I received a fig tree from a seller on ebay that states the fig is of Egyptian origin. Whether this is true or not I don't know, but I took a chance because the Figs4fun variety information page does list two Egyptian figs. Whoever the seller is on this forum I want to say thank you. 

The description of the fig given is: "Egyptian Pharaoh golden brown fig is naturally sweet, skin is resistant to splitting, and the plant is a super vigorous grower.  It is a self-pollinating fig with a small eye.  It's great for canning, dehydrating, or eating fresh off the tree.  Heavy bearing and great for shade.  The mother tree came from Heliopolis, Egypt some years ago"
  
The three pictures are what was given. 

The tree did arrive in excellence condition also. I planted it in organic soil mix with perlite, fertilizer, and small amount of blood meal. Hopefully the extra nitrogen will help push out some green growth. 

Here is another tree from the same seller:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fig-Tree-Egyptian-Pharaoh-/200926043559?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ec8201da7

Again if this person is a member of this fig community thank you once again.

Bass or Herman have any thoughts on type??

It looks like air layer , so you should get a nice tree soon.

I will take a picture of the tree when I get home.

Be sure to show us the fruit.

Here is the tree potted up. Hopefully it grows pretty fast.

Celeste?

To the OP, americanfigboy,  I am the seller of the Egyptian Pharaoh fig that you purchased, and have to say that I am so very pleased that you are happy with the fig and that it's doing well for you.

There may only be two eyptian figs currently logged into the forum's list, but, in actuality, there are hundreds of varities of egytian ficus carica that have yet to even be classified.  The caretaker of figs4funforum has purchased an egyptian pharaoh plant from me, so I'm guessing that one of the two figs that you mentioned in the list is mine.

I would like to hear about the progress of the fig and how it does in your area, as they do quite well here in the South.  My mother tree has a bumper crop already this year, and with all the rain, there are just clusters of figs already forming.

Do you have a picture of the mother tree? 

Sure does look allot like Celeste.

Pic of the new cluster bumper crop:


http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/1392/mfoz.jpg

I also bought one of these and it took the longest time to come out of hibernation but it finally did and it is growing quite nicely. It is in it's own 5 gallon bucket with it's name on it. I don't think I will get figs this year but I will post pics when I do. I am very pleased with it.

You should post the pic of the mother tree that you had on ebay, it is impressive.

My tree isn't doing so well right now. I gave it too much water and some of the roots died. I trimmed them back, removed the rotting parts of the branch and replanted. I'm waiting for sign of life. 

@americanfigboy I would suggest that you water your fig like a succulent aloe plant, thoroughly water and then let dry out.  When the leaves start to droop, it's time to water again.  It likes a wet/dry cycle.

This is the pic of the mother tree from last year that javajunkie was refering to:

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/8932/ydem.jpg

As you can see in the pic, my cats like to lounge around/on my fig tree, which keeps the birds and squirrels away, so it's all good with me.

I'm going to check to see if more root grew back. If not I'm going to cut back the branches. That's a big tree. How does the fruit taste? 

Quite sweet and juicy.  They are great to eat fresh.  There was such a considerable crop last year, I had to can many jars of preserves and dehydrated a good amount too (like to put them in plain yogurt).  And the fig bread is out of this world.

sounds great. I had to cut it back to about 8 inches and placed it in sphagnum moss to see if it will root. There was still sap inside when I cut it, I also placed wax on the ends. I still have hope. I messed that one up pretty quick.

Well, if the over-watering you did has caused too much rooted damage and it dies, I've got another rooted cutting up on ebay right now, with an added bonus of it having young figs already on it and a significant root ball.  Check it out if you're interested.

Here's the link and some pics:

http://r.ebay.com/81crsw

Pic of baby figs on cutting
http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/7990/yp24.jpg

Pic of roots
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/6413/x8nh.jpg

Man that sure dies look like my Celeste.
Beholder, what is the history of that tree? How can you verify the lineage?

Jarrett thanks for your service i see your in the military.
Figs have been well traveled and therfore given various names in current region , town , persons name , street the list goes on and on and thus confusion more than ever .
With all that being said it does look like Celeste .

iofbeholder2012, care to share your recipes for the fig bread and preserves?

RC - Fig Bread yum but no good for waistline.
From last year before burning mission plant that made our loaves and more prior for neighbor and his church function.

I never have enough figs from eating them fresh of the tree but one of these days, I'm going to make this

Recipes!  We need recipes!

I have had bad luck with airlayers that have very congested roots like that.