leaf type of Celeste compared with Brown Turkey. Sometimes to see this difference more clearly one must examine sucker growth or new growth resulting from heading back old limbs. Celeste leaves are slightly broader and tend to have more serrations. Turkey leaves are slightly more elongated and tend to have few serrations per lobe.".......
"I find Celeste the M.V.P. of figs and an excellent stock to graft less cold hardy varieties onto to make them hardier."

Another difference is that Celeste seems to have a more upright habit and Southern BTs are more spreading.

More than one person growing Hanc's EBT have described it as "like Celeste".

[Kelby]

Agreed that sub-zero is likely a fantasy, but every bit hardiness helps. Besides, they are well liked for flavor!

[Tonycm]

I have a small LaRadek's EBT that a member had gifted me. It had a couple figs this year but didn't ripen before a hard frost did it in. Since L EBT and H BT are different that makes me want to add another one to the wish list.
I haven't seen it being sold on eBay by trusted sellers or being offered any place else for that matter.

[Ripple]

I'm sure this may raise some disagreement, but, I doubt the claims regarding sub zero hardiness for Hanc's or any EBT. Yes some figs are clearly hardier than others and protective measures can readily extend the zones that figs can be grown. Most claims seem to quote some dubious reference or misinterpreted. I've read no first hand experience from forum members. Pete's comments on hardiness that he made in earlier post are perhaps the most accurate.
For reference purposes here's a link on Hanc's EBT and some attempt to identify it.

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/1892526/english-brown-turkey-hm

[Kelby]

I'm working on acquiring many of the EBT types to grow side by side for comparison. Maybe in a year or two I'll be able to compare them better. Like Pete said, it has been labeled a Southern BT, but I don't know of any real comparison besides people looking at photos and making that determination. Could be wrong though.

[AscPete]

Hanc's is a Southern Brown Turkey, similar to but slightly larger than Celeste. LaRadek's is a true English Brown Turkey cultivar.

[Tonycm]

Is there a difference between the figs and hardiness of Hanc's EBT and LaRadek's EBT. Or are the same?

[Kelby]

When Hanc Mathies got older he only kept 3 figs that he liked the most, this was one of them. Other 2 were Green Ischia and Atreano.