Re: CAT - Free plants

From: "Walter A. Moores" <wam2@Ra.MsState.Edu>



On Thu, 20 Aug 1998 HIPSource@aol.com wrote:

> Most everyone likes a gift, and many
> folks are deeply impressed with anything free, especially in quantity. But too
> much of a good thing does cause one to ponder about the prices, and I have
> wondered if the tradition does not encourage us to value all the plants less.
> 
> So it looks to me as if while giving copious extras may tend to encourage
> folks to undervalue the plants,   it does tend to have a counterbalance in
> that it provides a mecanism whereby the published price of the product may
> remain respectable while being competative in the wider marketplace. 
> 
	Then, there are those irises introduced specifically as extras or
bonusus in which one begins to doubt their quality.  Coming to mind are:

	SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING BLUE
	
			or

	EENIE, MEENIE, MINEE, MOE

			or

	ONESFORALL, ONESFORFUN, ONESFORHER, ONESFORHIM, ONESFORME,
	ONESFORU


	You get the point.  I am of the opinion inferior irises should not
be introduced just for bonuses, and with some irises sources the bonuses
are clearly inferior.  However, that certainly is not the case with
Schreiners.  Many of their bonus irises have gone on to win AIS Awards,
the most recent coming to mind was the AM for INDIGO PRINCESS.  After a
few years of shopping around and in selecting bonuses, one will find which
sources introduce quality bonuses and which do not.


	I think the best course of action is to provide bonuses as an
option on the part of the customer.

	Walter Moores
	Enid Lake, MS 7/8


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