I've written about this tree a couple of times Vesuviana Bianca which comes from the foothills of Mt Vesuvius I've acquired this tree in 2013 it's always FMV but it's one of the trees in my collection that didn't handle the virus well this tree usually breaks bud 3 months later than my other trees some years I thought it was dead but never had the heart to get rid of it it has a special place in my heart when it eventually did push out leaves they were very deformed and ugly last year was the first year I got a couple of fruits off of it I decided last year that I was going to try and make the tree healthier so I loaded the top of the pot with Osmocote and every time I watered it I fertilized it with Miraclegrow and even added an extra tbls to the gallon of water well to my surprise this year the first year it broke bud the same time as all my other trees and I don't see one leave thats deformed and I see a fruit at every leave this makes me very happy Did over fertilization have something to do with restoring the health of this tree ??? 

         

Nice fig and beautiful volcano too. You have great varieties.

Nice looking tree.... Super healthy caliper thickness and really nice height... Is it possible that the tree structure lacked balance between root ball and above ground growth and weakened the plants ability to resist FMV and that your extra fertilization provided it with the little extra it needed to compensate? I don't know so I'm just throwing it out there; I know that keeping a smaller root ball can sometimes result in a very productive top but the law of diminishing returns has to hit some time and perhaps the plant could just use a little more leg room and the additional mineral source that comes with the extra growing medium? If that is the case then you may have to continue feeding it increasingly larger doses of fertilizer to maintain the status quo and prevent it from suddenly crashing as the demands of the fruit set place greater and greater stress on the roots ability to keep the whole thing going. I had a large dalmatian fig in a 20 gallon container for several years and it was stagnant and FMV riddled so I bit the bullet and severely pruned the root ball and above ground would in an effort to bring it back into balance. Its just sprouting buds now after coming out of dormancy in the garage so will see if my efforts will yield fruits...   :-)

Thanks Richie thats the area where this tree originated from 

Tony thats a good analysts What you're saying makes allot of sense,  I have a few old timer Italian fig collectors that swear by keeping your trees in a smaller pot which will cause them to produce more fruit ??? I did repot this tree every year so it didn't get choked up this year it will be going into a 15 gallon pot which is the biggest I can go with the space I have