The Brunswick fig is unusual in many respects. It is the largest fig 
grown, and produces the largest tonnage per acre. Our experience shows it 
to be the most dependable in setting fruit, whether it is pruned, frozen to the 
ground, or left to develop normally. We find it most dependable when pruned 
a few inches above the ground and protected with several inches of straw 
mulch. Once established it will always produce big crops of good quality 
fruit. 
BRUNSWICK in the south-eastern United States is the same variety that 
is generally known in California as Brown Turkey (San Piero, Negro Largo, 
San Pedro Black). 
In a treatise on the nomenclature of this fig by Dr. Ira J. Condit* pub- 
lished in Vol. 44, 1944 of American Society for Horticultural Science, he 
describes some of its characteristics as follows: 
*"The usual practice in California is to prune the tree back every winter 
to short stubs and thus secure vigorous suckers on which second-crop figs 
are produced abundantly.” 
*"No other fig commonly grown equals the San Piero in size. Few if 
any will produce greater tonnage per unit of ground space than trees of this 
variety.” 
*Dr. Ira J. Condit is Professor of Subtropical Horticulture, University of Cali- 
fornia, Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside, California. 
