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Italian Varieties - Fig ID

I have received cuttings from someone and they are labeled "Italian"

What Italian Varieties are there? What could the possible Italian Varieties be?
Do any of you know the names of Italian Varieties? Please list all of them. I am very anxious because I got these in late winter and it now has 4 figs on it and it is around 2 feet tall! The figs are only the size of a penny, but im hoping they will ripen.
Is it even a Italian Variety? Or is it another fig? If you can label this fig from the distinct leaves, please help me (:
Please try and guess with me what could this be...

Thanks (:

Aeilee

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Great looking plant, I have no idea what variety it is. It is interesting that the newer leaves are less lobed than earlier growth.

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Nobody will ID a fig with Juvenile leaves,or if someone try it will id it wrong every time.
Only after August 1st,the leaf take final shape,and if one wait till end of August then,the leaves are in their final shape and fruits are ripe,so at that time it can be successfully recognized for what it is.
Aeliee:Your fruits will get ripe for sure if they are visible now as it takes 75 days from the time you notice them till they are ripe.
So:Happy Gardening.
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To ID a fig tree, 3 minimum essential pics ARE needed.

Even so, mostly there is no guaranty for success.

(a) A pic of a mature leaf-shape (pick the most typical one - yes they do vary),
(b) A pic of a ripe fruit showing the skin-color,
(c) A pic of the ripe fruit-pulp, and lastly
(+d) include some size-reference (e.g., a coin) with the fruit (and  leaf).

Less that, it is all a random crap-shooting....
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As stated above, a big point:  the juvenile leaves are often worthless to use for identity, and so is juvenile fruit.  Fruits and leaves on many figs change drastically over the first couple of years.  I've seen radical differences in the same species of cuttings from the exact same tree until they're 3+ years old, and things start to become similar to each other.
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Jason funny you mentioned that because I too have noticed this on quite a few of my plants the leaves were completely different between the 1st & 2nd Season.

aeilee, if you got the cuttings from someone on the forum best bet is to just  contact them privately and try to find out any info you can. Besides that just watch it grow and as the plant mature's it will be easier to try and ID it.

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