Re: Ordering iris was: bio David Schaffer
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- Subject: Re: Ordering iris was: bio David Schaffer
- From: S* H* <h*@serc.si.edu>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 10:44:28 -0600 (MDT)
At 09:31 7/24/97 -0600, you wrote:
> Sharyn Hedrick wrote:
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>> 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.
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> Maybe it is just me, but I would never order again from a nursery
> (big or small) that sent me moldy rhizomes. This is not a slam at
> Schreiners since I have *never* ordered from them since I see no
> need to when the smaller growers (isn't everyone smaller then the
> big S.?) have what I want and their specials are just as good.
> Actually better from what I could glean from Schreiner's and
> Cooley's '97 catalogs which BTW cost $5 each but worth it to
> see the pretty pix. :)
>
Ellen G.
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Just a clarification; I didn't mean to imply that Schreiners's
deliberately sent me moldy rhizomes. My point was that in shipping from the
west coast to the east coast current weather conditions should be taken into
account. My rhizomes were in hot UPS trucks and warehouses for a week before
before I received them. They were packed well but they couldn't beat the
heat and humidity.
> By the way, the $5.00 cost of the catalog is deducted from the first
order and future catalogs are shipped free.
Sharyn
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>Ellen Gallagher \ e_galla@moose.ncia.net \ Lancaster, New Hampshire,USA
> USDA Zone 3a \ Northern White Mountains\ AIS Region 1 {New England}
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