<<as one might expect 'var' (short form of cultivar?) is popular.>> "var" is short for variety I've also seen "v" used as an even shorter abbreviation for variety "cv" is short for cultivar "cultivar" is short for cultivated variety --Jerry Lehmann Olathe, KS, just four houses south of the intersection of N. Marion St. & Piatt St., facing another frosty morning where South African bulbs would certainly not survive, Z 5-ish