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Post by Jim on Nov 18, 2008 17:49:50 GMT -5
Got my stokes catalog, got some new one, and downloaded the BC one even though I wont order from them...or so I hope,
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Post by mayfinnfarm on Nov 18, 2008 20:41:41 GMT -5
I'm jealous...haven't seen one yet 
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Post by flowerpower on Nov 19, 2008 6:42:53 GMT -5
I wont see that BC paper one til January. I am one of the last on the list because of my area. I haven't gotten any catalogs yet either.  |
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Post by Jim on Nov 19, 2008 8:49:55 GMT -5
I'm sure they'll be rolling in soon. The BC one I downloaded from a thread at idig. They were looking for people to find typos..
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Post by plantsnobin on Nov 19, 2008 8:56:46 GMT -5
Got my Pinetree catalog yesterday, I can't say I am very impressed though. They don't list the complete name of the plants, and make up their own little cutesy names. That is a huge no-no in the plant business. For example- Nicotiana 66301 Only the Lonely. No species listed, is this 'Only the Lonely' supposed to be a species, or a cultivar??? They have three Asclepias listed. They have one correctly listed as ASCLEPIAS tuberosa, the other two called Milkmaid and Red Swamp Milkweed. Very sloppy. In today's mail I got the Nichols Garden Nursery catalog. They have some things I will be ordering, but just looking through the plant section, I can't believe their prices! $15.95 for Passiflora incarnata?  $37.95 for a Meyer Improved Lemon tree??? That is insane. |
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Post by ottawagardener on Nov 19, 2008 10:04:42 GMT -5
Oh I got stokes too and bountiful gardens. It's bad. I sit there at night when I should be sleeping circling entries.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Nov 19, 2008 10:19:30 GMT -5
Nothin yet?
I ordered something yesterday online from Richter's cuz I couldn't wait...
But out of approximately 10 catalogues that I get via Snail Mail, I've yet to receive any.
I'm Green with Envy, LOL
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Post by canadamike on Nov 19, 2008 13:47:50 GMT -5
Well, the Stokes one is a bore as usual. Outside of corn that is. As for Bountiful Gardens, it has always been kind of minimal, I don't even ask for it anymore, I go on the net and buy from there.
If I may recommend something to the northern gardeners, their small selection of melons is excellent. They are grown and tested in the mountains of northern California and are used to cold nights.
For winter keeping, I strongly recommend MARYGOLD. I ate the last one last month, and intentionally left a piece of it in the fridge. Yesterday it still looked almost perfect after one month. I did not eat it for the sake of bacterias, but at least I know it lasts. This one is early and a very good keeper. I plan on growing lots of it to sustain my crave for fresh and tasty melons. It looks like a smallish version of yellow canary. The plants throw out tasty little melons instead of large tasteless ones.
Although there are exceptions, smaller melons tend to taste better and are usually more productive in the north. And as surprising as it may sound to north americans, the netted muskmelons are often less productive here than the true cantaloupes, non netted and never musky.
A lot of people, like Alan and me, prefer the taste of the green fleshed melons here. That is of course compared with the usual melons ( muskmelons) They simply are without any musky taste, exactly like a true cantaloupe. I would be hard pressed to tell the difference in taste between green fleshed netted melons and orange fleshed cantaloupes in a blind test.
Green fleshed melons used to be the popular choice. The netted orange ones became the norm because they were better shippers, as simple as that, which telles us the musky flavor was imposed on people. It gives some ''good taste feeling'' to otherwise less delicious melons. ven without as much sugar,hey! It tastes something.
It's all garbage to me anyway.
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Post by ottawagardener on Nov 19, 2008 14:29:05 GMT -5
Stokes is a bit boring yes, but I wouldn't say that about bountiful harvests (unless of course you are a saged seed buyer and little but the rare excites you now ;-). I normally read too many catalogues online but sometimes they take it upon themselves to try and tempt me with theirs and I can't help it. I know it's wrong. I know I shouldn't want to harm the trees by producing the redudant catalogues but hey, I love plants too much. I just want to stare at their pictures, read their descriptions. Maybe I should start a support group?
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Post by bunkie on Nov 19, 2008 14:55:16 GMT -5
being on dialup really makes me appreciate the catalogs that come by snail mail! got Peaceful Valley and Nichols day before yesterday and Johnny's yesterday, woohoo!
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Post by sandbar on Nov 19, 2008 22:43:20 GMT -5
Have only received Twilley's catalog so far.
BC could never seem to get me on their mailing list despite being a several hundred dollar customer for several years. Haven't bought from them for a couple of years now.
Haven't seen my Stokes catalog, yet.
I do like Harris' market gardener catalog. A lot of hybrids, though, but I like their marketing advice.
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Post by johno on Nov 19, 2008 23:43:54 GMT -5
I've got stokes and nichols recently.
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Post by Alan on Nov 20, 2008 0:09:51 GMT -5
I have evidently ordered from one too many places, they are filling up my mailbox everday now!
Out of what I have so fare Nichols and Johnnys are really the only ones I find interesting, both are very expensive but Johnny's has some nice hybrids this year that would be great to segregate. There is a January King type Savoy cabbage that is red and green that I know I'm going for, oh and of course the tri-colored watermelons.
Plantsnoobin, I agree about people renaming things and also about not listing their botanical names, I find it not only highly annoying but a good reason to avoid purchasing from most of those places.
Looking forward to all the new ones from the smaller companies (even though some arrive increadibly late) like victory, wild garden seeds ext.
Ever notice they send them out earlier every year?
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Post by ottawagardener on Nov 21, 2008 16:36:32 GMT -5
Must be due to global warming 'ha, ha, ha, ha.' Sorry silly joke. No, by that I do not mean that global warming is silly.
Anyhoo...
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Post by plantsnobin on Nov 22, 2008 9:36:48 GMT -5
The internet is great for many things, and I do understand that many trees will die for catalogs, but to me staring at a computer screen is just not the same as thumbing through a catalog. More likely, having a bunch of catalogs spread out in front of you, comparing who has what for the best prices. Long live the paper catalog. Besides, Indiana could use the logging jobs......
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$37.95 for a Meyer Improved Lemon tree??? That is insane. 
