. .' ...$raspberry.growing+research. raspberry.faq.wild-blueberry.faq.Dr.Razbys.Berry-News/public/ftp/pub/academic/agriculture/sustainable_agriculture/fruit/faqs Dr.Razbys-berry-info The-Mighty-Lingonberry.by-R.E.Gough blueberry.faq fruit-tree-grafting.faq.1-95 fruit.tree.grafting.faq rare-fruit.faq tangerine-mandarin.faq tangerine.faq tangerine.faq.new Date: Sat, 1 Oct 94 19:33:00 -0600 From: Bob Batson Subject: Lingonberry Article - The Mighty Lingonberry by Robert E. Gough (_National Gardening_; Vol 17, No 4, Jul/Aug `94) (180 Flynn Ave., Burlington, VT 05401) (Tel: 802-863-1308; Fax: 802-863-5962) If you live in the North and are searching for a new and unusual crop or landscape plant, consider lingonberries. These plants thrive in moist, acidic soils from Massachusetts to Alaska, producing an abundance of healthful, cranberry-like fruits. The lingonberry is a 12- to 18-inch-high evergreen shrub native to northern temperate, boreal and arctic regions of Europe and North America. In addition to inherent cold-hardiness (to -10 degrees F.), once covered with insulating snow, it survives northern winters from New England to Minnesota. In fact, it's one of those few fruits that gardeners can grow successfully in those cold climates. In warmer climates, such as zones 9 and 10 [USDA], lingonberry neither grows well nor reliably survives summer. Lingonberry plants spread by underground runners to three feet . The glossy, dark green leaves are 1/8- to 1/2-inch long and usually tinged red when new. This shrub is handsome enough for ornamental use --- as a small-scale ground cover or informal edging around larger acid-soil plantings, for example. It is also attractive in containers. The wild North American species of lingonberry, Vaccinum vitis-idaea var. minus (also called the mountain cranberry) is a low-growing plant that blooms only in the spring; the European and Asian native, V. v. var. majus, is a slightly taller shrub with larger leaves and flowers. It blooms twice each season. Also called cowberry or foxberry, it's the type more commonly found at nurseries. Dan Hartmann, of Hartmann's Plantation in Grand Rapids, Michigan, notes that this potential for a double crop is part of what makes these plants attractive. Small, pinkish white, lily-of-the-valley-like blossoms open in tight clusters near the tips of one-year-old shoots and make an attractive display in border plantings. The may bloom produces fruits that ripen in midsummer (July and August here in northern Maine). The summer bloom, which occurs when fruits from the first bloom are ripening, produces fruits that ripen in late September and October. Open flowers are only hardy to about 30 degrees F. [-1.1 degrees C.], meaning the first bloom is usually nipped by a late frost. The second crop is usually the largest and often the only the only one of the season. This is not as bad as it sounds, however. In my experience, fruits that ripen in the cooler temperatures of fall generally have the best color and flavor. Lingonberries are self-pollinating, but cross-pollination will produce larger fruits that ripen earlier. Besides, mixing fruit of several varieties will tickle your palate with all the fine, tart nuances of lingonberry flavor. Bumblebees are the best natural lingonberry pollinators. Plants need two to three years to begin bearing good crops, according to Diana MacKentley of St. Lawrence Nurseries in Potsdam, New York. But when the time comes --- usually just in time for Thanksgiving --- better have your recipes ready. Lingonberries are slightly smaller than cranberries but otherwise look and are cooked the same. Flavor, however, is distinct. Pick the firm, deep red fruits and refrigerate immediately; sound fruit will keep for up to three weeks. Or wash, drain and freeze them for use later in the season. These fruits are tart. Make them into jam for a superb roast goose and venison topping. Pancakes covered with lingonberry syrup are a Swedish tradition. Use them in any recipe that calls for cranberries. Lingonberries are very rich in vitamin C --- Scandinavians and native tribes of northern Canada use the fruit as a cold remedy. The simplest preparation is lingonberry sauce: 3 cups washed fruits, 1.25 cups sugar and 1 cup water. Boil 10 minutes; skim and cool. PLANTING AND CARE Locate your planting in a sunny spot on land with good air circulation and soil drainage. My lingonberry garden has a southeastern exposure. It receives sun most of the day and yet is protected from the brutal northwest winds of winter by a thick blanket of drifted snow. The plants grow well in the acid soils of our region. The ideal is soil of ph 5 that is also high in organic matter. According to research by Dr. Elden Stang, professor of horticulture at the University of Wisconsin, plants grow best when up to about seven pounds of peat moss is incorporated into each 100 square feet [9.29 square meters] of row. Adding more does not increase plant growth substantially. Dr. Stang's research plots were located on a loamy sand soil. In your garden, work in the peat moss or compost and adjust the pH during the fall prior to spring planting. Order your plants early in either two-inch or one-gallon pots. Set them out after danger of severe spring cold has passed and the soil has dried sufficiently to be worked. In my garden, on the border of [USDA] zones 4a and 3b, that's late May. Make the planting hole wide enough to accommodate all the roots without bending and set the plants as deeply as they grew in the pots, about 12 inches apart in rows spaced about 36 inches apart. Water them thoroughly to settle the soil about the roots. By the second season, the plants will begin to spread, sending up shoots increasingly distant from the crown. In this respect, their growth habit resembles that of another cousin, the lowbush blueberry. The aim is to establish a hedgerow about 18 inches in width. MULCH. According to MacKentley, weeds are the single biggest pest of small lingonberry plants. The best prevention is a two- to three-inch-deep mulch of sawdust, pine needles, chopped straw or peat moss that smothers young weeds. Otherwise, there is little the home gardener can do but pull them by hand and risk injuring the shallow roots of the new plants. Mulched plants produce stronger growth and up to quadruple the yields of unmulched plants. Peat moss is far superior to sawdust or chopped straw, probably because it simulates the lingonberry's natural soil environment. Place it a couple of inches deep around the young plants right after planting, and increase the thickness of this layer each year as the plants grow in height. Several inches of damp peat moss makes a wonderful mulch for mature plants, and the plants' rhizomes will actually spread through its lower layers. FERTILIZER. Lingonberries require little fertilizer. In fact, excessive nitrogen will overstimulate vegetative growth and decrease fruitfulness. It may also interfere with hardening and increase winterkill. How much is enough? If shoot growth seems vigorous and new shoots grow several inches [5+ cm.] and remain erect and rigid, fertility is about right. If growth is soft and rampant, with large dark green leaves, you have overfertilized. If shoots are short and foliage is pale yellow or red during the growing season, plants need some fertilizer. In the North, I make it a rule to apply no fertilizer to fruit plants after the Fourth of July. Most woody plants have completed shoot growth by then, so the fertilizer will do little good. It could, however, stimulate excessive late growth that may not harden in time for winter. Generally, a small handful of a complete fertilizer, such as 5-10-10, applied in a circle around a mature plant in the early spring, will be sufficient. Use smaller amounts for plants up to about three years old. Fish meal or dried blood are good organic nitrogen sources, but be sure to apply them very early in the spring. Precise amounts depend upon the site and vigor of the plants. If you pay enough attention to them, the plants will always tell you what to do. Lingonberry, like its cousins, is sensitive to chlorides. Keep de-icing salt, water from chlorinated pools and fertilizers containing potassium chloride away from them. Propagate plants in spring by splitting and separating a crown and transplanting clumps. It helps older plantings that have become crowded and unproductive. Plunge your spade deep, severing the plant's root system and rhizomes. Lift the plant portion gently and transplant to another area. That's all there is to it. The only trick is to be sure that you leave part of the rhizome attached to the clump. Without it, the plant will not spread rapidly. Except for the occasional removal of dead and damaged shoots every spring, lingonberries require no pruning VARIETIES OF LINGONBERRY ERNTESEGEN. Introduced in 1981, this is a very vigorous grower producing exceptional crops of large, light red fruits. It's mild-flavored, in contrast to tart and tangy Koralle. KORALLE. This Dutch variety is the most popular and provides most European commercial production. Attractive plants are upright and vigorous. The small to medium-sized fruits are highly flavored but somewhat tart. Often fruits of Koralle are blended with those of a more productive but mild-flavored variety such as Sussi. RED PEARL. This recently introduced (1983) Dutch variety produces large, mild-flavored fruits and appears to have resistance to Phytophthora root rot. Fruits ripen one to two weeks earlier than Koralle. REGAL. Selected by Dr. Elden Stang from seed collected in Finland, Regal is noted for its superior fruit size and early bearing. SCARLET. This new Norwegian introduction produces some fruit but is mostly noted for producing abundant pollen, which makes it a valuable pollinator. SUSSI. This Swedish variety is slow to establish but ultimately produces large red fruits abundantly. From bigblue.oit.unc.edu!concert!