HYB:REB:Hybridizing & Money

In a message dated 12/30/2005 10:55:55 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
RYFigge@aol.com writes:

<<  and they would not have to be priced out of reason --  money isn't 
everything. >>
Rosalie is quite right.  Money isn't everything.  
 
Over the Christmas holidays, relatives from out of town asked me  if I  made 
my living breeding and selling irises!   <vbg> They see me  working so hard 
and they figure I must be making money at it!  Right?
 
If anyone wants to breed rebloomers for the money?  Forget  it!  As a breeder 
of reblooming irises you can not even begin to break  even.  Someone might be 
able to given enough time.  I have  not. You have iris breeding stock, 
fertilizer, water, registration,  advertising, (website ?) and printing expenses.  
You also have postage  expenses . . . part of advertising.  You send out a lot 
of free irises . .  . more postage.  Fold, this gets to be an expensive HOBBY! 
 And a  painful one at times!  
 
I think I've just talked myself out of it!  
 

Members of the American Iris Society represent less than 10% of the iris  
buying public. Several years ago, I did some research on the subject for a  
marketing class.  I was told that there are two ways to make money in  irises.  You 
either sell in a high rent district (Maryott's of olden days)  or you sell 
wholesale irises growing a minimum of 5 acres.  
 
The wholesalers are the people that sell to Spring Hill, suppliers of  
Wal-Mart, etc.  I'm told this includes Schreiners, Cooleys, Commanche, and  others.  

 
Am I doing this for the money?  I think not!  If money  figured into rebloom 
breeding at all, I would have given up  something like 15 years ago.  
 


 
Betty W. in  South-central KY Zone 6
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