Brad, I'm really interested in the business arrangements of the "going pro" process. Would you mind explaining a bit?
My questions:
1)how many plants do you have to deliver to the grower for it to be catalogued?
2) Do you get paid when a plant sells or do you get some kind of advance? Or you have to pay them something in advance?
3) Do you have to agree to exclusively sell plants through them in order for them to do intros? If so, for how many years does the contract last? Do you have to put all your intros with them, or can you place other varieties elsewhere? Wondering how you handle iris that your grower doesn't want to take, but that you feel are ready to be introduced.
4) Who sets the price of the iris? What percentage does the grower take?
5) How much input does the grower have on which cultivars are listed? For example, do they say, "I'll take 20, you pick" or do they choose which ones they want to take?
If these questions are annoying please don't feel obliged to answer.
