Hi kkk2210,
In France yes, they were called Dauphine or "Grise de Tarascon" .
Call it the war between regions. "Grise the Tarascon" is/was the name in the south of France ; "Dauphine" is a reference to the son of the King ( of France ), that
loved them and had them growing in Paris in some greenhouses. So "Dauphine" is the parisian name. From readings, it was Louix XIV (14) that had all those crazy setups at his castles .
Marketing has it, that "Dauphine" is more known as a name now - be proud, you're eating the fig of a king after all !.
Of course, some nurseries will use the "Grise de Tarascon" naming . Call it marketing once more as a collector would probably buy both "Dauphine" and "Grise de Tarascon" for evaluation purposes before reaching the conclusion that they are the same.
I bought one "Grise de Tarascon" somewhere in September 2014. The poor thing was as root bound as in the worst nightmare. She almost died to the ground in the winter.
I happened to bend a branch and bury it in the dirt. Now that branch seems to start a maincrop, and the original tree is sort of bouncing back.
Of the 4 I bought - the nursery had a single tree of 7 different strains-, "Grise de Tarascon" is the most unhealthy so far and still is at the moment.
Needless to say that I didn't see a single breba on that tree.
At least, if the maincrop comes and ripens, I'll know if she is a San Pedro or not, as I've read both that it is a common fig strain and a San Pedro strain, and some sources don't even consider that detail to be important .
Well, I should be fair, if I were growing figs in the Mediterranean belt, ..., that wouldn't be a concern for me either. As they say : Why are you so complicated ? Growing figs in the cold north-est ? Grow apples !