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!emory!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!news2.near.net!news.delphi.com!usenet Mon Jul 18 13:28:14 EDT 1994 Article: 38676 of rec.gardens Path: bigblue.oit.unc.edu!concert!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!emory!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!news2.near.net!news.delphi.com!usenet From: LFWILK Newsgroups: rec.gardens Subject: Blueberries FAQ: Diseases,Pests,& Solutions Date: Mon, 18 Jul 94 00:06:33 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 106 Message-ID: <5QzxinB.lfwilk@delphi.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1g.delphi.com BLUEBERRIES: DISEASES/PESTS & SOLUTIONS (FAQ) I'm just a novice, but I recently bought a house in New England that has 155 blueberry bushes on the property, so I'm trying to learn as much as I can about them. Before he left for the Pacific Northwest (to plant a cherry orchard), the previous owner (a very active 90-year-old with a real talent for gardening) gave me a few lessons on how to care for the blueberries (as well as the apples, peaches, plums, apricots, self-pollinating vegetables, herbs, roses, and several varieties of flowers on the property). He also gave me some articles and information he had collected on the subject. I thought I'd pass along the information that I've accumulated to-date. An excellent reference book on planting, caring for, harvesting, and using blueberries (as well as strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, cranberries, huckleberries, boysenberries, gooseberries, currants, etc.) is: "The Berry Book" by Robert Hendrickson, published in 1981 by Doubleday & Company, Inc./Garden City, New York. ISBN-0-385-13589-0. The following list of diseases/pests & solutions is a consolidation of information from: (1) primary sources are Robert Hendrickson's "The Berry Book" and his article "Blueberry Fields Forever" published in the July 1984 issue of "Country Journal"; (2) William Kreutzfeld 's article "Blue Magic" published in the August 1987 issue of "National Gardening"; (3) some tips provided to me by Mr. Eric Mattson (the 90-year-"young" gardener who has had lots of successful experience with fruits and berries); and (4) a few things from my limited experience with blueberry gardening. BLUEBERRY DISEASES/PESTS & SOLUTIONS 1. BIRDS - Birds love to eat blueberries and may even feast on your entire crop if you don't cover them with netting or use some other means to protect them. Mr. Mattson provided me with some plastic netting which seems to be effective and still allows sunlight to reach the plants. Be careful about leaving openings in the netting though, because birds may get through the opening and end up getting trapped inside the netting, become frantic, and possibly even die. 2. YELLOW LEAVES - Indicates problem with soil pH and/or drainage. Blueberries need acidic soil conditions and good drainage. Adjust the soil pH. Pine needles spread at the base of the blueberries seem to help with pH, drainage, and minimizing weed "takeovers" :-) Robert Hendrickson suggests applying iron chelate to the soil. Some people use miracid. 3. SHRIVELLED BERRIES - Indicates potential fungus disease. Berries shrivel, may turn purple or brown, and/or shoot tips die. Overfertilizing and/or using fertilizers with high nitrogen content creates an environment susceptible to some fungal diseases. All affected growth should be pruned to prevent the disease from spreading. Fungicides can also be used as a control. 4. ROTTING BERRIES - Potential causes may be fruitworms (small red worms that feast on berries) or fruit fly maggots which infect and rot the berries. Dusting berries with rotenone when they start turning blue helps prevent infections from fruit fly maggots. Robert Hendrickson also suggests controlling fruitworms organically with Beauveria bassica (a parasite fungus). William Kreutzfeld says that blueberry maggots and fruitworms are more common in Michigan, New Jersey, Maine, and North Carolina. Blueberries should not be left on the ground beneath the bushes (fruit fly larvae can survive the winter and infect the next season's blueberries; also, infections/diseases/parasites can be spread via the dropped blueberries). 5. FEW OR NO BERRIES - Potential causes include: overfertilizing, too much nitrogen in the soil, and/or inappropriate pruning. Another possibility is the viral infection "stunt disease" (typically spread by insects from nearby wild blueberries that are infected), which causes small leaves, few berries, and very little plant growth. Infected plants must be removed and destroyed (to keep from spreading the infection to other bushes). 6. BERRIES TOO SMALL - May be characteristic of the particular variety of blueberry, or the result of insufficient pruning. 7. ATTACK OF THE "LEAF-EATERS" - Aphids, leafhoppers, caterpillars, gypsy moths, and japanese beetles are potential culprits. Robert Hendrickson recommends "milky spore disease preparation" as an organic control of japanese beetles. Spraying with Sevin can be used to control leafhoppers, which in addition to leaf-eating can also spread disease (such as the stunt disease virus). Don't use Sevin during blossoming season because it kills the bees needed for pollination. 6. WILTING CANES - Wilting can be caused when Stem Borers bore through canes. Prune affected canes. Spraying with Sevin can be used to control Stem Borers, but should not be used when blueberry blossoms begin to bloom because Sevin kills the bees needed for pollination. I highly recommend obtaining a copy of "The Berry Book" which provides more extensive and more detailed information on both this subject as well as other aspects of growing berries. Please feel free to add suggestions from your experiences and knowledge on the subject. Article 20470 of rec.gardens: Path: samba.oit.unc.edu!concert!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!news.service.uci.edu!biivax.dp.beckman.com!falstaff.css.beckman.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: rec.gardens Subject: Fruit tree grafting - tips from limited experience Message-ID: <236i4m$l0g@falstaff.css.beckman.com> From: heffron@falstaff.css.beckman.com (Matt Heffron) Date: 28 Jul 1993 11:56:22 -0700 Reply-To: heffron@falstaff.css.beckman.com Distribution: world Organization: Scientific Services, Beckman Instruments, Inc. NNTP-Posting-Host: falstaff.css.beckman.com X-Newsreader: NN version 6.4.19 Lines: 103 I received a few requests for grafting tips, so, based on LIMTED experience (2 years), here goes... * Sterility of the tools is important to MAKE SURE that there is no chance of any possible contamination of the graft. I use a spray bottle (e.g. like for window cleaner) with a 10-15% chlorine bleach solution (i.e. between 1:5 and 1:9 bleach-to-water ratio). Spray the tools between EVERY GRAFT. * Use a SHARP knife for making the cuts. If you don't use a grafting knife then use a knife with a thin stiff blade and a good, solid handle that you can really hold onto. A kitchen paring knife might be OK if the blade is thin and stiff, a hobby knife usually has too small (thin) a handle, a retractable utility knife (the kind with the 1x2" trapezoidal blades) works well, but make a few cuts in scrap wood first to get the oil off of the blade. I use the utility knife. For a whip (splice) graft: * Choose the location on the stock to graft, correctly. It MUST be pointing as close to vertical as possible. * Try to match the diameter of the scion to the stock as much as you can. The best size for the scion is about the same as a pencil (.25"x7") before you make your cut. (You really only want about 3 buds on the scion when you're done, but start with extra length to work with making the cut. I NEVER get a good cut the first try.) * Cut the stock first. Then cut the scion, so that the buds point in the direction you want (i.e. away from the center of the tree, and not pointed to cross other branches.) Try to make both cuts the same length. * Be sure to cut the bottom of the scion (with some plants it's hard to tell which end is UP). * You MUST match the cambium layer in the stock and the scion. (The cambium is the layer just below the bark.) If you can't match both sides of a cut because of different diameters, then match as much as you can of one side. DON'T just center the scion on the stock. * Using vinyl grafting tape (not teflon plumbers tape, it looks right but it isn't strong enough), wrap the graft snugly to hold the scion to the stock. Be sure to cover the entire cut area, if the cut is exposed, it'll either dry out or get infected, either way you lose. * Cut the exposed scion down to 3 buds. More doesn't help. It divides the energy going into the scion. * HINT NOT IN ANY GRAFTING BOOKS! * Take a 2x4" piece of PARAFILM laboratory film, stretch it lengthwise (into a 2x10" approx piece), and wrap the whole graft and scion, all the way over the end of the scion (i.e. a spiral wrap). This helps keep the scion from drying out, and you can leave it on since the buds can grow right through the PARAFILM, and it eventually just breaks down. You should be able to get PARAFILM from chemist or biology friends or lab stockrooms or lab supply companies. Try friends first, you have to buy it in 125 or 250 FOOT rolls. (That's 750 to 1500 grafts!) * Leave the tape on the graft as long as you can. Until it looks like it is girdling (strangling) the branch. * When the new growth is about 12-14 inches, pinch off the tips of the growth to force it to branch out. I'm told this will result in a healthier, more productive limb later on. * If it is growing really well, tie the limb to a stake to support it so the new growth doesn't get too heavy for the graft joint to hold up, especially if it's windy where you are. (I lost 2 grafts this way.) THE BEST WAY TO LEARN TO GRAFT IS TO BE SHOWN BY SOMEONE. It's not as hard as it sounds, watching someone do