Rose Otto Prices ** Was: Photos Are Up - Rose Fields

June 20, 2006

Hi Helen,

> Thanks for sharing the photos.

My pleasure fer'shur.

> Since that appears to be a bumper crop (crossing my fingers), I

> hope the price is better than it has been for awhile.

Actually .. until 2004 .. the prices were subsidized .. the 2004 and

2005 crops allowed the co-op distilleries to get out of the Red.

The price of Rose Otto last year .. and this year .. is driven by a

number of factors. One was the availability of Bulgarian .. there was a

supply and demand imbalance last year .. another factor was political ..

totally different reasons for Turkey and Bulgaria but both politically

driven reasons .. that will remain a variable this year but it will have

an impact on prices .. which .. have not yet been determined.

As for the details on those political variables .. I'm not gonna get

into them because the information is such that I shouldn't have access

to it in the first place. ;-)

> I stopped adding rose otto to my face cream and just use the rosehip

> seed oil . . . well . . . I still use it for myself and I just may have

> to have that special " midas " blend!!

Hawhawhaw .. might be some folks using that will find that everything

they touch turns to gold. ;-)

> That Alexander is nothing short of adorable!! So darn huggable.

Thankee ma'am .. and agree I do fer'shur. Alexander is a great joy in

my life now .. I can't wait for him to wake up so I can see that big

smile and pick him up. :-P

> -Helen

Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com

> A few of the latest batch of photos from our May 2006 trip to Midas'

> Tomb and the Rose Fields of Isparta are finally up in the List Photo

> section .. you can check'em out at ..

Recommended Posts