Iris popularity (was: The Commercial Nursery)
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- Subject: Iris popularity (was: The Commercial Nursery)
- From: i*@easynet.co.uk (Ian Black)
- Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 08:53:51 -0700 (MST)
Graham wrote:
>I can endorse this last remark - we sell three historic plants for every one
>recent variety plant.
Now there's an interesting observation. I would be _very_ interested in
hearing why this is so.
-price?
-familiarity?
-disenchantment with the form of the modern iris?
I presume this reflects the preferences of a mixture of both irisarians and
non-specialising gardeners (?).
Ian
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