cultivar and variety: was Re: Freesia laxa 'Joan Evans'

Robin Carrier robin@no1bird.com
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:30:33 PST
o my!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Kramb" <dkramb@badbear.com>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [pbs] cultivar and variety: was Re: Freesia laxa 'Joan Evans'


> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Jim McKenney 
> <jamesamckenney@verizon.net>wrote:
>
>> Roger, I don't think cultivar will ever be widely accepted in gardening
>> circles: there are several semantic problems with the word. It's had a
>> century to take, and I can't recall any of my gardening friends using it 
>> in
>> conversation. To me it even looks odd in print.
>>
>>
> say what?!?  it's used all the time in the circles I'm involved in.  so...
> i have to say you're completely wrong (in my experience, in my region of
> the country/world, in my gardening clubs, etc.).
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