RE: CAT: Oz question re: Blyth

Hi Mike, I'd be very interested in a more detailed breakdown of
introductions costs. Haven't done any yet, but hope to intro some beardless
in the next few years.

Greg McCullough
Iris City Gardens

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Sutton [s*@lightspeed.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 12:17 PM
> To: iris-talk@egroups.com
> Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CAT: Oz question re: Blyth
>
>
> Hello Linda,
> We order from Barry Blyth yearly.  Maybe I can help with some of your
> questions.
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> >
> > So my questions are, (1) will these rhizomes be too
> confused to bloom
> > the same spring they are planted here, or will they just bloom late?
>
> More than likely they won't bloom the same spring, hasn't
> happened for us
> yet.  They take a while to get adjusted, if they do at all.
> Most do great
> after a year or two but some never seem to make the adjustment.
>
> >
> > (2) In the US, nearly all new intros from a given source are priced
> > pretty much the same the year of introduction, tho
> different hybridizers
> > charge different prices.  Tempo Two seems to have an unusually wide
> > range of introduction prices for TBs, from $25 to $50 Australian.
> > Anybody know how they set their prices?
>
> Don't know how they set theirs but I do know how we set ours.
>  Usually a
> higher priced intro means there is a smaller supply of it.
> Demand proir to
> introduction will also have a lot to do with the price set.  Some
> hybridizers feel that if a particular flower has some
> outstanding attribute
> it should be priced higher, HEAVEN, STARRING, STARSHIP ENTERPRISE and
> IMMORTALITY come to mind.  Production costs will affect intro
> price; ie.
> what were water costs, labor, supplies.. etc.  You would be
> surprised at how
> much it costs to bring a new introduction to market.
> (if anybody wants a more in-depth break-down of costs
> associated with new
> introductions, e-mail me)
> >
> > (3) Do the folks at Tempo Two have pretty good insight into which of
> > their introductions are most likely to do well in different
> regions of
> > the US (hoping for a miracle...)
>
> No miracle as far as I know.  Like most hybridizers they can
> only tell you
> how their iris do in their own gardens and the gardens they
> are testing
> their iris in.  Witching grows like a weed for us and Witch's
> Wand struggles
> to survive.
>
> >
> > Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
> > sorely tempted....
>
> If you read some of the descriptions you can figure out
> tidbits of info
> about a particular flower like "if only it were a bit taller"
>  or "branching
> is a little tighter than we like"  maybe even "medium sized
> flowers on tall
> stalks"  "extremely vigorous" Always good indicators of performance.
>
> Mike - hope that helped a little.
>
>
>
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