Improved Brown Turkey Fig

Improved Brown Turkey is part of the broad, genuinely tangled "Brown Turkey" family of fig names — NC State Extension specifically documents that the cultivar sold today as "Brown Turkey" was previously marketed under the name "Texas Everbearing," underscoring how fluid and overlapping this naming group has historically been among growers and nurseries. It was selectively bred for improved cold hardiness compared to older Brown Turkey stock. The fruit produces two annual crops — a smaller breba crop in late spring to early summer, followed by a larger main crop in late summer to fall — with bronze to purplish skin and amber to reddish pulp, and it remains one of the most widely planted figs in the United States specifically because it fruits reliably without pollination and tolerates a genuinely broad range of climates.