Rhizomes are ready for the sale. Clothespins glued to a popsicle stick are used to attach the pictures to a flat.
box. It copies that slide, makes a new slide, and changes
the text box to show the iris name, type, SA, RE, year
introduced, hybridizer, and awards—all of which it obtained
from that worksheet of 6,000 irises. All that is left is to
find an actual picture of the iris and resize it so that it fits
into the 4˝ x 6˝ box under the text box. Most people don’t
know this, but you can save selected portions of a slide as
a jpg file. To do this, select the 4˝ x 6˝ box, text box, and
picture. Right click and choose “Save as Picture.” Change
file type from PNG to JPEG. Rename picture and save.
A 4˝ x 6˝ picture is created and then sent to Walgreens.
The club has found that a really good picture sells the iris.
So if your club members clean and label their irises for
your club’s annual sale all by themselves, consider coming
together for a weekend at some central location. The
comradery, iris talk, and good food can make this chore a
pleasant experience.
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“RIB TICKLER”
I joined the Hutchinson Iris Club in 1979 after
attending a show. My mother grew them.
The club had pot luck supper and Iris auction at the
years President’s backyard. I bought lots of iris and got
home late.
In the morning, I was in the kitchen getting breakfast
for husband. He came in the kitchen, took one look
at the mound of iris on the counter! Said, “I know I
shouldn’t have given you the check book! Sucker born
every minute! They saw you coming! Some of them
even have your initials on them!”
In the world of iris S.D.B. doesn’t stand for Sheryl
Dalene Bradley! To date I have a yard of all iris initials.
— Sheryl D. Bradley,
Hutchinson, KS
Fall 2018 AIS Bulletin 43