Pattee,
The figs grow in "clusters" when the nodes are close together, it looks like clusters. One of my kadota produced many twin figs at each leaf node and last year it looked like clusters, I thought that I lost the plant due to winter dieback, but it has just now started to re grow. Attached is a picture of "fig cluster" in another cultivar (the plant was root bound, it was probably more than a year old in a 1 gallon container, when I got it). Personally I try to avoid clusters and close node spacing, IMO it usually means that the plant is growing slowly due to a cultural issue or disease (FMD).