Sal, We were talking of two places before, Genoa and Calabria. Yes, you are very right about the fig being in one or more places, of course, thats how it got here to America. But,,,,, as you know, figs are very much a part of Italian culture, and to understand that, you have to really understand us as a people, our economy and means of transport at that time. Genoa was always a huge port town and traveled the globe, our poorer areas of Italy no. I was born in the poor south ( South Central ), across from Roma on the Adriatic side. We didn't travel to other parts of Italy much at the time when I was younger. We had everything to live in our area. The mountains, ect, and just the lack of money prevented many of us southerners from traveling. We just didn't jump into a car and take a fig tree with us and plant it elsewhere. When you have varieties especially from Napoli, or Genoa or Roma or Palermo or others, yes, those merchants traveled the whole Mediterranean and took their trees and produce and fruits with them.These trees got distributed in many other parts of Italy. Our areas along the coast, we had just small fishing boats to catch food for our immediate area and geographically, italy is darn hard to get around, back in Fig naming times.Riding in carriages with donkeys and the heat itself in our areas at times was hard to travel. Also you have to understand our need to have the best of everything in our immediate areas. Many Italians understand we are very regional people, and guard secrets very very strongly.Don't be surprised if in the south they even guarded their favorite fig trees, this happened in my own family orchards, even to this day. This comes from our Italic ancestors before there was an actual country called Italy. The Italic tribes, only married amongst their own, usually within only the same province or town. They did not travel to other parts because of warlike behaviors that they came across. They didn't want any other tribe mixing and mingling with themselves. My family was even a little skeptical when I married my husband who's Italian heritage comes from Puglia and Napoli. They wanted me to find a nice Abruzzese boy, preferrably from my own province, but that didn't work out, and my husband is American born unlike myself. You are very right in yes, the same tree could be in other parts of the world we weren't disputing that, but when we name something, It generally stays especially a regional, town or city name, that is likely the origin of the tree. Italy generally especially the south, they stay in their own areas, provinces ect and don't travel much except maybe on holiday or a special vacation, but generally want to remain where it is familiar and Home and where the family is, especially the older relations because we respect and revear Nonno and Nonna, so if you have a Calabrese tree, it is likely from Calabria and until recently didn't really travel much outside of Calabria for the reasons I mentioned above. The immigrant would have brought it with them to america or brazil or Argentina or Australia ect. Genoa was much more of travelers and had the ability to disperse their trees. Today with transportation the way it is, many fig trees are traveling all over you are right, but there is more to it than speculation. This is as old as time itself and needs that respect. If there was more respect for a varietal name then the name confusing thing wouldn't be going on now especially here in this country, especially with places like TyTy and Willis orchards helping to confuse things more. The word "Distribution" is very important with Italian fig societies and groups in Italia. This word today used in Italy, would be where the tree originates and where it is common and where it is prevelent. If you were to tell someone of my region, I will only mention mine because that will keep conflict away, if you were to tell an abruzzesi that their trees from Abruzzi that was named for our areas and maybe was a mutation that made a whole new tree variety from Abruzzo that it was from somewhere else, you would have a fight on your hands literally. Now talk about Hardheads!!!!!! Ciao Sal and much luck to you, I need to go whack snow off my fig trees now. ciao Ciao