it really helps. A couple of other grafting points. Grafting does not cause the fruit produced to be some sort of hybrid between the stock tree and the scion type. The fruit will be exactly the scion type. You can graft most stone fruits onto each other: peach, nectarine, apricot, plum, almond. Although some will take better than others. (E.g., European plums and Oriental plums don't seem to graft together well.) You can also graft apple varieties onto each other, pear varieties onto each other (including asian pears (yummm!)), and some apples and pears onto each other. You can bud graft any citrus onto any other citrus. (There are probably exceptions, but I haven't heard of 'em.) That's enough for now. (I've really got to do some REAL work... :-) -- Matt Heffron heffron@falstaff.css.beckman.com Beckman Instruments, Inc. voice: (714) 961-3128 2500 N. Harbor Blvd. MS X-11, Fullerton, CA 92634-3100 I don't speak for Beckman Instruments unless they say so. Article 20470 of rec.gardens: Newsgroups: rec.gardens Subject: Fruit tree grafting - tips from limited experience From: heffron@falstaff.css.beckman.com (Matt Heffron) Date: 28 Jul 1993 11:56:22 -0700 Reply-To: heffron@falstaff.css.beckman.com Lines: 103 I received a few requests for grafting tips, so, based on LIMTED experience (2 years), here goes... * Sterility of the tools is important to MAKE SURE that there is no chance of any possible contamination of the graft. I use a spray bottle (e.g. like for window cleaner) with a 10-15% chlorine bleach solution (i.e. between 1:5 and 1:9 bleach-to-water ratio). Spray the tools between EVERY GRAFT. * Use a SHARP knife for making the cuts. If you don't use a grafting knife then use a knife with a thin stiff blade and a good, solid handle that you can really hold onto. A kitchen paring knife might be OK if the blade is thin and stiff, a hobby knife usually has too small (thin) a handle, a retractable utility knife (the kind with the 1x2" trapezoidal blades) works well, but make a few cuts in scrap wood first to get the oil off of the blade. I use the utility knife. For a whip (splice) graft: * Choose the location on the stock to graft, correctly. It MUST be pointing as close to vertical as possible. * Try to match the diameter of the scion to the stock as much as you can. The best size for the scion is about the same as a pencil (.25"x7") before you make your cut. (You really only want about 3 buds on the scion when you're done, but start with extra length to work with making the cut. I NEVER get a good cut the first try.) * Cut the stock first. Then cut the scion, so that the buds point in the direction you want (i.e. away from the center of the tree, and not pointed to cross other branches.) Try to make both cuts the same length. * Be sure to cut the bottom of the scion (with some plants it's hard to tell which end is UP). * You MUST match the cambium layer in the stock and the scion. (The cambium is the layer just below the bark.) If you can't match both sides of a cut because of different diameters, then match as much as you can of one side. DON'T just center the scion on the stock. * Using vinyl grafting tape (not teflon plumbers tape, it looks right but it isn't strong enough), wrap the graft snugly to hold the scion to the stock. Be sure to cover the entire cut area, if the cut is exposed, it'll either dry out or get infected, either way you lose. * Cut the exposed scion down to 3 buds. More doesn't help. It divides the energy going into the scion. * HINT NOT IN ANY GRAFTING BOOKS! * Take a 2x4" piece of PARAFILM laboratory film, stretch it lengthwise (into a 2x10" approx piece), and wrap the whole graft and scion, all the way over the end of the scion (i.e. a spiral wrap). This helps keep the scion from drying out, and you can leave it on since the buds can grow right through the PARAFILM, and it eventually just breaks down. You should be able to get PARAFILM from chemist or biology friends or lab stockrooms or lab supply companies. Try friends first, you have to buy it in 125 or 250 FOOT rolls. (That's 750 to 1500 grafts!) * Leave the tape on the graft as long as you can. Until it looks like it is girdling (strangling) the branch. * When the new growth is about 12-14 inches, pinch off the tips of the growth to force it to branch out. I'm told this will result in a healthier, more productive limb later on. * If it is growing really well, tie the limb to a stake to support it so the new growth doesn't get too heavy for the graft joint to hold up, especially if it's windy where you are. (I lost 2 grafts this way.) THE BEST WAY TO LEARN TO GRAFT IS TO BE SHOWN BY SOMEONE. It's not as hard as it sounds, watching someone do it really helps. A couple of other grafting points. Grafting does not cause the fruit produced to be some sort of hybrid between the stock tree and the scion type. The fruit will be exactly the scion type. You can graft most stone fruits onto each other: peach, nectarine, apricot, plum, almond. Although some will take better than others. (E.g., European plums and Oriental plums don't seem to graft together well.) You can also graft apple varieties onto each other, pear varieties onto each other (including asian pears (yummm!)), and some apples and pears onto each other. You can bud graft any citrus onto any other citrus. (There are probably exceptions, but I haven't heard of 'em.) That's enough for now. (I've really got to do some REAL work... :-) -- Matt Heffron heffron@falstaff.css.beckman.com Beckman Instruments, Inc. voice: (714) 961-3128 2500 N. Harbor Blvd. MS X-11, Fullerton, CA 92634-3100 I don't speak for Beckman Instruments unless they say so. Article 20582 of rec.gardens: Path: samba.oit.unc.edu!concert!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!nntp-server.caltech.edu!kelly From: kelly@cco.caltech.edu (Kelly F.) Newsgroups: rec.gardens Subject: Rare Fruit growing article Date: 31 Jul 1993 02:36:17 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Lines: 65 Message-ID: <23clr1INN67v@gap.caltech.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: sandman.caltech.edu Summary: Sourcelist of nurseries and clubs I just noticed my latest issue of Veggie Life magazine ("Growing cooking and eating green") has an article entitled "Subtropical Fruits for Your Greenhouse." They cover (briefly!) cherimoya, allspice, star fruit, philodendron, acerola, passion fruit, jelly palm and jaboticaba. The best part is they give the following info at the end of the article : --------- Clubs: --------- California Rare Fruit Growers Fullerton Arboretum, CSFU Fullerton, CA 92634 This club has a world-wide membership base and is very knowledgable about rare plants. Send a SASE for inquiries. (Its $16 annual, US, which includes 6 issues of 'The Fruit Gardener' which is a color magazine, also a seed bank and seed exchange.) For those of you in southern california, CRFG will have their 25th anniversary celebration in Thousand Oaks, CA, which includes tours, plant and book sales, and food. Rare Fruit Council International Inc. PO Box 561914 Miami, FL 33256 Paw Paw Trackers Ray Jones 783 Cornell Dr Santa Clara, CA 95051 Dues are $5 the first year and $2 thereafter. Make checks payable to Ray Jones. ----------- Nurseries: ----------- Exotica Rare Fruit Nursery PO Box 160 Vista, CA 92083 (619) 724-9093 Plant list available. Atkins Nursery Inc 3129 Reche Rd Fallbrook, CA 92028 (619) 728-1610 Orange County Source Roger and Shirley Meyer 16531 Mt Shelly Circle FOuntain Valley, CA 92708 Pacific Tree Farms 4301 Lynwood Dr Chula Vista, CA 92010 (619) 422-2400 Its nice to see growing exotic fruits getting more out in the mainstream! (Is Veggie Life mainstream??!) Kelly kelly@cco.caltech.edu From hrick@world.std.com Thu Mar 3 13:11:28 1994 Date: Thu, 3 Mar 1994 00:05:12 -0500 From: Rick Harrison To: london@SunSITE.Unc.EDU Subject: Re: list of tangerines available A DIRECTORY OF MANDARINS / TANGERINES AND THEIR HYBRIDS 1994.03 Rick Harrison, PO Box 54-7014, Orlando FL 32854, USA Internet e-mail: hrick@world.std.com Mandarins/tangerines are citrus fruits and trees of the species _Citrus_reticulata_ Blanco. They are distinguished from other citrus species by the relatively loose skin of the fruits, the relative ease with which the segments can be separated, and (in most cultivars) the green cotyledons. Most varieties also contain chemical compounds not found in other citrus species: _thymol_ in the leaves and _tangeretin_ in the fruits. Some experts consider the varieties King, Satsuma, Cleopatra and Ponkan to be separate species unto themselves. I have a personal fondness for mandarins. This document is my attempt to organize the information I've found about the known varieties. If you live in an area that doesn't have hard freezes, you can grow tangerine trees outdoors; they usually require little attention after they have established themselves. My method for installing a potted tree: Pick a sunny site; dig a larger hole than necessary; stir some composted cow manure and just a small dash of slow-release fertilizer containing trace minerals into the soil; replace some of the soil so that the hole is the correct depth for planting the tree. (The rootball's height/depth in relation to the ground surface should be the same after installation as it was in the pot.) Loosen and spread the small roots on the outside of the rootball; insert the tree, fill in the rest of the hole, and water thoroughly while gently tamping down the soil to eliminate air pockets. In colder areas, mandarins can be grown in greenhouses, or in portable containers which are kept outdoors until freezing weather arrives, then brought indoors to a sunlit location. For trees that will have to be wintered in a garage or other unheated area, satsuma on trifoliate rootstock is the best choice. Regarding pest control, the owners of large groves are convinced that it's impossible to grow citrus without frequent use of insecticides, fungicides