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RE: best catalogs for pictures

Good points Harold.  I do surf the net to most all the iris sites.   I have 
my iris wanted folder that is full of favorites.  My main 
problem with the internet is that I now live in a rural area and can only 
connect at 26k.  I left high speed and the city to live in the 
country  with a G3 that surfs like a snail.  I'm on a waiting list with my 
phone company for DSL, but until others in my area want it, 
they won't put in new lines.  I still browse quite a bit, and do lot's of 
"research" during the winter months.  Some sites do shut 
down, like suttons when they are redoing it, during that time the printed 
catalog gets lot's of attention, highlights and little stars 
on the rebloom chart.  :) Sure, they are a thing of the past, but that makes 
we want to get them even more.  I can't afford the old 
one's that get listed on ebay, I'd love to be able to collect them to help 
out with putting some names to my historics.  Here's a few 
pics of those.   Thanks 
everybody for all the suggestions and the update on Dave Niswonger.  Will 
Warner


----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold Peters" <harold@directcon.net>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 16:46:57 -0800
To: <iris-photos@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: RE: [iris-photos] best catalogs for pictures

> I have just finished scanning several hundred TB photos in preparation for a
> major update of my web site. When the site is complete, there will be 2000
> to 3000 iris photos. That will probably be more photos than all of the
> printed color catalogs combined. Take a look at Leota's Garden web site for
> quality photos. Ron is a good photographer.
> 
> If it wasn't for the fact that a significant number of iris customers are
> not computer oriented, there would be no printed color catalogs. The
> economics of a website are far better than the economics of a printed color
> catalog.  My website host charges $25 per month for up to 100 megs of
> memory. That will easily accommodate 4000 photos. I estimate the marketing
> value of the color catalog diminishing in less than 10 years to the point
> that printed color catalogs will be extinct. Rather than collect catalogs,
> why not just visit iris sites and save photos of cultivars of interest.
> 
> Harold Peters
> Beautiful View Iris Garden
> 2048 Hickok Road
> El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
> harold@directcon.net <h*@directcon.net>
> www.beautiful-view-iris.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Will Warner [w*@techie.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 8:08 PM
> To: iris-photos@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [iris-photos] best catalogs for pictures
> 
> 
> Hello everybody, I'm looking for advice on who has the best catalogs to
> order.  It's getting close to the time of year when they start to come out.
> I've only ordered iris from
> Suttons and Aikens before, and was very happy with these.  I'd like to get
> some catalogs from some other suppliers, mainly for the photo's and to
> possibly order.  I'm talking
> about the one's that cost and have lot's of pics; like Cooleys $5.  I'm
> wondering which one's the groups members would recommend.  You know the
> one's that you keep
> around for the quality of the pictures.  Thanks in advance.  Will Warner
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