Re: Braggs/dividing stock plants from Cestas on Lincoln

yep some buckeyes are gone and I miss everything about 626 W. Lincoln.............
but oh the memories.....
dan

BanyaiHsta@aol.com wrote:

> Dan, you reminded me about all the people Mom used to hit for stock plants when we got into an oversold position - probably due to my overambitious spring dividing. I can still hear her yelling (you probably heard her too) "DON'T you dare dig that row, those are my stock plants for next year" and I would nod and keep digging. Rosemary, Mrs. Jones across the street, Aunt Sarah, etc. The days before tissue culture.
>
> One year she was complaining on the Royal Oak Market about being out of stock on Und. Univitata and Albo Marg. A man overheard us  and whispered to me that he had some to get rid of. Did we want them??
>
> Not being one to pass up a good deal, I asked where they were (nearby ?) and what was he intending to do with them? He said  "throw them out into the garbage, they grow like weeds", so I gave him our 626 address, told him to drop them off.
>
> You may remember, after an intense week of sales, digging, dividing, going to Royal Oak Farmers Market and Eastern Market Flower Day, we found about 50-80 clumps, probably 30-50 divisions each, dumped in the front yard. Ouch, I had to divide and plant all before going back to Delaware.
>
> Watched again the videotape from 2000 Woodward Cruise last week, with the front of 626 W. Lincoln bare. They have even taken out some of the buckeyes?
>
> bruce
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