and herbicides. However, many people in Florida grow a few citrus trees around their homes and give them no attention whatsoever -- no pesticides, little or no pruning, not even any fertilizer -- and they still enjoy reasonably good harvests. My hypothesis is that the over-use of fertilizer in commercial groves leads to their dependence on pesticides. Over-fertilization causes trees to grow at an unnatural rate, and the tender new growth of citrus is most attractive to aphids, mites and other insects. These insects are the method of transportation of most of the viral diseases that affect citrus. When it comes to flavor, I have sampled about 18 varieties and Dancy is still my favorite. Dancy tends to be tart and acidic in November, has a rich blend of sugars and acids in December, and becomes very sweet by January, assuming the weather has been favorable. Dancy seems to reach its peak around the time of the winter solstice; the peel and flesh are very aromatic at that time, and the mix of sugars and acids is complex and delicious. I'd like to hear from other tangerine fanatics: what are your favorite varities? do you freeze juice or make preserves? what lengths do you go to in order to grow tangerines in cold climates? what do you think about commercial practices such as "de-greening" and waxing? the list of varieties is divided thus: Mandarins Tangelos (mandarin X grapefruit/pummelo crosses) Tangors (tangerine X orange crosses) Complex Hybrids Lemandarins (mandarin X lemon crosses) hardiness = tolerance to cold (the tree, not the fruit); season = when the fruit is ripe (this varies depending on climate); holds = how well the fruit lasts on the tree after maturing; size, shape, base, apex, etc. = description of fruit variety: category: hardiness: tree: leaves: season: holds: size: shape: base: apex: axis: color: surface: rind: oil glands: segments: pulp: vesicles: flavor: seeds: history: notes: +-----------+ | mandarins | +-----------+ variety: Beauty (a.k.a. Beauty of Glen Retreat) category: mandarin tree: thornless, branches slender and willowy leaves: small season: Dec Jan size: medium, avg. diam. 2.5, avg. height 2.25 shape: flattened oblate, segmentation visible apex: flat or very slightly depressed axis: open, 1/2 inch or less diam. color: red-orange surface: glossy rind: very thin, 1/16 oil glands: large, elliptical/oval, conspicuous segments: 10 or more pulp: melting, orange vesicles: broad, blunt flavor: rich; resembles Dancy but is distinct; "vinous" - Hume seeds: few, small history: discov Australia 1888; distrib USDA 1893; formerly grown in FL notes: "it has disappeared from cultivation" - Webber et al 1943 variety: Campeona category: mandarin season: mid-season to late size: large shape: broadly oblate surface: pebbled texture rind: adherent but peelable pulp: orange color flavor: rich seeds: many notes: grown in Argentina variety: Carvalhais category: mandarin season: early holds: well size: medium to large rind: medium thick, tough, strongly adherent history: originated in Portugal variety: Changsha category: mandarin (grows true-to-type from seed) hardiness: very hardy season: early size: small-to-medium flavor: good seeds: numerous notes: resembles Satsuma variety: Clementine (a.k.a. Algerian) category: mandarin (possibly a chance hybrid of unknown parentage) tree: medium, spreading or weeping habit, nearly thornless leaves: dark green above and lighter on underside; dense foliage season: Dec Jan Feb holds: well size: medium, diam. 2 to 2.5, height 2 to 2.75 shape: globose to ovoid, somewhat irregular base: evenly rounded to slightly necked, with radiating furrows apex: depressed axis: large, hollow color: deep orange-red surface: smooth, glossy, slightly pitted rind: medium thick, 1/8 to 3/16, loose oil glands: prominent, large, elliptical, depressions over primary ones segments: 8 to 12, slight adherence pulp: tender, melting, deep orange vesicles: short, broad flavor: sweet seeds: 3 to 6, medium size, oblong to fusiform; embryo pistache green history: discov in Algeria, came to FL 1909 notes: fruits hold well on tree; best when pollinated by Dancy, Kinnow, Orlando, Valencia; produces best fruit in deserts of California and Arizona; seedless in some climates variety: Cleopatra (a.k.a. Spice) category: mandarin tree: low, spreading, dense foliage, attractive leaves: small, dark green season: Jan Feb size: small, up to 2 inch diam. shape: oblate base: flat apex: depressed, generally navel marked color: deep red-orange surface: somewhat rough rind: very loose, up to 1/8 thick oil glands: small, numerous segments: 15 pulp: coarse-grained, orange vesicles: broad, blunt flavor: tart seeds: numerous, small history: came from Jamaica to Florida before 1888 notes: used as rootstock for other varieties; possibly identical with Ponki, which is used as a rootstock in Japan variety: Cravo category: mandarin season: early size: medium shape: obovate to subglobose color: deep orange rind: medium thickness, somewhat rough, loosely adherent flavor: juicy, mild notes: grown in Brazil variety: Dancy (a.k.a. Moragne, Bijou) category: mandarin (usually grows true-to-type from seed) hardiness: hardy tree: medium-large, erect, nearly thornless leaves: broadly lanceolate, 3 to 4.75 inches long season: Nov Dec Jan holds: fair size: medium, diam. 2.25 to 3, height 1.5 to 2.125 shape: oblate base: usually necked, more or less corrugated apex: broadly depressed axis: large, hollow color: deep red-orange surface: smooth, glossy rind: thin, 1/8 to 3/16, leathery, easily removed, not baggy until old oil glands: small segments: 10 to 14, easily separated pulp: melting, tender, dark orange vesicles: short, broad, relatively large flavor: rich and sprightly, pleasant aroma seeds: 6 to 20, short, blunt or beaked; cotyledons pistache green history: introduced into cultivation 1871 notes: Does best in Florida. Recently this variety's susceptibility to alternaria has been a problem in commercial groves. variety: Dweet category: mandarin (hybrid: Dancy x Mediterranean) tree: medium, open habit season: late holds: poorly size: medium-large shape: ovoid with a slight neck color: red-orange rind: adherent flavor: rich seeds: many notes: does well in coastal and interior California variety: Emperor category: mandarin season: Nov Dec Jan Feb size: large, avg. diam. 2.5, height 1.75 shape: oblate, sometimes has a "neck" color: pale orange base: sometimes necked rind: moderately thin, easy to peel segments: 9 to 10, sometimes irregular pulp: pale orange color seeds: 10 to 16, long and pointed notes: widely grown in Australia early in 20th century variety: Encore category: mandarin (hybrid: King x Mediterranean) tree: medium, upright/spreading habit, few or no thorns season: Mar Apr May holds: well color: yellow-orange, speckled with dark orange spots rind: easily peeled flavor: rich seeds: many history: introduced by University of California at Riverside variety: Fortune category: mandarin (hybrid: Clementine x Dancy) season: late variety: Fremont category: mandarin (hybrid: Clementine x Ponkan) season: early holds: well flavor: rich history: developed by J R Furr, released 1964 variety: Honey category: mandarin (hybrid: King x Mediterranean) tree: medium-to-large, vigorous, spreading season: early holds: well size: small to medium color: yellow-orange rind: easily peeled flavor: very sweet seeds: many notes: beware of name confusion; Murcott tangors are sometimes called "Honey tangerines"; Minneola is a.k.a. Honeybell. Honey is a commercial variety in California. variety: Iyo category: mandarin season: midseason color: deep orange flavor: juicy, rich notes: grown in Japan variety: Kara category: mandarin (hybrid: Owari Satsuma x King) hardiness: sensitive tree: medium, vigorous, spreading, nearly thornless leaves: large, dark green, with drooping habit season: Mar Apr May holds: fair size: medium, diam. 2 to 3, height 2.125 to 2.75 shape: medium oblate to nearly globose, often somewhat conical base: often with small neck apex: considerably flattened, often depressed axis: semi-hollow color: orange surface: moderately grained rind: thin-to-medium, 1/8 to 1/5, loose, tough oil glands: numerous, medium size; oil is abundant, aromatic segments: 10 to 13, easily separated pulp: tender, yellow-orange vesicles: medium size, stout flavor: rich flavor, strong pleasant unique aroma seeds: 12 to 20, plump, yellow-tinged or yellow-green cotyledons history: H B Frost, CA Citrus Experiment Station, 1935 notes: best in interior California, sometimes grown for its juice variety: Kincy category: mandarin (hybrid: King x Dancy) notes: distinctive, excellent flavor according to Webber variety: King (a.k.a. King of Siam) category: mandarin (although some call it an orange) hardiness: hardy tree: upright, medium size, relatively open foliage leaves: large, 3 to 4.25, broadly lanceolate, margins slightly crenate season: Mar Apr May size: large, diam. 2.5 to 3.75, height 2.25 to 3.5 shape: oblate to near spherical base: rounded or somewhat necked, wrinkled with short radiating furrows apex: flattened or depressed, marked by characteristic areole axis: large, 0.75 to 1.25, hollow, stellate color: yellow-orange to orange surface: rough and bumpy rind: thick, 3/16 to 5/16, tight but easily removed oil glands: large, depressions over main ones give finely pitted appearance segments: 10 to 12, regular, easily separated pulp: dark orange, tender, melting vesicles: fusiform, medium in size flavor: rich and sprightly seeds: 5 to 15 or more, fusiform, plump, beaked, white cotyledons history: from Saigon to Riverside CA 1880; to Winter Park FL 1882 notes: susceptible to sun scald due to thin foliage, limb breakage due to over-bearing; might be identical to Kunenbo grown in Japan variety: Kinneloa category: mandarin size: medium, up to 3 inch diam. shape: roundish-oblate apex: small dot in a medium small basin color: red-orange surface: undulating, rough rind: