RE: Going to Rhizome Auction
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: RE: Going to Rhizome Auction
- From: M*@fin.gc.ca (Mark, Maureen)
- Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 07:35:51 -0600 (MDT)
The prices at auctions vary from year to year. At the CIS auction, most =
years, the majority seem to be in the $10 to $18 range. Some years you can =
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get some really good bargains e.g., last year's introductions for less than =
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$20. Other years, the competition is fierce and all newer introductions are=
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around $25.
The advice about checking out the prices before bidding is essential. Bring=
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all your catalogues to the auction if you don't get an auction list ahead of=
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time. Immortality is one iris that always seems to get bid over its =
catalogue price. The most popular irises seem to be white or pink selfs. =
These are most likely to get overbid.
Maureen Mark
Ottawa, Canada -- wondering if I'll get any bargains tomorrow
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From: bobdell
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Going to Rhizome Auction
Date: Thursday, August 7, 1997 6:02
I am going to a rhizome auction for the first
time Saturday. Any helpful suggestions beyond
don't scratch your ear at the wrong time? What
kind of price range can I expect?
The auction is by the local Iris Society so I
think I can assume that all the plants offered
will do OK here in Northeast Ohio near the lake.
Do Iris have the same inverse price law my wife's
house plants obey: "The higher the price the
shorter the life expenctancy"?
Bob Pindell
Far eastern Cleveland suburbs lake effect zone 5
with lots of snow in the winter
