I just picked the first ripe figs from a tree labeled Black Mission that I bought last year from Lowes.  What is interesting is the looks, size and taste is very similar to the figs I picked last week from another tree I bought from Lowes labeled as a Brown Turkey.  I have posted five photos.  Four of the photos are of the Black Mission and one of the Brown Turkey for comparison.

The taste was very similar to a peach without any of the tartness that peaches can have.

 

 



 

Here is the image of the Brown Turkey which the general consensus it was a Celeste.
 

Any thoughts?  Thank you.    

Looks the same as my Celeste, leaf, fruit size, interior color. I think half of the figs I got from big box stores were mislabeled. :(

Figgysid1, I appreciate the comment as I am coming to the same conclusion very quickly myself.  Last year a couple of months before this time I was just getting my foot in the door of fig growing.  Lowes had a 50% off sale on their fruit trees and I picked up six to give them a try.  What I'm showing is what I'm getting this year from them.  The one thing I can say is all the trees had nice size and I figured I have a little head start in actually raising a fresh fig to eat right outside our door.  Fortunately, BigBadBill lives close by and I got a lot of very good information and I owe him for giving me knowledge and instruction in growing figs from cuttings.  Growing cuttings gave a lot of pleasure in getting through this past winter.  (I'm not a great fan of winter) I now have 56 rooted, growing and doing very well.  I have no need to scrounge around for mislabeled fig trees any more if I don't desire.  I also found many sources for resources to get what I need to do things right thanks to so many and all of you.  

I really would like to truly have correctly labeled and positively known varieties of fig trees so if I pass them on, the new owner is getting exactly what the label says.  It appears that the best I can do with these on-sale-specials is to put a U in front of the variety name for 'UNSURE'.  Does that sound like a reasonable way of doing it? 

It really looks questionable

Hi,
Black mission figs are ... black . So no black mission.
There is a southern BT that looks close to Celeste.
Because of the color of the fruit, I think that you have a second Celeste tree. There is nothing wrong with Celeste, especially if you like the taste of those figs and the trees are productive.
So keep those trees well cared (if you want).
Of course, there is nothing like having different figs. It really helps your taste-buds in keeping up with the different (shades of) tastes of the different figs. At least, I for one really like eating several strains of figs at the same time, to tell the differences in between them.
When I see a sale on a figtree, I always consider giving it a try, especially if the leaves look different to the ones I know.
Of course, if resellers would care to label their trees honestly ...
Well, I must be honest, I've seen some figtrees labelled "Ficus carica - Figtree" ... Honestly, I ran away ... I like to have some precise information on what I'm buying ... But at least the color of the fruit ...
By the way, you don't beat me : I bought a figtree labelled "higo nero" (black fig) and the fruits ripen to green-yellow (how is that black?).

I felt the same way when a fig from a tree labeled 'Brown' Turkey looks and tastes exactly like a fig from a tree labeled 'Black' Mission, I drew a quick conclusion that something was NOT right.  THEN to be informed that BOTH are, more that likely, wrong or mislabeled, well, you start to doubt anything you bought from those sources.  Of course, being new to all this and having no experience to the looks, tastes and characteristics of figs, how would I ever know if I had no contact with other fig savoy people.  When I go to the store, I certainly can tell the difference between a Granny Smith and a Fiji apple because I have experience and a Granny is all green where as the Fiji is not.  

We do like the tastes of these figs but I would like to experience others.  In time we will.  I also know there are a wide variety of fig tastes as BigBadBill gave us a few different ones to sample when we stopped by.  

When I said, 'I have no need to scrounge around for mislabeled fig trees any more if I don't desire', the fact is, I DO desire to do it yet.  If I see a 4, 5 or 6 foot unknown tree for $10 to $20, I figure I bought a lot of tree growing time for a reasonable rate and you never know what you may get.  Those trees from Lowes on sale were that way, 5 and 6 feet tall for $13 each.  Those 5 trees will yield well over 100 figs (total) this year.  The 56 I'm growing from scratch; yield will be zero and next year would also be questionable for any samples.  At 72, if I can buy some time, then that is what I will have to do.  When I started a small vineyard a little over 20 year ago, I was willing to wait 3 or 4 years for a crop sampling.  Today, not so much.  BTW, the vineyard is going at the end of this season.  It has run its course with me.  Figs will replace them.  To do grapes properly is way more time consuming with far more problems and I still have around 100 gallons to bottle that has been sitting for over 5 years.  Figs, blueberries, plumeria, banana trees, elephant ears and other different and/or unusual plants have my attention now.  I want to cram as much interest and excitement in doing what I like over the (hopefully) next many several years as possible.