Re: Selling flowers (was Transplanting ?)

Thanks John.  That is a good measuring stick I guess - the glad.  However
the glad sure as heck didn't cost \$45.00 each for the bulb - like some
of my iris cost me!

I think all of us will be asked to sell some of our "kids" one day, and I
guess I think it would be interesting to hear from the list what they
have done.  Thanks again for writing.

Nicki Shay, Washington State

On Tue, 25 Feb 1997 12:51:18 -0700 (MST) John I Jones
<jijones@ix.netcom.com> writes:
>Nicki Shay wrote:
>> 
>> What would a fair price be for an iris flower?  Retail or wholesale 
>to a
>> florist shop?
>> I have often wondered about that.  I know one fellow who sells a 
>bouquet
>> of smaller type iris by the dozen - and he charges $4.50 each 
>bouquet -
>> or at last check he did.
>> 
>> The large hybrid iris should certainly be worth more than that - 
>wouldn't
>> you say?
>
>Maybe start with some similarities in the marketplace. What does a
>single stem of a Gladiola cost in the supermarket. Here in Fremont 
>(Glad
>capital of CA) as I remember they are about $1.00 a stem, but I 
>haven't
>looked in a while.
>
>So do you think a stem of iris is worth more? I would imagine a 
>Florist
>will at least double what you sell it to them for by the time it gets 
>to
>the customer.
>
>John                     | "There be dragons here"
>                         |  Annotation used by ancient cartographers
>                         |  to indicate the edge of the known world.
>
>John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
>Fremont CA, USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay) 
>Max high 95F/35C, Min Low 28F/-2C average 10 days each
>Heavy clay base for my raised beds.
>
>
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