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Cape Brown Fig / Kaapse Bruin

Fruit characteristics 

Use:  Excellent fresh or dried figs, popular in jams.

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Weight:  -

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Production / yield:  outstanding

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Eating quality:  outstanding

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Harvest: January

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Appearance: A small to medium-sized brown fig with dark flesh.

Flower features 

Pollen Compatibility : -​

Full bloom:   -

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Pollinators:  -

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cape brown fig

Additional information:

  • Also known as  Koffievy, Archipel, Figue Grise, Neveralla,, Hardy Prolific, Osborn's Prolific

  • One of the oldest cultivars in SA.

Tree features 

Vigour: weak

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Growth habit: small, dwarf tree

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Chill requirements:  400 hours or less​

Notes: Produces Breba figs as well as the main crop, susceptible to mosaic virus.

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