Re: OT: A new look at Zones (was: route of least pain)
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: OT: A new look at Zones (was: route of least pain)
- From: "* M* <b*@irisgarden.Com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 11:44:59 -0600 (MDT)
Jeff and Carolyn Walters wrote:
>
> Rusty Thornsburg writes (8 June 97)
>
> > USDA Zone 7b (I always feel like a side of beef when I type the phrase
> > USDA... <shudder> there it is again!)
>
> You may have exposed the kernel of a great idea here, Rusty! Why identify
> our growing conditions by impersonal, bureaucratic numbers, when we could
> employ more descriptive terms, such as *USDA Prime* for California, *USDA
> Choice* for Oregon and Washington, *USDA Good* for Texas and Oklahoma, and
> so on. Worth chewing over!
>
> Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
> cwalters@cache.net
> "This is the Place" - JAZZ TIE IT UP!!!!!!!
Jeff, I thought we already had those USDA terms for iris:
USDA Prime (Sunpak) from California
USDA Choice (Waterpak) from Washington/Oregon
USDA Fair (Coldpak) from Colorado/Utah
Bill Maryott from guess where :->