loose, 1/8 inch thick oil glands: numerous, depressed; oil pungent, aromatic pulp: tender vesicles: small to medium, irregular flavor: ordinary seeds: 10, plump, straw colored history: probably originated on Kinneloa Ranch east of Pasadena CA notes: "Tanaka considers this variety to be identical with the Ponkan. The Kinneloa... has apparently disappeared from cultivation." - Webber et al 1943 variety: Kinnow category: mandarin (hybrid: King x Willow-leaf) hardiness: very hardy tree: vigorous, large, erect, dense leaves: medium size, rather thin and pliable season: Jan Feb Mar Apr holds: well size: medium, diam. 2.125 to 3, height 2 to 2.5 shape: slightly oblate base: flattened, often slightly depressed apex: flattened, often slightly depressed axis: solid to semi-hollow color: deep yellow-orange surface: smooth, glossy, easily scars rind: thin, 1/8, leathery, fairly easy to peel oil glands: conspicuous, oil is abundant and aromatic segments: 9 to 10, fairly easy to separate pulp: moderately tender, deep yellow-orange vesicles: medium size, stout flavor: rich, high sugar and moderate acid, unique pleasant aroma seeds: 12 to 24, medium size, yellowish cotyledons history: H B Frost, CA Citrus Experiment Station, 1935 notes: outstanding flavor, attractive appearance variety: Kino Kuni (a.k.a. Kinokuni) category: mandarin tree: compactly headed leaves: small season: Nov Dec size: small to medium shape: flattened oblate base: usually creased or roughened with 4 or 5 ridges apex: broad, shallow depression color: orange to red-orange surface: rough rind: 1/8 inch or thinner, tight but peelable oil glands: conspicuous, depressed segments: 13, irregular pulp: melting, coarse, orange vesicles: short, broad, blunt flavor: sprightly, acidity and sweetness well blended seeds: 13 to 14, top shaped, beaked; green cotyledons variety: Mandalina category: mandarin history: from Lebanon notes: resembles Dancy but has more seeds, lower quality fruit variety: Naartje (a.k.a. Natal) category: mandarin season: mid-season size: medium to medium-large rind: strongly adherent seeds: many flavor: rich notes: a commercial variety in South Africa; ships well variety: Oneco category: mandarin tree: large, vigorous, erect leaves: 2 to 3.125 inches long, fragrant when bruised season: Jan Feb Mar holds: well size: medium to large, diam. 2.5 to 3.5, height 2.25 to 3 shape: oblate to slightly pyriform base: mainly necked, somewhat furrowed apex: has a broad, shallow depression axis: large, hollow color: yellow-orange surface: glossy, somewhat rough; become bumpy when old rind: thin, 1/8 to 3/16, loose oil glands: small but conspicuous segments: 8 to 12, easily separated pulp: tender, melting, yellow-orange vesicles: medium size, short and broad flavor: sweet seeds: 5 to 12, small, beaked; cotyledons pale green, nearly white history: seed from India 1888; distrib Royal Palm Nursery of Oneco FL notes: "not surpassed in quality by any other... mandarin" - Hume; "resembles the Ponkan closely" - Jackson variety: Pixie category: mandarin (offspring of Kincy) tree: medium-large, with erect open habit season: Apr May Jun holds: fair size: small to medium color: yellow-orange rind: easily peeled flavor: mild seeds: none variety: Ponkan (a.k.a. Warnurco, Chinese Honey Orange, Batangas) category: mandarin hardiness: hardy? tender? tree: small, upright season: Nov Dec holds: fair size: large, diam. 2.75 to 3.25 shape: globose to oblate base: flattened or somewhat necked, with irregular furrows apex: deeply depressed, with radiating furrows, sometimes with navel axis: large, hollow color: orange surface: smooth or finely papillate rind: medium thick, loosely adherent oil glands: prominent, not uniform segments: 9 to 12, easily separated pulp: tender, bright, near salmon-orange vesicles: large, plump, many attached to side walls flavor: sweet, aromatic seeds: few, small, plump, nearly smooth; green embryos history: from China to FL 1892 notes: does not ship well; called Suntara in India variety: Satsuma (a.k.a. Unshiu) category: mandarin hardiness: very hardy (mature, dormant trees hardy to 12'F) tree: small to medium, spreading, slow-growing leaves: (depends on strain) season: Sep Oct Nov holds: fair size: medium to large shape: oblate to spherical or slightly conical axis: hollow color: orange to yellow-orange surface: slightly rough rind: thin, 1/8 to 3/16, tight but easily peeled oil glands: large and numerous pulp: tender, melting, ochraceous orange or salmon vesicles: broad flavor: good, low acid seeds: few history: originated in Japan circa 1600, Japan to USA 1876 notes: pulp ripens before rind changes color; there are many different strains, including Owari, Wase, Ikeda, Mikado; rootstock and soil influence fruit quality; mutations and throwbacks are common; often grown on trifoliate stock to accentuate dormancy variety: Wilking category: mandarin (hybrid: King x Willow-leaf) hardiness: hardy tree: medium, vigorous, columnar, dense leaves: medium size, up to 4.75 inches long season: Jan Feb Mar Apr holds: fair size: medium, diam. 2.125 to 3.125, height 1.75 to 3 shape: oblate base: flattened, slightly if at all depressed apex: flattened, medium-depressed axis: semi-hollow color: deep yellow-orange surface: coarsely grained to nearly smooth rind: thin to medium, 1/8 to 1/6, brittle, loose oil glands: medium size, numerous, conspicuous; oil abundant, aromatic segments: 9 to 13, easily separated pulp: moderately tender, rich yellow-orange vesicles: medium size, stout flavor: rich, good, high sugar, moderate acid, distinctive aroma seeds: 10 to 17, mostly plump, yellow-green cotyledons history: developed by H Frost, CA Citrus Experiment Station, 1935 notes: alternate-bearing (heavy production every other year) variety: Willow-leaf (a.k.a. Mediterranean, China) category: mandarin (grows true-to-type from seeds) hardiness: hardy tree: small to medium, broad, with fine willowy branches leaves: small, narrow, lanceolate season: Nov Dec Jan holds: poorly size: medium, diam. 2 to 2.5, height 1.75 to 2.25 shape: oblate to globose base: variable apex: depressed, slightly wrinkled axis: large, diam. 1/2 to 3/4, hollow color: yellow-orange surface: smooth, glossy, segmentation visible rind: thin, 1/16 to 1/8, loose oil glands: conspicuous, with depressions over primary glands segments: 10 to 12 pulp: tender, orange vesicles: short and plump flavor: sweet, flavorful, distinctly aromatic seeds: 15 to 20 history: from Italy to Louisiana circa 1845 notes: needs a hot climate for best fruit +----------+ | tangelos | +----------+ variety: K-Early category: probably a tangelo season: early -- the earliest mandarin notes: developed by H J Webber and W T Swingle; never officially introduced by the USDA, but is grown by unscrupulous growers who get a high price for early fruit; the fruit is of poor quality, low in both sugar and acid, often bitter. variety: Minneola (a.k.a. Honeybell) category: tangelo (Duncan x Dancy) hardiness: hardy tree: medium-large, vigorous, round leaves: dark green, large season: Dec Jan Feb holds: well size: large shape: globose-ovoid with distinct "neck" color: red-orange rind: thick, brittle flavor: rich, tangy seeds: less than 10 on average notes: best when pollinated by Dancy, Clementine, Kinnow, Temple variety: Orlando (a.k.a. Lake) category: tangelo (Duncan x Dancy) hardiness: "more cold-tolerant than Minneola" tree: dark, distinctively cupped leaves season: Nov Dec Jan size: medium-large, diam. 3.5 color: orange to yellow-orange rind: strongly adherent flavor: mildly sweet history: bred by W T Swingle in 1911, released in 1931 notes: best when pollinated by Dancy, Clementine, Kinnow, Temple; will grow in deserts of CA and AZ variety: Pearl category: tangelo (Willow-leaf x Imperial) season: early history: developed by H Frost, 1940 notes: poor quality fruit variety: Sampson category: tangelo (Dancy x unnamed grapefruit) tree: large, vigorous leaves: glossy, cupped season: Feb Mar Apr holds: well size: medium color: yellow-orange rind: thin, somewhat adherent flavor: acidic, similar to grapefruit seeds: 15 on average history: bred by W T Swingle in 1897 notes: susceptible to scab variety: Seminole category: tangelo (Dancy x Duncan) tree: medium to large, vigorous season: Feb Mar Apr holds: fair size: medium-large color: red-orange rind: easily peeled flavor: sprightly, tangy seeds: many (22 average) history: released 1931 variety: Thornton category: tangelo season: Dec Jan Feb color: light orange rind: thick, easily peeled flavor: sweet seeds: 15 average history: bred in 1899 by W T Swingle +---------+ | tangors | +---------+ variety: Ambersweet category: tangor+ ([Clementine x Orlando] x sweet orange) hardiness: moderately hardy tree: upright, moderately vigorous, small thorns season: Oct Nov Dec size: medium, 2.5 to 3.75 in. diam. shape: tapered at stem end, slightly pear-shaped overall surface: rather pebbly rind: moderately thick, easily peeled seeds: highly variable in number depending on pollination history: developed by C. J. Hearn (USDA Orlando), released 1989 notes: self-pollinating; attractive to mites; produces best fruit on Cleopatra or sour orange rootstock variety: Ellendale category: possibly a tangor season: late size: medium to large shape: oblate to globose color: orange-red seeds: many notes: grown in Australia variety: Fallglo category: mandarin (hybrid: Bower x Temple) hardiness: not very hardy tree: moderately vigorous, upright, thornless season: Oct Nov size: medium, 2.75 to 3.25 in. diam. shape: oblate color: deep red-orange rind: 1/8 to 3/16 in thick, easily peeled seeds: 20 to 40 history: bred by P. C. Reese, released by USDA 1987 notes: resistant to scab fungus; susceptible to aphids; sometimes suffers from twig and limb dieback variety: Mency category: tangor (Maltese Oval x Dancy) tree: vigorous, productive season: very early flavor: rather sour variety: Murcott category: tangor hardiness: semi-sensitive tree: