MDB: EXTRA

From: dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net (Dennis Kramb)

Yesterday I received my iris order from Willow Bend Farms.  The first thing
I did was unpack them all and count them.  As I removed them from the box I
read off the names which were written in black marker on the main fans.  I
was oh so happy to get several extra bonus plants!

I read the names of the bonuses and did not recognize most of them.  One of
them, however, really had me cussing a blue streak!  All that was written
on it was "EXTRA".....no name, no nothing...just "EXTRA".  Boy was I angry!
How could they do this to me?  How could they send me an unidentifiable
bonus iris?  I was shaking my fists at the box cursing it for bringing me
such a "gift".

Well, after about 15 minutes of cursing the box and wondering what I was
going to do, I finally read over the receipt they gave me.  BOY DID I FEEL
STUPID!!!  "EXTRA" was the name of one of the MDB's that I had ordered!

        EXTRA (Palmer 1989) - MDB, Blue-violet bitone, rebloomer.

So, after 15 minutes of speaking in tongues from being so angry, I realized
my mistake and then couldn't stop laughing at myself.  I wonder if I take
this gardening thing too seriously?  :)  So have any of you made the same
mistake with this little iris???

Dennis Kramb; dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net
Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6; AIS Region 6
Member of AIS, ASI, HIPS, RIS, SIGNA, & Miami Valley Iris Society
Primary Interests: Arilbreds, Rebloomers, and Native Ohio Species Irises



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