Buyer Beware - Can O' Worms
Kevin D. Preuss (Thu, 11 Sep 2003 07:48:39 PDT)

Jim,
This is one thing that I see too much of: growers opting to buy material
rather than growing it themselves from seed/divisions of known stock. When
you grow them from seed/offset and see them bloom and know the plant, then
it can be sold. Too many people see $$$, which is not a reality w/o putting
it to somebody,- after all isn't that the American Way? No it is not, not
the ideals anyway...maybe the practice of some but not all.

I just purchased 5 bulbs of a white striped hippeastrum sp. that arrived w/o
a white stripe! now that bulb seller/"grower" did not even attempt to cover
what he was doing!
In my business i flower all stock material so that i know the divisions and
seedlings are true. Granted, honest mistakes do happen.

Sincerely,
Kevin Preuss

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Waddick" <jwaddick@kc.rr.com>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 10:03 AM
Subject: [pbs] Buyer Beware - Can O' Worms