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MFERRO03

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Hello all, I've been waiting for a few months to Identify this tree and it looks like today maybe the day! Anyone have a good guess on what i'm working with? Thanks In advance,
Mike

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Look like a hybrid of Celeste,with larger fruits compared to Regular Celeste.
It is a good selection only if it got a tight eye,if not it is a random seedling.
Also it is worthy if it does not abort figs ,half grown,but if it does it is inferior.
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Thanks for the Help Herman, The eyes are tight and the fruit tasted very good. I thought they were a little small. Its loaded with figs waiting to ripen and hasn't dropped any. Ill load a few more pics of the whole tree and eye of the next ripe one. 
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I agree with Herman, it has a lot of Celeste qualities, and could be any of the number of Celeste hybrids out there, including a few of the LSU varieties.
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I also agree.  Be happy, it looks like a real good fig.
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Thanks for all the Help guys. Bear with me the next few weeks, I bought 6 mature unknowns that im trying to get some tags on. A couple look the same but about half of them look different. Ill post some pics when they start to ripen.
Thanks again,
Mike
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Hey Mike, a bit of additional advice, since a lot of us are dealing with unknowns, and many of us have also been bitten in the ass with half-ass/lackluster labeling. 

Any time you see someone writing "Celeste strain" or "Celeste variant", it could be any number of things. The entire LSU breeding program (interesting read, see: O'Rourke and his figs) was based around crossing Celeste with other stuff, and cuttings from those research beds have leaked out over the years, varieties have been named and sold ..... O'Rourke, Improved Celeste, LSU Tiger, LSU Purple, etc.

So, in the case of the fig posted in this thread, I would probably label it:  "Celeste?".  If you want to get rid of the question mark on the tag, keep coming back to this thread and updating with pics of the fruit as it ripens, take pictures of a few of the different leaf shapes, maybe some pics of the eye of the fruit when it's still small and green, or even leave a few to hang on the tree to see if it has traits of specific strains - the way the skin wrinkles or cracks, the flesh color, etc.  Knowing you're in CT is helpful also (that info isn't in your profile), because ... well, Celeste has completed ripening in Atlanta, but others in your vicinity may confirm that a specific Celeste strain/variety they have is ripening at the time you're posting pics, ripening times for your zone are also an ID point.

With the above info, someone here is bound to link it to a named variety in their collection, and you can better refine your tag. 

In short, "Celeste" is a good ballpark, but not a definitive ID per se.
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Ah Celeste- the ex-girlfriend of Figs. No matter how many times you say it's over, she dye's her hair, loses weight or gets plastic surgery. 'But it will be better this time I swear!' LOL
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Thanks for the advice and the read. I will keep the pictures coming!
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