medium, upright season: Jan Feb Mar size: medium color: yellow-orange surface: smooth and somewhat glossy rind: thin, tight but peelable flavor: sweet, rich seeds: 18 to 24 history: probably the result of Swingle's breeding experiments, the parent tree lost its identification tag in transit to Safety Harbor FL in 1913. notes: slightly susceptible to scab fungus and xyloporosis variety: Ortanique category: probably a tangor season: late size: large rind: thin, tight flavor: rich, juicy history: discovered in Jamaica 1920 variety: Ruddy category: tangor (King x Maltese Oval) size: large flavor: tart, aromatic variety: Tangerona category: tangor hardiness: sensitive season: Sep Oct size: small shape: roundish color: yellow-orange rind: tight flavor: good seeds: few to many, depending on pollination history: from Brazil to FL circa 1890 notes: the specimen I tasted was slightly bitter, but I don't know yet if this is typical or was caused by the stress of moving the tree to my location last year (1993) - RH variety: Tankan category: probably a tangor (parents unknown) season: medium to late size: medium to large color: deep orange surface: pebbled or somewhat wrinkled flavor: juicy, rich, sweet history: from southeast China notes: stores well, ships well variety: Temple category: probably a tangor (parents unknown) hardiness: tender tree: spreading, bushy, somewhat thorny leaves: medium size season: Jan Feb Mar Apr holds: fair size: medium-large, diam. 2.5 to 3.25, height 2.25 to 2.5 shape: oblate to spherical base: rounded or tapering to a slightly raised neck apex: somewhat depressed or nearly flat, frequently with small navel axis: mainly solid, diam. 3/8 to 1/2 color: orange to red-orange surface: slightly pebbled or rugose rind: medium thick, 1/8 to 3/16, loose and peelable, leathery oil glands: spherical to elliptical segments: 10 to 12 pulp: tender, melting, orange vesicles: medium size, fusiform flavor: rich and spicy seeds: average 20, medium, plump history: originated in Winter Park FL, distrib Buckeye Nurseries 1917 notes: somewhat susceptible to scab variety: Umatilla category: tangor (Owari Satsuma x Ruby orange) season: late size: large color: red-orange surface: smooth history: bred by W T Swingle in 1911, released in 1931 notes: excellent quality; sometimes incorrectly called a tangelo; fruit is size and shape of King +-----------------+ | complex hybrids | +-----------------+ variety: Fairchild category: hybrid: Clementine x Orlando tree: medium, rounded, dense, nearly thornless season: early holds: fair size: medium-size color: deep orange flavor: sweet, rich seeds: many history: developed by J R Furr, released 1964 notes: does best in the low deserts of California and Arizona; needs to be pollinated by other mandarins for best production variety: Lee category: hybrid: Clementine x Orlando hardiness: hardy season: Oct Nov Dec size: medium, 2.75 to 3 in. diam. shape: oblate color: yellow-orange surface: smooth rind: thin, adherent flavor: good, low acid level seeds: 10 to 25 history: developed by F E Gardner, released by USDA 1959 notes: pulp ripens before peel develops full orange color variety: Nova category: hybrid: Clementine x Orlando season: Nov Dec size: medium to large, 2.75 to 3 in. diam. shape: oblate axis: somewhat hollow color: orange surface: slightly pebbly rind: medium-thick, adherent but peelable pulp: deep orange size: medium-large seeds: 1 to 30 (varies depending on pollination) history: developed by F E Gardner, released by USDA in 1964 notes: when grown in Florida, resembles Orlando tangelo; requires cross pollination from other varieties variety: Osceola category: hybrid: Clementine x Orlando hardiness: moderately hardy tree: upright, dense foliage, nearly thornless season: Oct Nov holds: poorly size: medium, 2.25 to 2.75 in. diam. color: deep orange to coral-red surface: glossy rind: thin, leathery flavor: tangy, high sugar and high acid (disliked by some) seeds: 15 to 25 seeds history: developed by F E Gardner, released 1959 notes: cross-pollination from other varieties increases yield; susceptible to scab fungus variety: Page category: hybrid: Minneola x Clementine tree: medium, round, dense foliage, few thorns season: Nov Dec Jan holds: well size: small-to-medium shape: nearly spherical color: orange rind: medium-thin, leathery, strongly adherent flavor: rich; "great choice for fresh juice lovers" seeds: variable, 2 to 25 history: developed by Gardner & Bellows (USDA Orlando), released 1963 notes: produces best fruit when pollinated by other varieties; limited commercial potential due to small fruit size, but good for home orchards due to high quality and long season; somewhat susceptible to scab fungus disease variety: Robinson category: hybrid: Clementine x Orlando hardiness: moderately hardy tree: dense foliage season: Oct Nov Dec color: yellow-orange to orange size: medium, 2.5 to 3 in. diam. shape: oblate surface: smooth, glossy rind: thin, leathery, easily peeled flavor: mild history: developed by Gardner & Bellows, introduced in 1959 notes: best when pollinated by a tangelo or tangor; susceptible to twig and stem dieback; fruit splitting sometimes a problem variety: Sunburst category: hybrid: Robinson x Osceola hardiness: moderately hardy tree: moderately vigorous, upright and spreading, thornless leaves: dark green season: Nov Dec size: 2.5 to 3 in. diam. shape: oblate with depressed navel axis: somewhat hollow color: dark orange surface: smooth rind: thin, easily peeled segments: 11 to 14 flavor: sweet seeds: 10 to 20, pale green inside history: introduced in 1979, developed by Dr. C. Jack Hearn notes: best when pollinated by other varieties; resistant to scab, alternaria and citrus snow scale; vulnerable to citrus rust mite and Texas citrus mite +-------------+ | lemandarins | +-------------+ variety: Owarbon category: lemandarin/tangemon (Owari Satsuma x Lisbon lemon) surface: rough pulp: tender, juicy flavor: tart, aromatic seeds: few ========================================================================== +--------------+ | bibliography | +--------------+ Hume, H. Harold; Citrus fruits and their culture; 1904 Jackson, Larry K.; Citrus growing in Florida; 3rd edition, University of Florida Press, 1991 Jackson, L. K. & Futch, S. H.; Facts about specialty citrus characteristics; in: Citrus Industry, Jan 1994, Feb 1994 Ray, Richard & Walheim, Lance; Citrus -- how to select, grow and enjoy; H P Books, 1980 Sturrock, David; Fruits for southern Florida; Southeastern Printing Co, 1959 Webber & Batchelor, editors; The citrus industry -- history, botany and breeding; University of California, 1943 / end / Article 13571 of rec.gardens: Newsgroups: rec.gardens Path: samba!concert!gatech!darwin.sura.net!cs.ucf.edu!tarpit!bilver!jwt!hrick From: bbs-hrick@jwt.UUCP (Rick Harrison) Subject: tangerines Reply-To: bbs-hrick@jwt.UUCP Organization: The Matrix Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1993 23:42:53 GMT Message-ID: <725RyB1w164w@jwt.UUCP> Sender: bbs@jwt.UUCP Lines: 201 A DIRECTORY OF TANGERINES, TANGELOS AND TANGORS -- FIRST DRAFT Corrections and additions would be appreciated. Variety name, Classification (mandarin/tangelo/tangor), Hardiness (sensitive/hardy/very hardy), Tree-description, Ripe-fruit-season, Fruit-description, Pollinator-requirements, Notes V: Calamondin C: hybrid: mandarin X kumquat H: very hardy T: small, columnar R: year-round F: very small, red-orange skin, acidic flesh, sweet edible rind P: self-pollinating V: Changsha C: mandarin (grows true-to-type from seed) H: very hardy T: R: early F: small-to-medium, seedy, good flavor; "resembles Satsuma" P: self-pollinating V: Clementine (a.k.a. Algerian) C: mandarin H: T: small-to-medium, weeping habit, dense foliage R: early F: medium-size, red-orange skin, peels easily, sweet, juicy P: best when pollinated by Dancy, Kinnow, Orlando, Valencia V: Dancy C: mandarin H: hardy T: medium-to-large R: mid-season (Dec-Jan) F: medium-size, red-orange skin, distinctive oblate shape, easily F: peeled & segmented; rich flavor, pleasant aroma P: N: the quintessential tangerine, does best in Florida V: Encore C: mandarin H: T: medium, upright/spreading habit R: late season F: colorful speckled rind, easily peeled, rich and juicy P: V: Fairchild C: mandarin H: T: medium, rounded R: very early F: medium-size, sweet and juicy P: N: "best in the low deserts of California and Arizona" V: Honey C: mandarin H: T: medium-to-large, vigorous, spreading R: early F: yellow-orange skin, small to medium, very sweet P: N: beware of name confusion; many varieties of fruit are sold N: as "Honey tangerines"; Murcott and Minneola are sometimes N: called Honey or Honeybell V: Kara C: mandarin H: T: medium-large drooping tree with large, dark green leaves R: late F: medium-large, flavorful P: N: "best in interior California" V: Kinnow C: mandarin H: very hardy T: large, columnar R: mid-season F: medium-size, juicy, rich P: V: Lee C: H: T: R: F: P: V: Mediterranean (a.k.a. Willowleaf) C: mandarin H: hardy T: small-to-medium, spreading, with small narrow leaves R: F: medium-small, sweet, aromatic P: N: "hardy, but needs a very hot climate for best fruit" V: Minneola C: tangelo H: hardy T: medium-large, vigorous R: Dec-Jan F: large; thick red-orange skin; distinct "neck"; rich, tangy P: best when pollinated by Dancy, Clementine, Kinnow, Valencia V: Murcott C: tangor ?? H: semi-sensitive T: medium, upright R: Jan-Mar F: thin yellow-orange skin, medium-size, juicy, sweet P: N: slightly susceptible to scab fungus V: Nova C: mandarin H: T: R: F: medium-large, orange rind P: V: Orlando C: tangelo (Duncan grapefruit X Dancy tangerine) H: "more cold-tolerant than Minneola" T: cupped leaves R: Nov-Jan F: orange rind, medium-large, juicy, mildly sweet P: best when pollinated by Dancy, Clementine, Kinnow, Temple V: Page C: "resembles a sweet orange, but technically a mandarin" H: T: medium, round, dense foliage R: early F: