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From:
a*@hostahaven.com
To: hosta-open@mallorn.com
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 12:59
PM
Subject: Re: new hosta at Walmart
It is pretty much true, that every hosta sold by
W Mart, is one less thet can be sold by a ligetimate nursery. When
contacted by them, To provide some local storesI told them NO !
The new hostas that everyone loves to see, will simply stop being researched
and introduced for lack of intrest and funding, if Wal Mart makes too
many inroads into the market. The good news (here) is, they carry
about five of the old varieties. One of those is mislabled!
Thanks
Ran
IMO, Walmart is no friend to the Hosta industry. They
price cut and then
make it up on selling candy and clothes. I don't
have any clothes or candy
to sell so I wish they would just go back to
killing annuals and leave the
killing of the perennials to the professional
nursery people. <g> We were
doing fine killing off the
perennials all on our own without help from these
mass
merchandisers.
Hosta la Vista!
Andrew Lietzow
#1
Plantsman at http://HostaHaven.com
1250
41st Street
Des Moines, IA
50311-2516
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