Re: request for data
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- Subject: Re: request for data
- From: C* B* <C*@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 23:29:27 -0700 (MST)
At 05:07 PM 1/4/97 +0000, Linda wrote:
>re "hobbyist" and iris club sales"
>Is this just east Tennessee or is it this way in other parts of the world?
>
>None of these folks are making a living selling irises and none are in the
>nursery business. Most are entrepreneurs making a few extra dollars.
This is also the way it is here in Western Mass., where we do have at least
one serious grower who is "commercial" - most are hobbyists, selling their
excess rhizomes. We did have at one time, I've been told, a grower who also
hybridized, named them what he wanted (without benefit of AIS), and sold many!
I'll suggest that Bill could include in his directory the addresses of some
of the AIS regional affiliate secretaries, with information about their
rhizome sales.
Carol Blais - CBLAIS@worldnet.att.net
Western Mass. AIS region I; USDA zone 5
