Fig Cutting sale 2015

[WillsC]

The sale starts tonight Friday 12/18 at 10 PM EST. I am putting the list up early by request but any emails that come in before 10PM EST will be deleted so that it is fair to all

In an effort to save my sanity I would appreciate if the below numbered items are followed step by step. I'm not whining or complaining but I get a lot of emails and PM's, was up till 1:00am this morning answering them and that was after being up since 6:00am and outside from 8:00am till 6:00pm (ok maybe a slight whine). It will make this so much easier on me if the steps are followed and I will very much appreciate it.

As a thank you to all that do follow the steps inRED TEXT below for every 5th order Paid I will include a free Sangue Dolce cutting, one cutting, 7 will be given away maximum. I will pick randomly from the email orders when I send out the confirmations and totals so everyone will have a chance to win the cuttings. It is one of the best figs I have ever tasted and according to a well known forum member with many years of expeirnce and a huge collection it is the BEST fig he has ever tasted. He is in a cold climate so grows in pots. That lottery will be based on when payment is received, not order placed. It is one entry per member and you will have to trust me on who the winners are. If you place 3 orders it only gets counted once. You will know if your are a winner when I PM you on Sunday, you can post you won or not, is up to you.

This sale will use a new email address it is Figs2015@tampabay.rr.com it is also the paypal address to use.


When you place your order to Figs2015@tampabay.rr.com I need what varieties you want and how many sets of each or how many cuttings of each, either is fine as long as you specify cutting OR set, remember it is multiples of TWO. Please include your name and forum name also. No ordering until 10:00 pm Friday 12/18



I will be gone most of the day on Saturday so nobody will hear from me or receive a total until Saturday evening earliest or Sunday. I will try to update the list from my phone as TestMod best I can to make people aware of what is still available and what is gone.




A. Below is a new email I just set up for this sale PLEASE use this and only this email for this sale, orders and corespondence. This new email is also the paypal payment email as well Figs2015@tampabay.rr.com So watch your spam folder. DO NOT PM for the sale, i'm begging you.....please just use the email address. Figs2015@tampabay.rr.com PLEASE no Pm's.

B. If you can, please use the friends and family Paypal option.

C. The sale is open to all members US (all 50 states) and international . For US and Canada Shipping is a flat $5 no matter if you buy 1 set of cuttings or 30. For obvious reasons international shipping will be more so if you are international let me know and I will quote the shipping and it will depend on the amount you purchase. Know that on international once it is mailed and tracking sent I am out of it and any risk of confiscation in your home country is your own risk. If on the presales I charged you MORE than what the cuttings are listed for in this sale contact me and I will refund the difference, it is only fair.

D. Once you are confirmed with a price VIA email please try to pay promptly and if 3 days go by without payment I will fill orders to people that missed out on a particular variety.

E. I am only going to list varieties I have over 15 cuttings left of, so basically that means If I have 19 cuttings of something 2 sets are all that is available. I opened pre-sales on Nov.1 so some of the most sought after varieties are gone or below the 15 cutting cut off. Other than that I am holding nothing back except Black Beauty 10 ....next years bonus perhaps?

F. All cuttings will be 4"-6" in length and be at least 3 nodes.

G. It is first come first serve. The order the emails come in will determine who gets what. You can order more than one set of each variety if you would like to. I know limiting that to 1 set would spread the cuttings further but personally I hate 2 cuttings and 3 would make me feel better so I don't blame anyone if they want two sets. The limit is two sets per variety per member.



When you send the payment to Figs2015@tampabay.rr.com I need you to include in the PAYPAL NOTES the following and in the format shown below. It makes my life so much easier. To be included for the chance at the free Sangue Dolce cuttings you must use the following format.



1. Name

2. Mailing address

3. What exact varieties you are ordering and the number of each has to be in multiples of 2 (per forum vote)

4. Your email address

5. Forum name

6. Special instructions or If you need me to hold and send at a later time.

Once the cuttings are mailed I will send you via email the tracking #.




Due to the upcoming Holidays the cuttings will ship out on January 4th UNLESS you advise me per #6 above to hold them later than the 4th.



