Re: Select Seeds (address)

Graham:

Thank you for posting the address for Select Seeds..it is indeed a wonderful
source for annuals! 

You seemed surprised that such a gem existed here in the colonies! I am
wondering if you are aware of the seed list available to members of The
Hardy Plant Society/Mid-Atlantic Group. As chair of the Seed Exchange, I can
tell you our list has expanded far beyond mere "hardy" plants and includes
many outstanding annuals, tender perennials and woodies! Many of us are
quite interested in obtaining and sharing seeds and sources for annuals. 

Look forward to seeing your new book!

Lorraine Wallace

On Wed, 6 Jan 1999 08:50:47 -0500, Graham Rice wrote:

> elect Seeds are at:
> 
> 180 Stickney Hill Road
> Union, CT 06076-4617
> Tel: (860) 684-9310
> Toll-free fax: (800) 653-3304
> Email: info@selectseeds.com
> Website: http://selectseeds.com
> 
> Graham Rice
> 
> 
> 
> >I'd like to order the Select Seeds Catalog.  Can you post
> >the address, phone number or e-mail address?
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >Lee Anne
> >Eastern Washington
> >
> >
> >On Mon, 4 Jan 1999 23:29:18 -0500 Graham Rice <graham@grahamrice.com>
> >writes:
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> >>
> >>The new catalogue from Select Seeds arrived today - and it's
> >>wonderful! I'd
> >>never seen it before, being a British gardening writer only now
> >>getting to
> >>grips with the American seed trade I've recently been looking at many
> >>American catalogues but this one is outstanding.
> >>
> >>How they make a living I can't imagine as the ratio of varieties to
> >>pages
> >>is very low... but I was thrilled to see that so many varieties which
> >>are
> >>so hard to find were included:
> >>Like the old Victorian striped snapdragon 'Brighton Rock';
> >>Like an extensive collection of pre-Spencer sweet peas;
> >>Like the Victorian variegated annual hop;
> >>Like 'White Linen', the white California poppy;
> >>Like a long list of double and fringed opium poppies;
> >>Like the invaluable but so rare 'McGregor's Favorite' ornamental beet;
> >>
> >>I've recently finished a book, Discovering Annuals, to be published in
> >>the
> >>UK by Frances Lincoln and in the US by Timber Press in the spring. And
> >>I
> >>was delighted to see that many of the varieties that I was tempted to
> >>exclude from the American edition, thinking them unavailable in the
> >>US, are
> >>in the Select Seeds catalogue.
> >>
> >>I've no idea if their service is prompt (they say 6 days maximum) and
> >>I've
> >>no idea if the packets come with good information. But the listing is
> >>exceptional and the catalogue a delight to read...
> >>
> >>Graham Rice
> >>Northamptonshire, UK (and sometimes in NJ, USA)
> >>Zone 8, (6b)
> >>--============_-1296611585==_ma============
> >>Content-Type: text/enriched; charset="us-ascii"
> >>
> >>The new catalogue from Select Seeds arrived today - and it's
> >>wonderful!
> >>I'd never seen it before, being a British gardening writer only now
> >>getting to grips with the American seed trade I've recently been
> >>looking at many American catalogues but this one is outstanding.
> >>
> >>
> >>How they make a living I can't imagine as the ratio of varieties to
> >>pages is very low... but I was thrilled to see that so many varieties
> >>which are so hard to find were included:
> >>
> >><paraindent><param>right,left</param>Like the old Victorian striped
> >>snapdragon 'Brighton Rock';
> >>
> >>Like an extensive collection of pre-Spencer sweet peas;
> >>
> >>Like the Victorian variegated annual hop;
> >>
> >>Like 'White Linen', the white California poppy;
> >>
> >>Like a long list of double and fringed opium poppies;
> >>
> >>Like the invaluable but so rare 'McGregor's Favorite' ornamental beet;
> >>
> >></paraindent>
> >>
> >>I've recently finished a book, Discovering Annuals, to be published in
> >>the UK by Frances Lincoln and in the US by Timber Press in the spring.
> >>And I was delighted to see that many of the varieties that I was
> >>tempted to exclude from the American edition, thinking them
> >>unavailable
> >>in the US, are in the Select Seeds catalogue.
> >>
> >>
> >>I've no idea if their service is prompt (they say 6 days maximum) and
> >>I've no idea if the packets come with good information. But the
> >>listing
> >>is exceptional and the catalogue a delight to read...
> >>
> >>
> >>Graham Rice
> >>
> >>Northamptonshire, UK (and sometimes in NJ, USA)
> >>
> >>Zone 8, (6b)
> >>
> >>--============_-1296611585==_ma============--
> >>
> >>
> >
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