LSU IMPROVE CELEST

[bigfig Member Find all posts View Profile Close bigfig]

wow small to medium fig ,but big in taste

[zone5figger Fig Phenom Find all posts View Profile Close zone5figger]

Waiting on a few of these myself....any idea how long those took to develop, ripen?
thanks for sharing!

[AscPete]

In past seasons my LSU Improved Celeste PP ripened figs ~ 70 days after they were rice sized embryos with average daily temperatures of ~ 60-65 Deg F. With warmer average daily temperatures they should ripen sooner.

[bigfig Member Find all posts View Profile Close bigfig]

not long ,but didnt keep track ,very sweet ,got the tree from JF&E waiting for about 20 to ripen in the next couple days

tree worth having ..I am also air layering it .. hope to see roots soon

[zone5figger Fig Phenom Find all posts View Profile Close zone5figger]

I pulled an airlayer off my 3-4 yr old IC last week, and the developing figs have that same long neck, stem that yours display. This is certainly one worth having in short season locales- it will really prove itself by ripening the fruit before my first frost, because it didn't see the sun before June!

[bigfig Member Find all posts View Profile Close bigfig]

Jesse your looking for fig that rippens early ,i have a tree that was my dads when he was here .
i take care of it now .i ask for id help on other site and the ower jon said he thiks it a Marseille.
they were ripe bout a month ago .. i will have 100 or so cutting come this fall .. you are welcome to some at no charge ,great tasting fig very sweet sweeter than celest .. just contact me in NOV.

[zone5figger]

😊😊😊

[don_sanders]

Really? A month ago? That's impressive. Was it the main crop or breba?

[Rafaelissimmo Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Rafaelissimmo]

I am pleased with mine, it is ripening continually for about 3 weeks now.

[mountainfigs Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close mountainfigs]

Improved Celeste is like a fountain of figs. And the figs are sizable and potent, even as far as figs go. Sweet sweet. And the leaves are great. They can have a very healthy single-lobed Black Madeira look. The fruit even develops a wonderful bell-like shape as it ripens, though the color can sometimes leave something to be desired.

[AscPete Fig Phenom Find all posts View Profile Close AscPete]

Thanks for sharing your photo and info.
Its one of my earliest and most consistent producers.