Re: Caladium tubers

Please forgive my ignorance.  Is a #2 tuber second from the largest or 
second from the smallest?

The price is right and I'm now house poor so if they're adequate sized, 
I'll be submitting a large order as long as it can wait till the frost is gone.
          Les

At 11:54 AM 3/17/99 -0600, you wrote:
> Greetings to All:
>
>As many of you will remember, for the last two years I have been able to
>get Caladium tubers from a grower here in Florida and have offered the
>to subscribers of aroid-l.  I visited with the grower today and he
>indicated that he would have an ample supply of #2 tubers and that he
>would again provide these at wholesale cost.  If there are any of you
>interested in having some of these plants to grow, I will again offer
>them at the grower's price ($.25 cents per tuber) plus postage.  The
>tubers will be shipped Priority Mail and in the past we have had very
>good service.
>
>The plants can be viewed at the address below:
>http://nosferatu.cas.usf.edu/~mansell/calad/    in addition, there are a
>number of tubers of the old line Florida Caladium that goes by the name
>of Florida Clown.  These are the same price and a photo can be found at
>
>http://www.vwc.edu/wwwpages/presslar/greenhouse/caladium/bicolor/bcmansel
>l.htm
>
>Since the field will be replanted about the 1st of April for next years
>production, it will be necessary to have all requests in by that time.
>PLEASE RESPOND TO ME DIRECTLY AND NOT TO THE LIST.  DO NOT USE YOUR
>REPLY TO AUTHOR BUTTON.
>My address is:  mansell@chuma1.cas.usf.edu
>
>Richard L. Mansell, Ph.D.        813-974-1588 (Univ.)
>Professor Emeritus                  813-961-7072 (H)
>Biology Department
>University of South Florida       13508 Little Lake Pl.
>Tampa, FL  33620                   Tampa, FL 33613-4134
>
>
>In addition, the grower has offered Florida Clown
>
>
>Richard L. Mansell, Ph.D.        813-974-1588 (Univ.)
>Professor Emeritus                  813-961-7072 (H)
>Biology Department
>University of South Florida       13508 Little Lake Pl.
>Tampa, FL  33620                   Tampa, FL 33613-4134
>
>
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