small-to-medium, rich flavor P: V: Ponkan C: H: hardy T: R: Dec-Jan F: peels easily, "delicious but will not ship" P: V: Robinson C: mandarin H: hardy T: R: early (Oct-Dec) F: medium-size, orange or yellow-orange skin, juicy but bland P: best when pollinated by a tangelo or tangor N: susceptible to twig dieback; an inferior variety in my opinion V: Satsuma C: mandarin H: very hardy T: medium-small, slow-growing, dark leaves R: Sep-Nov F: yellow-orange skin, medium-size, mildly sweet P: V: Sunburst C: H: hardy T: R: Nov-Dec F: bright color, sweet P: best when pollinated by other varieties V: Temple C: tangor H: sensitive T: medium-small, bushy R: Jan-Mar F: medium-large, peelable, seedy, juicy, rich flavor P: self-pollinating N: somewhat susceptible to scab V: Wilking C: mandarin H: hardy T: small-to-medium, dense foliage R: F: medium-size, juicy, rich flavor P: N: alternate-bearing (heavy production every other year) ========================================================================== Rick Harrison 71174.2735@compuserve.com peora.sdc.ccur.com!jwt!bbs-hrick From 71174.2735@CompuServe.COM Fri Apr 23 22:42:16 1993 Date: 23 Apr 93 17:29:13 EDT From: Rick Harrison <71174.2735@CompuServe.COM> To: Subject: Tangerine FAQ [revised] A DIRECTORY OF MANDARINS / TANGERINES AND THEIR HYBRIDS 1993.04 Rick Harrison, PO Box 54-7014, Orlando FL 32854, USA Internet e-mail: 71174.2735@compuserve.com phone: 407-645-3031 Mandarins/tangerines are citrus fruits and trees of the species _Citrus_reticulata_ Blanco. They are distinguished from other citrus species by the relatively loose skin of the fruits, the relative ease with which the segments can be separated, and (in most cultivars) the green cotyledons. Most varieties also contain chemical compounds not found in other citrus species: _thymol_ in the leaves and _tangeretin_ in the fruits. Some experts consider the varieties King, Satsuma, Cleopatra and Ponkan to be separate species unto themselves. If you live in an area that doesn't have hard freezes, you can grow tangerine trees outdoors; they usually require little attention after they have established themselves. In colder areas, they can be grown in greenhouses or in portable containers. Although I am trying to gather data on all known varieties, I have limited this list to varieties readily available in the United States and varieties of commercial importance elsewhere. hardiness = tolerance to cold; season = when the fruit is ripe (this varies depending on climate); holds = how well the fruit lasts on the tree after maturing; size, shape, base, apex, etc. = description of fruit +-----------+ | mandarins | +-----------+ variety: Clementine (a.k.a. Algerian) tree: medium, spreading or weeping habit, nearly thornless leaves: dark green above and lighter on underside; dense foliage season: Dec Jan Feb holds: well size: medium, diam. 2 to 2.5, height 2 to 2.75 shape: globose to ovoid, somewhat irregular base: evenly rounded to slightly necked, with radiating furrows apex: depressed axis: large, hollow color: deep orange-red surface: smooth, glossy, slightly pitted rind: medium thick, 1/8 to 3/16, loose oil glands: prominent, large, elliptical, depressions over primary ones segments: 8 to 12, slight adherence pulp: tender, melting, deep orange flavor: sweet seeds: 0 to 6, medium size, oblong to fusiform; embryo pistache green history: discov in Algeria, came to FL 1909 notes: seedless and self-fertile in some relatively arid climates, but requires pollination from Dancy, Kinnow, Orlando, Valencia in FL; produces best fruit in deserts of California and Arizona; an important commercial variety in the Mediterranean area variety: Cleopatra (a.k.a. Spice) tree: low, spreading, dense foliage, attractive leaves: small, dark green season: Jan Feb size: small, up to 2 inch diam. shape: oblate base: flat apex: depressed, generally navel marked color: deep red-orange surface: somewhat rough rind: very loose, up to 1/8 thick pulp: coarse-grained, orange flavor: tart seeds: numerous, small history: came from Jamaica to Florida before 1888 notes: used as rootstock for other varieties; possibly identical with Ponki, which is used as a rootstock in Japan variety: Dancy (formerly a.k.a. Moragne, Bijou) hardiness: hardy tree: medium-large, erect, nearly thornless leaves: broadly lanceolate, 3 to 4.75 inches long season: Nov Dec Jan holds: fair size: medium, diam. 2.25 to 3, height 1.5 to 2.125 shape: oblate base: usually necked, more or less corrugated apex: broadly depressed color: deep red-orange surface: smooth, glossy rind: thin, 1/8 to 3/16, leathery, easily removed segments: 10 to 14, easily separated pulp: melting, tender, dark orange vesicles: short, broad, relatively large flavor: rich and sprightly, pleasant aroma seeds: 6 to 20, short, blunt or beaked; cotyledons pistache green history: introduced into cultivation 1871 notes: Does best in Florida. Recently this variety's susceptibility to alternaria has been a problem in commercial groves. variety: Dweet category: mandarin (hybrid: Dancy x Mediterranean) tree: medium, open habit season: late size: medium-large shape: ovoid with a slight neck color: red-orange flavor: rich notes: does well in coastal and interior California variety: Emperor season: Nov Dec Jan Feb size: large, avg. diam. 2.5, height 1.75 shape: oblate, sometimes has a "neck" color: pale orange base: sometimes necked rind: moderately thin, easy to peel segments: 9 to 10, sometimes irregular pulp: pale orange color seeds: 10 to 16, long and pointed notes: widely grown in Australia early in 20th century variety: Encore category: mandarin (hybrid: King x Mediterranean) tree: medium, upright/spreading habit, few or no thorns season: Mar Apr May Jun holds: well color: yellow-orange speckled with dark orange-to-brown spots rind: easily peeled flavor: rich seeds: many history: introduced by University of California at Riverside; consumers often assume the dark spots on the rind are a sign of decay variety: Honey category: mandarin (hybrid: King x Mediterranean) tree: medium-to-large, vigorous, spreading season: early holds: well size: small to medium color: yellow-orange rind: easily peeled flavor: very sweet seeds: many notes: beware of name confusion; Murcott tangors are sometimes called "Honey tangerines"; Minneola is a.k.a. Honeybell. Honey is a commercial variety in California. variety: Kara category: mandarin (hybrid: Owari Satsuma x King) hardiness: sensitive tree: medium, vigorous, spreading, nearly thornless leaves: large, dark green, with drooping habit season: Mar Apr May holds: fair size: medium, diam. 2 to 3, height 2.125 to 2.75 shape: medium oblate to nearly globose, often somewhat conical color: orange surface: moderately grained rind: thin-to-medium, 1/8 to 1/5, loose, tough oil glands: numerous, medium size; oil is abundant, aromatic flavor: rich flavor, strong pleasant unique aroma seeds: 12 to 20, plump, yellow-tinged or yellow-green cotyledons history: H B Frost, CA Citrus Experiment Station, 1935 notes: best in interior California; sometimes grown for its juice variety: King (a.k.a. King of Siam) hardiness: hardy tree: upright, medium size, relatively open foliage leaves: large, 3 to 4.25, broadly lanceolate, margins slightly crenate season: Mar Apr May size: large, diam. 2.5 to 3.75, height 2.25 to 3.5 inches shape: oblate to near spherical base: rounded or somewhat necked, wrinkled with short radiating furrows apex: flattened or depressed, marked by characteristic areole color: yellow-orange to orange surface: rough and bumpy rind: thick, 3/16 to 5/16, tight but easily removed oil glands: large, depressions over main ones give finely pitted appearance flavor: rich and sprightly seeds: 5 to 15 or more, fusiform, plump, beaked, white cotyledons history: from Saigon to Riverside CA 1880; to Winter Park FL 1882 notes: susceptible to sun scald due to thin foliage, limb breakage due to over-bearing; might be identical to Kunenbo grown in Japan variety: Kinnow category: mandarin (hybrid: King x Willow-leaf) hardiness: very hardy tree: vigorous, large, erect, dense leaves: medium size, rather thin and pliable season: Jan Feb Mar Apr holds: well size: medium, diam. 2.125 to 3, height 2 to 2.5 shape: slightly oblate color: deep yellow-orange surface: smooth, glossy, easily scars rind: thin, 1/8, leathery, fairly easy to peel oil glands: conspicuous, oil is abundant and aromatic flavor: rich, high sugar and moderate acid, unique pleasant aroma seeds: 12 to 24, medium size, yellowish cotyledons history: H B Frost, CA Citrus Experiment Station, 1935 notes: reportedly has outstanding flavor, attractive appearance; probably will do better in CA and AZ than in FL variety: Pixie category: mandarin (offspring of Kincy) tree: medium-large, with erect open habit season: Apr May Jun size: small to medium color: yellow-orange rind: easily peeled flavor: mild seeds: none variety: Ponkan (a.k.a. Warnurco, Chinese Honey Orange, Batangas) hardiness: hardy? tender? (different sources give different data) tree: small, upright season: Nov Dec holds: fair size: large, diam. 2.75 to 3.25 shape: globose to oblate base: flattened or somewhat necked, with irregular furrows apex: deeply depressed, with radiating furrows, sometimes with navel axis: large, hollow color: orange surface: smooth or finely papillate rind: medium thick, loosely adherent flavor: sweet, aromatic seeds: few, small, plump, nearly smooth; green embryos history: from China to FL 1892 variety: Satsuma (a.k.a. Unshiu) hardiness: very hardy (to 12'F when dormant) tree: small to medium, spreading, slow-growing leaves: (depends on strain) season: Sep Oct Nov size: medium to large shape: oblate to spherical or slightly conical color: orange to yellow-orange surface: slightly rough rind: thin, 1/8 to 3/16, tight but easily peeled oil glands: large and numerous flavor: good, low acid seeds: few history: originated in Japan circa 1600, Japan to USA 1876 notes: pulp ripens