I know what you mean, Steve.  One thing I have learned, is that you can propagate two identical cuttings from the same mother tree and have completely different results.

Steve:
Kathleen Black ,had a hard time ,in the last 2 Winters here,(Cold frigid Winters),and Summer 2014,did not ripe any fruits,and this year it refuse to form fruits ,no matter of pinching,so yes,
this cultivar has a hard time,in our climate ,when Winter is cold and Spring is cool.
In such conditions it will not form fruits early enough to get ripe till end of Summer.
I am talking about ,in ground tree,because if in pot it will ripe just fine every year.

Thanks for your comment Vasile.  So it is not just me having problems with KB grown in ground in zone 7.  I think I will give it one more year in ground and if I don't have success next year I may move it to a container so it can be protected better in the winter.

This was a great read for a newbie just starting to figure out what figs i want to start collecting towards the end of the year. Thanks for bumping this