Re: CAT - Free plants

From: Ellen Gallagher <e_galla@moose.ncia.net>

>From: John Montgomery <monashee@junction.net>

>It is of course very nice to open a package and find a bunch of free
>plants in it. On the other hand, if the nursery is making a profit, and
>they must do that, those extra plants must be accounted for in the
>prices charged for the ones actually ordered. When I put on my
>customer's hat I think I would prefer to get exactly what I order at a
>good price.

	I think I may be a chorus of one but I agree with this concept.
	As a matter of fact, I have asked some of my suppliers to not
	include a 'lot' of extras with my orders. I got so many extras one
	year that I had to dig up another bed for them...altho' I must say,
	some of the extras have turned out to be my favorite plants.

>Simply put I think that virtually all of the small, specialty nurseries
>operate on such a thin margin of profit that I do not think the customer
>should expect free plants as a routine occurrence.

	Jim and Vicki Craig offered a $5.00 discount with their order
	form if you *didn't* want any extras. I took it.

	Some beardless iris suppliers do not send extras instead give
	you two year big divisions...Bob Hollingworth did that this year
	(Windwood Gardens).

	Cringing in the Great North Woods of NH where no one will ever
		find me,

	Ellen

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Ellen Gallagher  / e_galla@moose.ncia.net
Siberian iris robin   /   sibrob@ncia.net
Northern New Hampshire, USA / USDA Zone 3
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