before rind changes color; there are many different strains, including Owari, Wase, Ikeda, Mikado; rootstock and soil influence fruit quality; mutations and throwbacks common variety: Wilking category: mandarin (hybrid: King x Willow-leaf) hardiness: hardy tree: medium, vigorous, columnar, dense leaves: medium size, up to 4.75 inches long season: Jan Feb Mar Apr holds: fair size: medium, diam. 2.125 to 3.125, height 1.75 to 3 shape: oblate color: deep yellow-orange surface: coarsely grained to nearly smooth rind: thin to medium, 1/8 to 1/6, brittle, loose oil glands: medium size, numerous, conspicuous; oil abundant, aromatic flavor: rich, good, high sugar, moderate acid, distinctive aroma seeds: 10 to 17, mostly plump, yellow-green cotyledons history: developed by H Frost, CA Citrus Experiment Station, 1935 variety: Willow-leaf (a.k.a. Mediterranean, China) hardiness: hardy tree: small to medium, broad, with fine willowy branches leaves: small, narrow, lanceolate season: Nov Dec Jan holds: poorly size: medium, diam. 2 to 2.5, height 1.75 to 2.25 shape: oblate to globose color: yellow-orange surface: smooth, glossy, segmentation visible rind: thin, 1/16 to 1/8, loose flavor: sweet, flavorful, distinctly aromatic seeds: 15 to 20 history: from Italy to Louisiana circa 1845 notes: needs a hot, non-humid climate for best fruit +-----------------------------+ | tangerine x tangelo hybrids | +-----------------------------+ variety: Fairchild category: (hybrid: Clementine x Orlando) tree: medium, rounded, dense, nearly thornless season: early holds: fair size: medium-size color: deep orange flavor: sweet, rich seeds: many history: developed by J R Furr, released 1964 notes: does best in the low deserts of California and Arizona; needs to be pollinated by other mandarins for best production variety: Lee category: (hybrid: Clementine x Orlando) hardiness: hardy season: Oct Nov Dec size: medium surface: smooth rind: adherent flavor: good history: developed by F E Gardner, released by USDA 1959 notes: pulp ripens before peel develops full orange color variety: Nova category: (hybrid: Clementine x Orlando) season: early size: medium to large shape: oblate color: orange rind: medium-thick, adherent but peelable history: developed by F E Gardner, released by USDA in 1964 variety: Page category: (hybrid: Minneola x Clementine) tree: medium, round, dense foliage, few thorns season: Nov Dec holds: well size: small-to-medium shape: nearly spherical (can pass for an orange) color: orange rind: medium-thin flavor: rich history: developed by F E Gardner, released by USDA 1963 notes: produces best fruit when pollinated by other varieties; "great choice for fresh juice lovers" variety: Robinson category: (hybrid: Clementine x Orlando) hardiness: hardy season: Oct Nov Dec color: yellow-orange to orange size: medium flavor: mild (actually _bland_ in my humble opinion) history: developed by F E Gardner, introduced in 1959 notes: best when pollinated by a tangelo or tangor; susceptible to twig and stem dieback variety: Sunburst category: (hybrid: Robinson x Osceola) hardiness: hardy season: Nov Dec Jan flavor: sweet history: introduced in 1979, developed by Dr. C. Jack Hearn notes: best when pollinated by other varieties; resistant to citrus snow scale; vulnerable to citrus rust mite +----------+ | tangelos | +----------+ variety: K-Early category: probably a tangelo season: early -- the earliest mandarin notes: developed by H J Webber and W T Swingle; fruit tends to be bitter, with low sugar and low acid; grown by unscrupulous producers who get a high price for early fruit; K-Early looks like Orlando tangelo, and the resulting guilt-by-association has reduced the commercial market for Orlando tangelos variety: Minneola (a.k.a. Honeybell) category: tangelo (Duncan x Dancy) hardiness: hardy tree: medium-large, vigorous, round leaves: dark green, large season: Dec Jan Feb holds: well size: large shape: globose-ovoid with distinct "neck" color: red-orange rind: thick, brittle flavor: rich, tangy seeds: less than 10 on average notes: best when pollinated by Dancy, Clementine, Kinnow, Temple variety: Orlando (a.k.a. Lake) category: tangelo (Duncan x Dancy) hardiness: "more cold-tolerant than Minneola" tree: dark, distinctively cupped leaves season: Nov Dec Jan size: medium-large color: orange rind: strongly adherent flavor: mildly sweet history: bred by W T Swingle in 1911, released in 1931 notes: best when pollinated by Dancy, Clementine, Kinnow, Temple; will grow in deserts of CA and AZ variety: Seminole category: tangelo (Dancy x Duncan) tree: medium to large, vigorous season: Feb Mar Apr holds: fair size: medium-large color: red-orange rind: easily peeled flavor: sprightly, tangy seeds: many (22 average) history: released 1931 +---------+ | tangors | +---------+ variety: Ambersweet category: tangor+ ([Clementine x Orlando] x sweet orange) hardiness: hardy season: Oct Nov size: 3 to 3.5 diam. variety: Fallglo category: (hybrid: Bower x Temple) season: Oct Nov history: released by USDA 1987 variety: Murcott category: tangor hardiness: semi-sensitive tree: medium, upright season: Jan Feb Mar size: medium color: yellow-orange surface: smooth and somewhat glossy rind: thin, tight but peelable flavor: sweet, rich seeds: 18 to 24 history: probably the result of Swingle's breeding experiments, the parent tree lost its identification tag in transit to Safety Harbor FL in 1913. notes: slightly susceptible to scab fungus and xyloporosis variety: Tangerona category: tangor hardiness: sensitive season: Sep Oct size: small shape: roundish oblate color: yellow-orange rind: tight flavor: (reportedly) excellent seeds: many history: from Brazil to FL circa 1890 variety: Temple category: probably a tangor (parents unknown) hardiness: tender tree: spreading, bushy, somewhat thorny leaves: medium size season: Jan Feb Mar Apr holds: fair size: medium-large, diam. 2.5 to 3.25, height 2.25 to 2.5 shape: oblate to spherical color: orange to red-orange surface: slightly pebbled or rugose rind: medium thick, 1/8 to 3/16, loose and peelable, leathery oil glands: spherical to elliptical segments: 10 to 12 pulp: tender, melting, orange vesicles: medium size, fusiform flavor: rich and spicy seeds: average 20, medium, plump history: originated in Winter Park FL, distrib Buckeye Nurseries 1917 notes: somewhat susceptible to scab variety: Umatilla category: tangor (Owari Satsuma x Ruby orange) season: late size: large color: red-orange surface: smooth history: bred by W T Swingle in 1911, released in 1931 notes: good quality; fruit is size and shape of King +--------------+ | bibliography | +--------------+ Hume, H. Harold; Citrus fruits and their culture; 1904 Jackson, Larry K.; Citrus growing in Florida; 3rd edition, University of Florida Press, 1991 Sturrock, David; Fruits for southern Florida; Southeastern Printing Co, 1959 Webber & Batchelor, editors; The citrus industry -- history, botany and breeding; University of California, 1943 */ end of file /* GARDEN CATALOGS LIST, Version 13

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Forestfarm 271. Forestlake Gardens 272. Forevergreen Farm 273. Four Seasons Nursery 274. Fox Hill Nursery 275. Fox Hollow Herb & Heirloom Seed Co. 276. The Fragrant Path 277. French's Bulb Importer 278. Fron Nursery 279. Frosty Hollow Nursery 280. Fruitland Nursery 281. Miles W Fry & Sons 282. Fungi Perfecti 283. Garden City Seeds 284. Garden Of Delight 285. Garden Of Delights 286. Garden Perennials 287. Garden Place 288. Gardener's Eden 289. Gardener's Supply Company 290. Gardenimport Inc 291. Gardens Alive 292. Gardens North 293. Gardens Of the Blue Ridge 294. Gardenworks 295. Gaybird Nurseries 296. Gaze Seed Co 297. D.s. George Nurseries 298. Gilberg Perennial Farm 299. Giles Ramblin' Roses 300. Gilson Gardens 301. Girard Nurseries 302. Gladside Gardens 303. Glasshouse Works 304. Going Bananas 305. Golden Bough Tree Farm 306. Goodwin Creek Gardens 307. Gossler Farms Nursery 308. Gottard Nursery 309. Gourmet Gardener 310. Gourmet Mushrooms 311. Russell Graham, Purveyor Of Plants 312. Great Basin Natives 313. Green Spot 314. Green Escape 315. Greenlady Gardens 316. Greenlee Nursery 317. Greenwood Daylily Gardens 318. Greer Gardens 319. Grigsby Cactus Garden 320. Grimo Nut Nursery 321. Gurney's 322. Habitat Plants 323. Halifax Seed Co. Inc 324. Halifax Seed Co. Inc 325. Hamlet & Garneau Inc 326. Hand Roses 327. Harborcrest Gardens 328. Hardy Roses for the North 329. Hardy Roses for the North 330. Harris Seeds 331. Hartmann's Plantation Inc 332. Hawaiian Botanicals 333. Hawaiian Garden Centre And Nursery Ltd. 334. Hawaiian Pacific Exotics 335. Heaths-n-heathers 336. Heirloom Garden Seeds 337. Heirloom Old Garden Roses 338. Heirloom Seeds 339. Heliconia And Ginger Gardens 340. Heliconia Haus 341. Henrietta's Nursery 342. Henry Fields 343. The Herb Farm 344. Herbs-licious 345. Heritage Gardens 346. Heritage Seed Program 347. Heronswood Nursery 348. Hidden Garden Nursery 349. A High Country Garden 350. High Country Rosarium 351. Highland Succulents 352. Hildenbrandt's Iris Gardens 353. Hillary's Garden 354. Historical Roses 355. Holbrook Farm & Nursery 356. Holiday Cactus 357. Holladay Jungle 358. Holland Bulb Farms 359. Holland Bulb Farms 360. Holly Lane Iris Gardens 361. Hollyvale Farm 362. Homeplace Garden 363. Homestead Farm 364. Honeywood Lilies 365. Horizon Seeds 366. Jerry Horne 367. Hortica Gardens 368. Hortico 369. Horticultural Enterprises 370. Horticultural Systems Inc 371. Hortigifts 372. Hot Seeds 373. Howe Sound Seeds 374. Hsu's Ginseng Enterprises 375. J.l. Hudson, Seedsman 376. Huff's Gardens 377. Huronview Nurseries 378. Hurov's Tropical Seeds 379. Imported Dutch Bulbs 380. In Pursuit Of Plants 381. Intermountain Cactus 382. Interstate Nursery 383. Irene's Topiaries 384. Iris & Plus 385. Iris Test Garden 386. Ison's Nursery & Vineyards 387. J's Custom Koi Ponds 388. J. W. Jung Seed Co. 389. Jackson & Perkins 390. