My Dad told me that he ate a lot of tasty figs as a young kid in Ft. Worth, Texas, but that he hasn't really eaten any figs since the family moved north around 1950.  I'm trying to figure out the most likely candidates for what he ate, so that I can grow them all and hopefully let him taste something from his childhood. 

From my reading on this site, I think the most likely candidates are Southern Brown Turkey, Celeste, and Alma.  Is that correct?  Are there any other varieties that may have been fairly common in that area at that time?  

Thanks for the help :)

Alma was released by Texas A&M in 1974 so that was later.  I've read about a Magnolia fig that was grown a lot in Texas back when they had canneries.

Thanks Chapman, I'll cross Alma off the list and do some reading up on Magnolia/Brunswick.

The book I got that was written in the 1920's said Magnolia and Celeste were very common in TX

Thanks Gloria :)  I'll definitely add Magnolia/Brunswick to the list.

Celeste
Magnolia/Brunswick
Southern Brown Turkey

90% of the old/mature trees i find in old neighborhoods in Houston are Celeste.  I have never seen a large Brunswick, though they are common i think that they die back to the ground in cold years.

But definitey:

Celeste
Brunswick
Brown Turkey(80% of what Texans call Brown Turkey or Tx Everbearing are actually Celeste)

A lot of Sicilian immigrants brought Celeste to Texas and also acquired from others shortly after arriving, i have trees that my family brought from Sicily in the early 1900's. You can hardly kill a Celeste in Texas, plus the are the best tasting of the three. just my thoughts

Thank you for the further insight, palazzophoto!

Palazzophoto, that is interesting about the origin of the Celeste trees.  They certainly spread through Louisiana to become the most popular fig tree.

Celeste has sicilian origin? good to know. 

Celeste is Malta,as in the island off the Italian coast....look it up