On Sat, 02 Aug 2014 11:32:28 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>On 8/2/2014 11:30 AM, wrote:
>>
>> Bags of walnuts in the shell, I mean.
>>
>> After all, cherries are far more delicate, you'd think - and yet,
>> when they're in season, it's easy enough to buy THOSE in good
>> condition for under $4 a pound, if you shop around!
>>
>> OK, so you're buying the pits and stems as well, but those make up far
>> less than 25% of the total weight, I'm guessing. Whereas with walnuts,
>> the shell is 50% of the weight - and IIRC, you're lucky if you pay as
>> little as $4 a pound - so that's $8 a pound WITHOUT the shell!
>
>> Even so, I'm curious as to the WHY of the matter, this time.
>
>If they were having trouble selling them at that price, it would
>come down, that's my guess.
>
>nancy

Without researhing I'll guess a walnut tree disease. Crop failures
lead to high prices. Limes are expensive now because a disease has
infected the trees. Right now I'm treating my plum trees for black
knot disease.
http://nysipm.cornell.edu/factsheets...ases/bk/bk.asp