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The identity of the Celeste fig, so widely grown in the southern United States, has long been in doubt. White (1868) suggested that it might prove to be the Malta described by previous authors. Others seem to have overlooked this suggestion, but a close comparison of descriptions of Malta and Celeste leaves no doubt of their identity. English writers reiterate the statement of Miller, that Malta shrivels on the tree and becomes a fine sweetmeat. Stansel and Wyche report that in Texas, Celeste will dry on the tree to some extent without souring. Bunyard and Thomas state that Malta “is in all respects like Brown Turkey except in the shape of the fruits, which are shorter and of peg-top shape.” Figue d’Automne or Celeste, listed by Ballon (1692), and Liger (1702), 8 Where asterisks appear in citations, illustrations of the tree or fruit of this variety are given by authors. As early as 1850, Thomas Affleck reported that of the twenty-odd sorts of figs in his orchard at Washington, Mi