Cult: Pricing
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- Subject: Cult: Pricing
- From: "* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 11:11:55 +0000
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J.F. Hensler wrote:
>
> Hi John,
>
> Would you please post the following?
>
> Subjects: local pricing/"Kissie"?(LA)
>
> This week I popped into a local nursery that specializes in pond gardens
> and water plants hoping to find a few "treasures".
>
> >From the prices listed in the catalog, I expected to find clumps.... not so.
>
> You might be interested in knowing that Ensatas (generic mixed colors)
> are going for $12.25. That's one small start in a gallon pot.
>
> I.psuedacorus (spelling is from their catalog) is $22.25....
> same size as the ensatas.
>
> Generic Sibs are going for $16.95 and they "need to be in water".
>
> I did see one blooming iris other than the I.psuedocorus, an LA that sure looks
> like I.fulva... They call it "Kissie Red", a hybrid that sells for them at $23.95 a pop.
>
> Anyone ever heard of this?
>
> I suppose the prices are easier to understand when the "goldfish"
> they're selling are going for $150! (No offense intended to anyone who collects koi.)
>
> Christy Hensler
> Newport, WA z4b
>
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