Okay, I am in serious want of fresh figs...so went to check out the FIGLADY site.  And for four pounds of fresh figs including shipping, it was just over $60.  Don't think so.    It is just horrible that you can't find these things unless you grow them or know someone who does.   Anyone else know of a fairly decently priced source???   Should NOT have this problem next year if all goes well.

Fresh Market and Trader Joes and Kroger has been having them.  Fresh Market regularly - picked up some black mission yesterday.  Trader Joes has had Kadota.  Some say Whole Paycheck had them - but I guess the delivery truck didn't get to Nashville. Also some of the Middle Eastern Markets have had them.

No Trader Joes here YET...have been to 3 Kroger nada...I don't even know if there is a Fresh Market here.  Will look in yellow pages.

SCORE...called Fresh Market...there is one 15 minutes from me... they have Black Mission and Brown Turkey in stock.  Guess where I am going tomorrow??

Let's hope they're good--and cheap!

She only has brown turkey any way

Who only has Brown Turkey?   Fig Lady currently has Kadota and Black Mission available.

But I just saved a ton of money by switching to Geico.

All jokes aside,

Sara, This is only my opinion but I don't think buying fresh figs online whould be a great idea. First of all they have a very short shelf life and 2nd, they would need to be transported in a climate controlled unit ( reefer trailer ).

Figs can be very expensive because they are seasonel. It is the transporting that makes it so expensive too.

Think about it, if they have less than five day shelf life and you need to transport them  from California to the East coast you just lost three days there. I say three days based on the assumption that the truck is team operated and not single driver like myself. You might get lucky and get a couple more days to them  but this is due to the fact that they were picked way before they were ripe.

Now which is the lesser of the two Evils?

From time to time they are transported by plane believe it or not but this only costs you more.

Not saying don't do it. But I would be better off going to the market and buy some dried figs, they should help with the fix.

Good luck.

LOL.  I just saved a bunch of money by investing in the stock market.  Oh wait... no I didn't.

Don't worry I am not buying them online, even though they do overnight shipping so they would be here the next day, BUT I do not want them that badly to what equals $15 a pound.  I found my Fresh Market, so I will go check those out.

Sorry got figlady and k&w farms mixed up.

Rafed- Reefer trailer? HMM.. What have u been really transporting all these yrs? LOL

For $15 a pound, I'd rather buy fresh pignoli cookies ( Italian Almond cookies with Pine nuts).

Sara,
Forgot about the overnight shipping. Duhhh.

Dom,
Get your mind out of the gutter. LOL

One of partners in the NYPD was named Reefer. You can't make this stuff up. Bad name to have as a cop! LOL

Bet he was picked on.

Sara,

I hope you bought the Black Mission.  Bunches better than the Brown Turkey they had!.  and at 3.99 per package - not too bad of a price!

Saw some fresh Mission at my local Stater Bros grocery store yesterday...nasty looking dried up tiny little things. I passed.
Sue

The Black Mission were quite tasty....I have eaten them all.  I bought some BT, just so I could see what they were like. Most were watery and flat, got a few that were sweet and rich, but only a few.  Going back tomorrow to see if there are any Black Mission in stock.  

I still don't have any fruit producing plants, but one of my co-worker happens to like gardening quite a bit and happened to have two Black Mission trees in his backyard. I happened to strike a conversation and next day I got 30 or so figs from his trees.

Now I really want my trees to get going.

chuckchuck

That's a common, fundamental perspective of the forum member here!  You are fitting right in!

Hello!

I'm new here. I was Googling the price of figs in supermarkets, but am having a hard time finding current information. I know Costco had figs last year and I think they were $6.00 per dozen, but I could be off a little.

I have four fig trees and am thinking about selling some from home, but i don't know what a fair price is. I'm not sure of the varieties (we have both purple and green), but they are delicious. I eat them right off the trees, or jam or dry them.

I live in Southern California and could use some advice on prices.

Thanks!!

I would imagine any food that is considered "gourmet" and organic will fetch top dollars at the market. My chestnuts were selling for $6.99 a pound at local market last year. Elizabeth.

Wow. I thought maybe .50 each or $5.00 a dozen, but then thought about the variation in sizes. Yes, they're organic; I never put any chemicals on the trees.

Good advice. Thanks Alan! I have always just given them away, but thought I could still do that AND make a little money, too. :)

You should check your farmer's markets.  Everything's more expensive in CA.  Welcome to the forum.