Re: Burpee Catalog
- To: i*@rt66.com
- Subject: Re: Burpee Catalog
- From: t*@lanl.gov (Tom Tadfor Little)
- Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 08:04:44 -0600
John writes
:I just got the Autumn Burpee catalog. Under Bearded Iris they list BATIK
:with a large "NEW" on the picture. In the description they say "A
:multi-medal winner from the American Iris Society..."
:On the next page they offer BUTTER AND SUGAR also marked "NEW." I guess
:they mean "new to their catalog"...
Yes, that is what they mean, and that is how I always interpret the word
in such catalogs. I'm sure, however, that they are well aware that "new"
makes some people think "never before seen".
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