I have been away from the forum for a while.  I am in Wilmington, Delaware (Zone 7a) and have a large Lattarula fig in the ground for several years but I have problems getting more than a couple fruits each year.  I'm not sure what I am doing wrong. 

The fig plant is now about 10 feet tall and wide.  For the last 2 winters, it has been unprotected but hasn't shown any die-back.  It just grows and grows.  It had a large Breba crop initially this spring but they all fell off.  Now it is August and there are hardly any fruit - yet other area figs are loaded with fruit now.  I do have squirrels, which have taken a few mature fruits in the past, but I am not even getting small green fruits that they wouldn't be interested in.

I didn't fertilize the tree much or at all this year so I don't think it is over-fertilized and not fruiting because of that.  The plant itself seems very healthy but no fruit.  We have had lots of rain this year but, like I said, other people's figs around here are now loaded with fruit.

I bought it several years ago from a mail-order nursery in Virginia Beach.  It was labeled as "Lattarula" and the few fruits I've gotten are the big yellow type that I think is correct for this variety.

Any ideas?  I am getting tired of no fruit and am thinking of taking it out and trying again with something possibly easier like a "Chicago Hardy".  If anyone in the Delaware area wants a "Lattarula" to try, let me know!

Try pruning it heavily this winter.  Sounds like it's too late for any figs to ripen even if they do appear this summer.  Hopefully you'll get some more advice.  I would be frustrated too.

wish I could help.
Good luck

Do not prune heavy;Thin the tree HEAVY.
I mean reduce the trunks that come from ground to only three.
Thin in the next Spring,and fruits will grow.
The only other reason it will not fruit after that,is because it is not Latarulla,but other inferior hybrid.
In that case remove.
Edit note:I did a mistake thinking,about your tree:
Now I realised:It is not Latarulla,because if it would be,then it will keep both crop till ripe.
Latarulla ripe Breba and main crop,without pollination,and my tree never dropped one fruit,ever.
There are many white figs ,that look like Latarulla but they are not,they are usually hybrids,of some sort.

I have lots of Lattarula figs for 2013 from both my trees. Strange experience you are having for your zone. Given your zone, there should be plentiful Latarrula figs. I am in zone6/7 and I have no problems with Latarrula for yrs. I think it may not be a Lattarula variant.

I'm also in zone 6b and unfortunately my in ground Lattarula Italian Honey has been a shy bearer the last 2 years. This year it produced a good breba crop but not much of a main. Its a single trunk and multi-branched. I was late in pinching it, next year I will pinch earlier but if it does not produce it will have to go.

 Pete

I'm in zone 7a. I had an abundant Lattarula breba crop this year. But my main crop is very sparse. It could be from too much rain( and not enough sun) and cooler than usual temp.

I like what Herman's saying.
I'd go by the rule of thirds, too.

Say you have 6 trunks:

Year one - cut two old trunks down to 6" above ground.
Cut at an angle, 1/4" above a node.

Year two - pick another two old trunks and cut them the same way.
Also cut all but the one most outward facing sprout growing from
each of the two short trunks from year one.

Year three - cut the last two old trunks, leave one sprout per 'year two'
trunks, and check the results of 'year one' shoots.

You'll have completely renewed your plant in three years.
Works for blueberries and lilacs, rhododendron, etc..
At that point, you'll have given it a fair chance to produce, and you'll know if
one, two, or three year wood does best.