RE: [dq-rules] Bulltypo?

["Copley, Ron" <rcopley@huntingt.gannett.com>]

> Probably. Considering a cow costs 60 sp, this is right in 
> line; and I seem to remember in one of the printed versions 
> that a decent meal costs < 10 sp. 
> 
> Some of the other prices seem unusually low, though. How does 
> a pound of oranges end up costing less than a half-pound of saffron?!

OK, after I figured out that a "bulltypo" wasn't some strange and
magical creature out of a Medaeval beastiary and was actually a typo for
"bull typo", I actually can help with something.

Saffron is actually just the stamens collected from a certain type of
flower (type evades me, I think it may be some sort of tulip).
Collecting any amount of significance is quite labour-intensive. Of
course, oranges have to travel quite a long way, but the initial
shipment is the most costly, as the orange tree is very resilient and
can thrive most anywhere that isn't arctic.

Hope this helps as to why the saffron is so expensive...

Cheers,
Ron