Re: CAT - Free plants

From: "Lora L. Masche" <loramasche@cdepot.net>

Hi Glenn,

Since you asked for a response from a grower I will respond.

Before we became a commercial garden I loved extras, as it was a way to
increase my stock.  I never expected them or would ever think of writing a
wish list but was always thrilled to receive what ever I got.  It was great
to get a new addition!

Now that we sell commercial, it's different.  We are a small garden and just
beginning to increase our stock.  I would much prefer someone suggesting a
particular extra as it
is very frustrating trying to think of what to give.  I want the person to
be happy with their irises and certainly don't want to give them something
they already have.

I do think we expect them though, and I would much prefer just getting what
I order.
Please don't misread this as I'm not grateful for extras, I am!
But........................I have limited space like everyone else and I
plan accordingly to what I order.  If I receive 5 to 10 extras, where do I
put them?  And the extra time to plant and care for them.

I would be pleased to have people buy from us because of our quality irises
and personal service, not because of the extras we give.   It cost time and
money to grow irises and the small grower has lots of competition against
the larger grower.  They can give a lot of extras as they probably have a
lot of stock but we are small and don't grow a lot of one variety.

Some growers will throw in extras that they have a lot of,  or don't bloom
well, or they can't sell.  I personally, would like to give something you
would like in your garden as a way of saying THANK YOU!

Lora L. Masche
Forquin Mountain Iris Garden
21643 Shake Ridge Road
Volcano, CA 95689
(209)296-4436
http://welcome.to/irisgarden
-----Original Message-----
From: Glenn Simmons <glsimmon@swbell.net>
To: iris-talk@onelist.com <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Date: Sunday, August 23, 1998 7:47 PM
Subject: [iris-talk] Re: CAT - Free plants


>From: Glenn Simmons <glsimmon@swbell.net>
>
>
>
>HIPSource@aol.com wrote:
>
>> I beg to differ.
>>
>> This is not a "topic of contention" it is a "subject under discussion".
>>
>> Anner Whitehead
>> HIPSource@aol.com
>>
>
>I have to agree with the above statement.  I have learned a lot about the
>different way different people think concerning extras.  I did initially
get a
>little irritated about some of the negative comments over receiving extras.
>Personally I have nothing but praise for the extras I have received this
year,
>they have all been top quality.  I can understand if someone does not have
room
>for the extras or only wants certain colors or types.  My feelings on this
is
>that
>if you don't want the extra iris you receive then give them to someone else
or
>donate them to your community, most communities have gardens or schools and
I'm
>sure they could use and appreciate them.  I know the AIS Youth division
would
>love
>to have the bonus iris that some of you don't want to receive.  I guess a
person
>could always place an instruction on the order to please send any bonus
iris to
>the AIS Youth Director.  Any comments on this from the growers out there?
>
>As I said, I have learned a lot during this discussion.  I would never have
sent
>a
>wish list for bonus plants to a nursery/grower.  This would never have
entered
>my
>mind.  To me this seems a little presumptuous but it seems that the growers
>would
>prefer this.  I now see their point on this also, never took that into
>consideration before either.  When this first started I was amazed that
some of
>us
>here would object to receiving bonus iris!  Well I now see your point
although I
>don't agree with you.  Some of the bonus iris I have received so far I
wanted
>but
>didn't order because of cost and others I probably would never have ordered
but
>they will give me a more balanced garden than I would have had otherwise.
I
>imagine my orders were hard for the growers to match extras with because I
did
>not
>order for color, in fact I don't even know what some of these iris look
like
>yet,
>I haven't seen pictures of most of them.  My orders were all based on
lineage!
>Try matching extras to that!  I can just see Rick/Roger, Mike and the
others out
>there scratching their head's trying to figure out how I was ordering.  :)
I
>will
>be more considerate of them in the future now that I know what they try to
do.
>
>Glenn
>
>
>--
>Glenn & Linda Simmons
>Springfield, Southwest Missouri, USDA Zone 6
>g*@swbell.net
>
>
>
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