Paul,
Beautiful tree and wonderful family history with it! Is the name "Anna" already taken for a fig? If not, this Fig with it's story/history could be a real contender - though I don't know the correct process to patent a plant (if that's even possible) if it turns out to be a unique variety :)
This is a HUGE post - but Paul's my buddy & this is a wonderful fig :)
Trying to put my finger on what this "Anna's Unknown" fig could be:
Really nice delicate smooth curves to some of those leaves! And prolific - a fruit above each leaf - Nice!
I would not think Conadria since those came from University of California Riverside as an Adriatic-hybrid and have much lighter flesh and honeydew melon/canteloupe flavor to me. The Conadria leaves I've seen are quite different than "Anna's Unknown" as well.
A Kadota-variation (Italy) could be possible but I've never heard of a Strawberry flavor in Kadota nor interior as red as "Anna's Unknown".
Granted there are many factors that determine how the fruit looks and tastes in it's given environment.
I'll also note that the Kadota and White Kadota leaf pictures I see on Figs4Fun 'Varieties' page aren't typical to the Kadotas we're growing and have seen (very common in Southern CA).
Examples:
Kadota from local Nursery (large brebas!):
Kadota from good ol' Home Depot (no fruit to sample yet):
Kadota California Unknown:
Lots of variations out there, just trying to show how similar some of the leaves can be, but your fig's interior color and taste makes me think it can't be Kadota.
So here's "Anna's Unknown" again:
I think the 'strawberry jam' flavor description is leading many to think it's "Green Ischia/Verte" (island of Ischia being off the coast of Italy) and it may taste similar to Green Ischia, but to my eye the Green Ischia we're growing here have more "jagged" edges to the leaves.
(These trees haven't fruited yet so I can't compare them to "Anna's Unknown")
Green Ischia/Verte examples 1 & 2:
Here's a UCD Green Ischia/Verte example:
Closer yet, 'Peter's Honey' (also actually from Sicily!) has similar leaves to "Anna's Unknown" and though as it's been pointed out, the interior fruit color could vary in "red-ness" based on breba or main crop and a whole slew of other variables. The Peter's Honey I've tasted have more sweet "honey" flavor and no real sign of strawberry, though the last one I picked had real watermelon flavor! But I suppose that doesn't mean anything - again: many varying factors determine how the fruit looks and tastes.
Our Peter's Honey leaf looks basically like this:
Our recent Peter's Honey (not even close to "Anna's Unknown", right?):
But I've harvested Peter's Honey that were as light inside as this one:
We're growing a White Genoa (Italy) that has smooth-edged leaves shaped similar to "Anna's Unknown" and it has fruit with a reddish interior as well but haven't tasted a ripe one yet - squirrels keep beating me to it!
Our White Genoa leaf basically looks like this (this is White Genoa from Encanto Farms):
But pics of White Genoa fruit from Dave Wilson Nursery seem to have a reddish inside:
An example from Richard Watts' collection also shows a semi-red inside, but UCDavis' website show one with yellow inside (confusing!)
In fact, I think our Peter's Honey & White Genoa have similar leaves to each other and they somewhat have the shape and smooth edge's like "Anna's Unknown" as well as similar growing patterns here, yet neither are quite exactly like it! The search continues. . .
So far my BEST GUESS is. . .
"Peter's Strawberry" (possibly Sicilian)
See more pics of fruit & leaves here:
"Peter's Strawberry" was a fig Jon of Encanto Farms Nursery acquired and was told it was Peter's Honey, but when it fruited the inside was red! So he dubbed it "Peter's Strawberry" - not much else known about it other than it could be Sicilian and similar to your "Anna's Unknown" in leaf, fruit, and possibly taste.
Side Note - Also, see this "Sicilian White California" for a very similar leaf to "Anna's Unknown":
Your fig may be somewhere in there with Peter's Strawberry and Sicilian White California (whatever those actually are!)
Regardless, "Anna's Unknown" is one fine specimen, Paul - You are fortunate to have it as your "Family Fig"!
Once again, reposting these pics for easier side-by side comparison:
"Anna's Unknown" & "Peter's Strawberry":
"Anna's Unknown" & "Peter's Strawberry":
Also a close match - "Anna's Unknown" leaf & "Sicilian White California" leaf:
Jon would be the source of any additional information about these two cultivars :)
What do you think gang?
Keep Growing,
- Dave C. & Family - Temecula (Southern) CA - Zone 9b