RE: ot-bio David Schaffer

At 07:25 7/24/97 -0600, you wrote:
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>Welcome David.
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>I'm jealous of your space.  I grow about 200 iris on a 50X100 lot with a =
>house on it.  I'm at a stage where I have to give away stuff to put in new =
>things.  We get nasty winters here too.  I have found that iris coming from =
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>warmer climates need to be put in the ground much earlier to survive the =
>winter.  You will need to get a commitment that your iris will be delivered =
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>one month earlier than normal.  Most will be able to accommodate this.  I =
>have only heard complaints about Schreiners from a number of people around =
>here.
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>Maureen


        Having bought from Schreiners for several years now, my major
complaint with them is their shipping times. Maryland is a soup bowl of heat
and humidity
and they invariably ship rhizomes during our hottest times. Two years in a
row I received my order with rhizomes covered in mold and a couple were
beginning to rot. To Schreiners favor I must say that they replace rhizomes
readily without question, but I hate spending so much time washing my order
in chlorox. Plus the occasions that I've had to have rhizomes replaced I've
sometimes encountered situations where the variety was sold out or they no
longer offered that variety.I would think that someone at Schreiners has
cable TV and gets the weather channel. Why not check the weather for the
east coast just before shipping? I have all but begged Schreiners not to
ship to me until the middle or end of Aug.( It doesn't freeze here in
Annapolis until November.) Alas, I just received this summers's order last week.

Sharyn Hedrick








>Ottawa, Canada (zone 4) -- nasty winters but lots of snow helps.
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>From: David Schaffer
>To: Multiple recipients of list
>Subject: ot-bio David Schaffer
>Date: Wednesday, July 23, 1997 11:18
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>New at this so bear with me. I currently have 400 varieties of Iris and
>have been collecting them for a mere three years. In addition we have
>672 varieties of daylilies too so it is always something going on all
>summer long. Having a small 5 acre farm there is plenty of room to plant
>a lot more. We are always on the lookout for iris and daylilies. This
>was our first year for us to add some of the current introductions. We
>can have some nasty winters here in S.W. Indiana so have always been
>hesitant to spend those extra bucks,but decided nothing ventured nothing
>gained. We also breed Japanese Koi, and ornamental Goldfish, and raise
>waterlilies and water/bog plants. Hope to catch some pointers here.
>     DAVID
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>Mr. Green Wet Thumb
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