Re: CAT - Free plants
- To: <i*@onelist.com>
- Subject: Re: CAT - Free plants
- From: "* S* L* <t*@tntie.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 20:49:45 -0700
From: "R. S. Lockman" <thelockmans@tntie.com>
Tell em Rusty!
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> From: Rusty Thornsburg <rtburg@mailexcite.com>
> To: iris-talk@onelist.com
> Subject: [iris-talk] Re: CAT - Free plants
> Date: Friday, August 21, 1998 3:30 PM
>
> From: "Rusty Thornsburg" <rtburg@mailexcite.com>
>
>
> --
>
> On Fri, 21 Aug 1998 06:42:09 Mike Sutton wrote:
> >From: "Mike Sutton" <suttons@lightspeed.net>
> >
> >Wow,
> >I checked my mail this morning and found a huge number of messages, most
> >seemed to be about gift iris. I am not sure about the tone of most of
the
> >messages. Hopefully people aren't too offended by extras.
>
> No kidding!
> I am always GREATLY impressed and grateful when I open that box from
*whoever*
> and they've included things I didn't ask and/or pay for (this goes for
trades,
> too.)
>
> I am quite grateful for commercial growers sending extras... I don't have
the
> money to buy all the new intros when I want them, and of course, being a
> beginning hybridizer, I have to stay current. So it's really nice to see
a 1998
> Maryott intro included with my modest order. Or a Tom Burseen seedling
included
> with my order, because I told him what a lovely flower it was. And the
list
> goes on.
>
> Frankly, I am surprised that this is a topic of contention. If you don't
want
> to send extras with my order, fine. Last time I checked, it wasn't in
the Laws
> of the Universe that Commercial Iris Gardens were required to send
generous
> extras. However, it alludes in a MAJOR way to the hospitality of the
people you
> order from when they *do* send nice extras. Same token, if you don't
want
> extras, just say so on your order form. That's it. We don't need to
debate
> such trivial things. If you don't like the whole "extras" thing, that's
also
> fine, but please don't ruin it for those of us who do. This is the same
thing
> as with Thornbird. If you don't like the flower, fine, I respect your
opinion,
> but could you please let it go, for those of us who *do* enjoy it?
>
> how bout them apples?
>
> Rusty
> R*@mailexcite.com
>
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