Bourjasotte Noire, Col de Damme Noire and Noire de Caromb are the subjects of a master's thesis from 2010:  'Tree Training and Managing Complexity and Yield in Fig.' 

Three primary areas are researched.
1.  Vegetative and reproductive phenology of three fig cultivars.
2.  Developing pruning strategies/ timing and intensity of pruning cuts.
3.  Effects of agents in combination with tip pruning on bud break, growth
     and yield.

The thesis is a much better read than the abstract. 

Link to the article abstract: http://ir1.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/3184

Link to the complete 112 page PDF thesis (from the bottom of the abstract): 
http://ir1.sun.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10019.1/3184/Gerber%2c%20H.J.pdf?sequence=1

John
FL Zone 9b

Good find John. Thanks for posting. Would need time to digest the insights.

Unfortunately the document isn't available anymore, anyone has it? 

Both links are working fine for me.

Works for me too! I just click on the provided link.

Be sure to click Link #2, it takes you directly to the document.

Both links work for me.  I've had trouble downloading some things with Chrome.  Try another browser.  I used Firefox.

Nice find John, thx.