Re: MDB: EXTRA
- To: i*@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: MDB: EXTRA
- From: z*@mindspring.com (L.Zurbrigg)
- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 18:02:05 -0500
From: z88keys@mindspring.com (L.Zurbrigg)
>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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Dear Dennis: Enjoyed your dismay, - a wonderful story. Ben Hager named a
very, very tiny iris CEREMONY. It is only about 3" tall. One of his jokes
is to tell his garden visitors that they should not stand on Ceremony! Very
easy to do at 3" . Lloyd Z in Durham NC
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