Blue Celeste & Celeste- Taste?????

18 years ago

Hi All, I am a novice when it comes to Fig trees. I do not know much about them other than eating them. The addiction started when I took Jon's class at the CRFG's last year. I purchased quite a few trees at that time too.

I ended up with a Blue Celeste and a Celeste from Jon. I also got 2 Dave Wilson Celestial Fig Trees. The last two were at a tree death row and I saved them, if you are wondering why in the hell I have so many of the same kind.

I tried to do a search but did not succeed. Is the Blue Celeste and Celeste suppose to taste the same? I ask because the Celeste and the 2 Celestial's taste wonderful to me. The Blue Celeste is blah. Really disappointing. I am so not impressed. I am wondering if I should give it more time. I am inclined to do away with it. The two from Jon- Blue Celeste and Celeste were put in at the same exact time. The death row trees were put in a few months later.

The Blue Celeste is a beautiful tree. Very strong and healthy, picture perfect. The Celeste does not look nearly as good but the fruit was top notch. They never made it into the house. I ate them standing outside. I am torn. Should I wait it out and hope they taste better next year or have it dug out and put in another variety? I need some expert advice. TIA!

Nancy

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xgrndpounder
18 years ago
Hi Nancy
Do you have all of them in-ground or in pots?
If they are in-ground I would give them a couple yrs more,in fact I would give them a couple yrs more no matter how you have them planted!
If your celeste are like our two, you gonna have heck eating all of them in a couple of yrs. If you do be prepaired to stay in the bathroom a whole lot.
I'm in Z8 in east Tx, so enjoy them Baby's

Cecil
wild_forager
18 years ago
My blue celese tasted amazing, but ater the main part of the summer crop finished they began to taste pretty blah. It might just be the conditions. Same tree, but different taste because of how late they formed and ripened maybe.
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pitangadiego
18 years ago
I have Celeste, Blue Celeste, and Celestial - about 20 different trees in all, form 20 different sources. I am in the midst of a project with USDA / UC Davis, in which they are DNA testing them, and I am photographing, tasting and observing to see how varied they are. So far, indicatiions are that they will DNA test as identical. Observations are much harder. At some point in the season they all look the same - or more accurately - there is a range of "looks" (shape, neck, color, skin pattern) and they all exhibit the range at some point in the season, though not necessarily at the same time. On any given day, there can be a fair variation, as well, on the same tree. I will have better documentation on this when I have time to prep and post some of the group shots I took this season. There is a range of flavors, not wide, but not identical.

Celestial tends to have a longer neck, Celeste JN tends to be rounder, and Blue Celeste seems somewhat intermediate. One had a disctinctly peachy flavor last season, but not this year. Most were more berryish in flavor this year, than in most years.

Bottom line: I wouldn't be in a hurry to pitch them.
User
18 years ago
Blue Celeste Taste just as good as Celeste,only the color is different.
Blue is more beautifull.