Re: nursery/Free plants

From: "Mike Sutton" <suttons@lightspeed.net>

Hi Walter,
We introduced one this year called Bonus Lite.  We picked the name last year
when we decided to add an additional extra to orders of $100.00 or more.
The plant was scheduled for introduction anyway and by no means is it an
inferior flower.  It is a highly improved White Lightning, very ruffled with
excellent branching and bud count.  It reblooms sporadically for us so we
didn't list it as a rebloomer.  We will probably have another bonus iris
next year specifically for orders over $100.00.  It is once again a great
flower with substance about as thick as a penny.  People are welcome to
order our bonus iris and many do.  The whole idea is to express gratitude to
our customers and of course give a little added incentive for the larger
orders. I might add that the iris did not detract from our bonus schedule,
it was just added on.   I believe in the past there have been quite a few
iris introduced as bonuses.  Gratuity, Bonus Mama, Muchas Garacias to name a
few.  I don't have any complaints with any of these cultivars.  IMHO I feel
that if someone introduces an inferior iris specifically for a bonus, then
they are cheating the customer and in the long run will really hurt their
business.
Sincerely
Mike Sutton
-----Original Message-----
From: Walter A. Moores <wam2@Ra.MsState.Edu>
To: iris-talk@onelist.com <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Date: Friday, August 21, 1998 8:24 AM
Subject: [iris-talk] Re: nursery/Free plants


>From: "Walter A. Moores" <wam2@Ra.MsState.Edu>
>
> Why are there few or none on beardless plants?  Is it
>because they are harder to dig and require special packaging?
>
> Hmm...nobody responded to my post regarding irises
>registered and introduced specifically for the purpose of giving them away
>as bonuses.  Two of the examples of such plants were from the past, but
>one was rather recent.  Does this mean that those really wanting bonuses
>are pleased with plants that are introduced for that purpose and are
>obviously inferior?
>
> Walter Moores
> Enid Lake, MS 7/8
>
>
>
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