In article , David Hill david@abacusn
urseries.freeserve.co.uk writes

Looking through their seeds, I realise I lost a fortune.
I was sent around 1 to 1 1/2 lbs of cotton seed in 5 varieties 3 years ago,
must have been a couple of thousand seed, I see Jungle is charging £3.00 for
10 seeds.......Ouch!

One of the big shed DIY places had some "special collection" seeds from
one of the major seed companies earlier this year - including 10
Gossypium herbaceum for £3.00 (for use as a house plant). Given the
presumed availablility of vast quantities of commercial cotton seed, I
assume that the profit margin on that line is vast.
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Stewart Robert Hinsley