Good luck and hope nobody is disappointed in the selection. The price is per cutting. As you can see 4 catagories $5 $7 $10 $15 I am typing fast so please forgive typos.


The sale starts tonight, Friday 12/18 at 10:00 PM EST. Any emails before that will not count.

$5

Fred's Celeste (it is very good)
Beer's Black
Green Ischia
Unk Carini
Black Mission
Pasquale
Willmington creeper....it is now finally creeping
VDB
Celeste
LSU Purple
Latrulla
Alma
UNK Pastiliere
Native Black
Scott's Black
Hardy Chicago
Texas Peach




$7

Niagara Black
Nero 600M
Kathlen's Black
RDB
Battaglia
JH Adriatic
Excel
Black Greek
Sals C
Petite Negra
Salce
Genoves Nero (ROBS NOT Rafed's)
Siblawi (I love this one, sweet beyond belief)
Unk Iraqi
Slidel Black
Saint Jerome
Danny's Delight OUT
Strawberry Verte
Karachi Green
Fico Santo
Petrelli
Gino's Dark
Bianchetta
BG Gold (popular European variety)
Ventura
Alvas Verdal
RDB
Colonel Littmans Black OUT
Malta Black
Stallion
Easton Purple
LSU Tiger
Olympian
Saleeb
Italian Black
Banana



$10
FMV Free Black Ischia (UNK) OUT
Lounge d'Aout
Pan E Vino Dark OUT
Colosanti Dark
Vasilika Sika (long finger)
Brogiotto Nero
Noir De Caromb
Calvy
Vasilika Sika (Herman version not finger leaves)
Nalga
Purple Jordan
San Donato
Izbatan Naj
Sao Miguel Roxo
Sultane
Red Libya
Stella
Nordland
Bourjasotte Noir
Bourjasotte Grise
Blanche de Arguntil
Madeline de deaux Saisons
Jurupa
Violet Sepor
Israeli Red
Red Sicillian
LSU Smith
LSU Black
Golden Celeste


$15
Ice Crystal
CDD Rimada -----------------------out
Florea
Lounge Verte d'Aout OUT
LSU Thibadeaux OUT
Fig De Parfum OUT
Black Yugoslavian OUT
Victoria-------------------------------out

[Gardencrochet]

Yipeee! Thank you, WILLS!

[Taverna78]

Grazie Cugino. Great luck to everyone

[eboone]

Wait, let me get this straight, NO PMs????? Are you certain?

Nice list, WIlls. Now, can I keep my selections to a reasonable number...

[SarinaP]

What a great list, now off to do my homework! Thank you for doing this!

[terryworm]

Great list, thanks for doing this Will.

[Brian M]

Any information out there regarding Victoria Fig or Fig De Parfum?

[don_sanders]

Not Fig De Parfum that I could find. Rafed@F4F "really enjoyed the Fig De Parfum" in 2012. WillsC said that Rafed "only got to taste one, was good enough reason for me to want it."

My cuttings look very healthy and ready to grow so hopefully I'll have more info in a year or two.

[awildcatb11]

wonderful offerings. I have past my Christmas budget. Next offering I will save up for.
Larry

[WillsC]

Any information out there regarding Victoria Fig or Fig De Parfum?

As Don said Fig de Parfum came from Rafed, he said the one he had was excellent.

Victoria is a Pons fig from the island Majorca off the coast of Spain.

[Brian M]

Thank you

[DBJohnson]

Well, crap. My choices are participate and end up in a straight jacket....or be conten with the mass of cuttings I already have to root. Wife just looked over my shoulder and saw me looking at the list. She asked if it was a plant sale and silly me said yes.

I got "the look".....so good luck everyone! I get clausraphobia too easily Togo isn't a straight jacket.

[smatthew]

Just to be certain - is price per cutting, or per set of 2?

[cis4elk]

This is a good question, I wondered the same.
Probably not getting anything..but still..like many things in life it never hurts to look.(That is unless you get busted looking!)

[Sarahkt]

The price is per cutting. As you can see 4 catagories $5 $7 $10 $15

Still a lot better than most of us would get on eBay.

[Rewton]

"When you place your order to Figs2015@tampabay.rr.com I need what varieties you want and how many sets of each or how many cuttings of each, either is fine as long as you specify cutting OR set, remember it is multiples of TWO. " This text makes me think the smallest unit that one can order may be two cuttings even though he does say the price is per cutting. Wills, please weigh in buddy!

[Rewton]

smatthew, I had exactly the same question. I would guess that it is for a set of 2 but it is a little unclear.

[Harborseal]

Not unclear at at. Minimum order is 1 set = 2 cuttings. For the $5 cuttings 1 set costs $10, 2 sets cost $20. for the $15 figs 1 set = $30, 2 sets = $60

[Rewton]

Hmmm....I ordered $5 worth of the UNK Pastiliere thinking I would probably get two cuttings or possibly one. I'll be happy with one.

[Harborseal]

Wills, I do have questions and a concern. The concern is that all that text may not fit in the pp notes section. In the past I've been cut off with little more than name and address.

Questions:

1 can we leave out the numbered headers and just put our name/mailing address as if we were addressing an envelope to ourselves?
2. Do you want the figs listed in your order or in our order of preference?

Thanks.

[Harborseal]

I was so dumb. I got distracted and sent it 30 seconds late. I hope there's something left

So for every 5 sets we order we have 1 chance to win the SD?

[Tonycm]

I don't need another fig but you're pushing my buttons.

[eboone]

I don't need another fig but you're pushing my buttons.

Tony, Tony, Tony - everyone 'needs' another fig!

[Tonycm]

Lol Ed I told myself absolutely no more new figs this year. Well as YOU know I gained two this fall from someone named Eboone and have gained another 4 or 5 more from others. I ran out of room about 20 trees ago but somehow I still seem to make more room. Gotta really think hard about this. Hmmm

[eboone]

I waited till my computer clock said 10:01, wanted to be sure mine did not get deleted

I restrained myself somehow and only ordered 2 sets.

[Harborseal]

You've gone sane!

[Sarahkt]

FYI - Wills confirmed the price is indeed per cutting, not per bundle of two, if that matters to those of you finalizing your orders.

[smatthew]

ouch. Seeing as how I only had a 33% success rate with Wills cuttings last year, I'll pass.

[eboone]

I was 0 for 3 with his cuttings last year but gonna give it another go...was probably me, not the cuttings.

[Sarahkt]

Prices are still lower than eBay, I wouldn't be able to afford a lot of these varieties in the eBay environment. And now that I have heat mats, must use them! This is my time buying cuttings from Wills, but the trees I've purchased were in excellent condition.

[pppldj]

[B][SIZE=26px][COLOR=#FF8C00] It is one entry per member and you will have to trust me on who the winners are. If you place 3 orders it only gets counted once.

Sorry Bob...

[SarinaP]

Phew! Now I can go to sleep with my fingers crossed...

[DBJohnson]

Good luck, everyone!

[eboone]

I expect that most of us will be pleased. I don't see hundreds of members active at the time., they would likely be logged on to view the list, to research the figs, etc

[DBJohnson]

I'm being watched. She can see the wheels turning and does not approve..... She keep saying "115" every now and then....that's the number of cuttings in the fridge that will be set up in the next couple weeks.

Yeah, I can't get away with anything right now. My kitchen-pass has been suspended.

[Harborseal]

The list was posted at 2. Any really maniacal fig person would save a list, reboot and only have email open, finger hovering over the send button with a clock counting down the thousandths of a second. On 2 different computers.

[eboone]

LOL-I hear you Bob. I had my request typed up at 7, ready to be copied into my email. Then I changed my request at 9:30, then again at 9:40. I shortened it since I am already rooting too many for me to nurse thru the winter.

[greenfig]

Ok, I sent my order at 8 pm, do I have any chances to get anything ?

[greenfig]

8 pst, that is 11 est, right?

[fitzski]

yes, 8pm PST is 11pm EST.

[Harborseal]

If you sent your order at 8 pm Eastern you have to send it again. If you sent it at 8 pm Pacific then it was after the starting time and you're ok. Either way there won't be any cuttings left for you. Wills probably got 387 emails between 10:00:01 and 10:00:03. (Just kidding)