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Re: [PRIMROSES] Registered Hostas & HERESY

In a message dated 97-12-31 10:49:13 EST, you write [WITH MY INTERJECTIONS IN
CAPS]:

<< Named hostas should be registered. I AGREE!!!

 Then we have seedlings. These should be
 sold as such, with the exception of pure species.NO SEEDLINGS SHOULD NOT BE
SOLD, PERIOD......GROW THEM OUT TO MATURITY, SAY 5 TO 7 YEARS AND NAME THEM,
OR THROW THEM INTO THE COMPOST HEAP...THIS GOES FOR ANY SPECIES OF PLANTS....

 A lot are sold as being
 "from" or ex the mother's name, pollen parent unknown. THIS IS HERESY, PURE
AND SIMPLE.....ARE YOU NOT SELLING THE HOSTA-BUYING PUBLIC A WORTHLESS
SEEDLING...???

I have enough
 collections without adding hostas to the list. Too many names to keep track
 of.... SO DO I !!!!!

I do, halfway as a joke, sell hosta seedlings that are labelled
 "seedlings from good parents, you can name". AND THE PROBLEM
CONTINUES.....ANOTHER NAMED SEEDLING, OF LITTLE OR NO WORTH, POTENTIALLY HITS
THE MARKET......WHAT DO YOU SELL THEM FOR....HOW MUCH...AND TO WHOM????
....WILL THEY BE BACK TO HOSTADOM TO BUY MORE....OR WILL THEY BE SOURED BY
BUYING AN UNPROVEN SEEDLING.....THEM THEM IN THE HEAP!!!!!!!

Of course they could buy good named
ones for very little, but they also can buy even better seedlings for
less....WHY ARE YOU SELLING THESE UNREGISTERED SEEDLINGS, IF THEY ARE SO
GOOD????  GROW THEM TO MATURITY...MEASURE THEM....PAY YOUR 15 BUCKS AND
REGISTER THEM.....DONT SELL THEM TO THE PUBLIC....>>


A NICKEL AND THE ABOVE OPINIONS WILL GET YOU 5 CENTS....

KEN IN THE FROZEN NORTH

CC:  HOSTA ROBIN
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