Celeste Fig
In fact it is also referred to as sugar fig on account of its sweetness.
Celeste fig. They have a classic fig shape with a slender stem tapering neck and squat bottom. A southern tradition long lived and hardy celestes reputation comes from many generations of people that have grown this fig. Celeste fig tree is one of the most cold hardy fig trees to grow. Can be grown in a container.
This fig tree produces such sweet and delicious fruit that it often goes by its nickname the sugar fig. Celeste is a a disease and pest resistant variety of fig. Once picked figs stop ripening. The large leaves are very attractive and they are deeply divided into three large lobes each with several smaller lobes.
Fruits main crop early on last years wood. Celeste fig ficus carica. It is heat tolerant and self pollinating. Also known in the south as the sugar fig.
Celeste figs are a medium sized fruit with smooth light brown to violet colored skin. The eye at the bottom of the fruit is small keeping insects out. The celeste fig tree grows into a small tree between 7 and 10 feet tall with an bushy form and with multiple trunks. It is pest and disease resistant but needs winter protection as it often sustains cold injury in the southeastern united states.
What is a celeste fig. The flesh is very sweet and its popular eaten fresh as a dessert fruit. Do not harvest your figs until they are ripe indicated by a rich purplebrown hue and a fruit that has some give. The figs are delightful fresh or dried.
The celeste fig tree produces fruit that is medium in size and has light brown to purple skin and bright pink flesh. They bear figs that are as sweet with a smooth rich flavor. Its fruits ripen before most other figs. The underside of the fruit has a very small tightly closed hole or eye which prevents fruit rot from bugs and moisture entering the fruit.
This multi branched shrub is one of the most frequently grown figs.