Bethel Grove Gardens · Variety reference
Celestial
Biological type: Common (persistent)
Pollination: Unknown
Cutting reference$5.00
One-gallon reference$25.00
Reference estimates, not sale offers or mature-tree appraisals. Price evidence date not recorded.
No verified photograph yet
Fruit & growing traits
- Biological type
- Common (persistent)
- Crop habit
- Main
- Main crop ripening
- Early
- Flavor profile
- Sugar
- Fruit size
- Small
- Skin color
- Violet-brown
- Pulp color
- Amber
- Hardiness / climate notes
- SE US
Reported growth habit: Unknown
Origins & names
- Geographic origin
- See Celeste
- Possible origin
- USA (Southeast)
- Synonyms / alternate names
- See Celeste; → Malta
- Same or nearly the same
- Usually the same word as Celeste in US South.
- Popular close brother
- Celeste
- Known parentage
- See Celeste
- Reference year
- 1800
- First year (estimate)
- Mediterranean heirloom; SE-US by 19th c.
- What the year means
- Often linked to Malta. Present in the American South by the 1800s. Seedling year unknown. Female parent of 1950s LSU crosses.
Evidence & reference values
- Confidence
- Orthographic variant of Celeste
- Key sources
- ChicagoFigs; Figarnia
- Condit page
- Unknown / not recorded
- Notes
- Price: HD/Perfect Plants Celeste 1-gal ~$22–35; Fig Boss 3-cut $25
- Commonality
- Super common
- Market availability
- Big box
Imported catalog record; not individually reviewed. Separate names do not necessarily establish distinct genotypes.