Re: 1998 catalogs
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: 1998 catalogs
- From: D* F* <d*@cornell.edu>
- Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 02:10:54 -0700 (MST)
At 04:07 PM 11/16/97 -0700, Scott Aitken wrote:
>I can't speak for other growers, but my parent's garden, Aitken's Salmon
>Creek Garden, prints their catalog sometime around March each spring.
<snip>
>Why, you might ask, do they wait that late to print the catalog? Weather is
>the short answer. They actually wait until early spring to go out and see
>what has survived the winter, and in what condition. After some mild
>winters they get a lot more growth than expected and can offer varieties
>they didn't think they had enough of the previous spring. Or after a bad
>winter, they may be short of some varieties. They make additions and
>deletions to the catalog right up till a few days before it is sent to the
>printer.
One of many reasons why Aitken's is a good place to do business with. Less
frustration than finding out in August, when it is too late to order
elswehere, that variety XYZ, which you just had to have, and ordered in
April, was sold out or perhaps all eaten by deer over winter..... :-)
Dorothy Fingerhood
