This very small fig has probably been brought to France and the Netherlands in Roman times. In the Netherlands the variety is called Kalla, which is the Dutch name for the Roman emperor Caligula. The area around the present university city of Leiden was the most northern outpost of the Roman empire in continental Europe and it is known that Caligula once travelled to this coastal outpost to 'make war to the sea'. 
Kalla is the smallest fig I have in my collection. The taste is sweet.

 

That looks to be a lovely little fig. Is that the main crop?

This is indeed the main crop. The figs come from shoots that grew this spring. 

Another one for me to look for I think!

Does this one go by any other names elsewhere in Europe?,if it's been around a long time it must be worth growing in our climate,do you know a source to buy plants/cuttings in the Netherlands or elsewhere?

The cutting and the story going with it, I got from a friend. It is likely the same fig is known under other names as well. Thusfar, I haven't come across a similar fig on forums. This is the foliage of the Kalla variety:

 

Looks similar to Ronde De bordeaux

Looks like a nice fig!

I think the RdB leaves are slimmer and don't have the seragated leaf edges.

To me the leaves look incredibly similar to Bolzano Nero a fig found on the outskirts of Bolzano Italy, foothills of the Dolomite mountains.
The Bolzano Nero fig is medium size larger than the mount etna figs and the fig leaves can be variable when tree is young.  

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/bolzano-nero-just-another-fig-6725318?pid=1281263210

Here is a photo of the leaves for comparison;

 

Your right Pino, That is a very close match.

The leaves sure look the same and the figs look similar but the fig size is way off.

Just a guess but is it possible that the same fig growing in the Netherlands over 2,000 years developed a smaller size to cope with the environment up there? 

Or they could be 2 different figs that look similar like we see with the mt etna figs and other fig families.

A lovely little fig. I especially enjoy hearing the stories behind the various fig varieties. 

Vijgenboom,it would be interesting to trial the two similar varieties next to each other,it's a pity you and Pino live on either side of the Atlantic or you could exchange cuttings easier for the respective varieties,I don't know what Canada's rules on importing plant material are like?

Netherlands and Canada are practically sister countries. 
Niagara has many Dutch people.  Many of them with greenhouses growing beautiful flowers and vegetables. 
My Dutch neighbour is on the hook to build me a greenhouse.  He is an expert on greenhouses but doesn't seem familiar with figs and thinks I am crazy to build a greenhouse for figs..lol

I wish your neighbor was my neighbor!

As for the crazy part...lol. Maybe we are just a little bit?

Vijgenboom, we are practically neighbours (I live in Belgium), but I have never heard about this fig before. I can't seem to find a Dutch nursery that sells this fig either. How many other people do you know that grow this fig, besides your friend?

If this obscure fig variety really is growing in the Netherlands since Caligula's visit almost 2000 years ago, it must be a really cold hardy fig!

It is interesting how such myths come about in relation to Figs,The name Kala could be a corruption of Cali-gula(little boots in Latin of the time) and if so Kalla(little) is appropriate for the fig,it is very small.The word Kala also means the colour 'black' in some languages,equivalent to Negri/Negronne/Noire/Schwarz etc so also an appropriate name even if it doesn't relate to Caligula himself.

I understand that the Dutch had connections with the Indian Sub-continent from about 1600 onward so I suppose it would be possible this fig found its way into Europe via a Dutch port under the name Kala(black in Hindi/Urdu etc)and was then associated with Caligula because of the name,just speculation but somehow this fig has ended up with an appropriate name from several angles.

Keep us updated on this one,would love it to be unique and 2000 years old,It does look a lot like Ronde de Bordeaux though,I'd be happy to grow it alongside my RdB if you fancy sharing at some point

Hi,
Never heard of that name. Internet legend IMO.
King families in Europe are all family linked (blood line mixing) and so is for the ones of Spain and of the Netherlands ... The French leader Napoleon III was sick of that situation as he was sandwiched .
I can easily picture "people" from the south taking cuttings up North with them ...
And that could have happened at any moment in the last centuries too... So might be a recent addition ...
What is nice with history, is that people who knew the truth, no longer are here to tell it ...