Misnamed and virused Dutch bulbs
Blee811@aol.com (Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:20:16 PDT)

In a message dated 10/27/2009 4:18:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
totototo@telus.net writes:

So between persistent misnaming and sending out virused stock, I have
concluded
that the Dutch bulb industry is (to coin a phrase) a bunch of crooks. I
admire
the Dutch in many ways, but not in this regard.

I have heard it said that "the Dutch are never out of a variety". However,
I think when you're throwing accusations around, you should clarify whether
you mean the Dutch growers in Holland or the sellers in the States. I
suspect the misnaming is probably more the work of the sellers than the
growers. These sellers are also the ones who sometimes (at least they used to)
make up new names for established cultivars to make them more "saleable".
Bill Lee