Re: Sweet Lena
- To: John I Jones <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Subject: Re: Sweet Lena
- From: D* G* <d*@bbs.cresnet.org>
- Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 04:43:45 -0700 (PDT)
John: I have been to his field several times, and I would say he has
about that many Sweet Lena's there. He does like to talk - and yes, he
sold the blooms to Safeway's - but it was late in the season - and there
were not quite enough to be distributed to ALL the Safeways flower shops.
You will love the bloom and the fragrance - and by the way they are very
hardy!
Donna, Region 13
On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, John I Jones wrote:
> Thought you all might be interested in a bit of trivia.
>
> I just talked to Marty Holland of Holland Gardens about SWEET LENA. Says
> he has 50,000 rhizomes. My impression was that he meant 50,000 SWEET
> LENA, but who knows, he may have meant 50,000 total for all the scented
> varieties that he has (that is all he carries). Anyway, I was impressed,
> but then I'm easy. Also said he sold SWEET LENA flower stalks to Safeway
> last spring, 3500 of them. Older fellow, likes to chat.
> --
> John | "There be dragons here"
> | Annotation used by ancient cartographers
> | to indicate the edge of the known world.
>
> John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
> Fremont CA, USDA zone 8 (coastal, bay)
>
>
