Re: more info on "orris"

Ralph D. Arnold wrote:
> 
> here is more info about 'orris' that I thought the iris-l group would like:
> 
> ----- Forwarded message begins here -----
> From: conrad@richters.com  <conrad@richters.com>
> To: <rarnold@teleport.com>
> Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 10:12:18 -0400
> Subject: Re: greetings!
> "Ralph D. Arnold" <rarnold@teleport.com> writes:
> 
> > Greetings, Conrad!  I haven't emailed you for over a year
> > (mushrooms? http://www.mtjeff.com/fungi)
> >
> > I posted a question about "orris" in the iris mailing list...and someone
> > responded with a promotion of your firm.
> >
> > Do you have any cultivating info about this species I might be able to use?
> > Anything I can share with the list?
> 
> Hi Arnold.  Orris is really easy to grow, and could easily be grown
> commercially in North America.  It is perfectly hardy in our zone 5,
> never failing to winter outside.  It is susceptible to borers which is
> perhaps the greatest challenge a commercial grower faces.
> 
> There is no information available on the economics of growing orris;
> other than the fact that it is one of the most popular dried herbs
> (for potpourri use) we have no information on the size of the market
> or on its profitability as a field crop....
> 
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Conrad Richter
> 

One tiny bit of info on the size of the market: a few years ago I was
flying somewhere and the lady sitting next to me worked for a potpourri
company (she did not say that it was the biggest or even one of the
larger such companies).

They did $100,000,000 of business a year.

Makes me think the total market for orris must be in the millions.

Gerry, back from two weeks in Yellowstone & Tetons.
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