Celeste

Variety of Fig · Ficus carica

Small, honey-sweet sugar fig, extremely cold hardy and reliable in the US Southeast.

Also known as: Celestial, Sugar Fig, Malta, Blue Celeste

🇺🇸 USA

Taste & characteristics

sweetaromatic

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Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Small, light brown-violet fruit with a closed eye and pink-amber flesh; very sweet with a caramel note.

Sturdy, upright tree, well suited to humid, warm summers.

Essentially a main crop only; the closed eye protects well against fruit spoilage.

One of the most important home-garden cultivars in the US South.

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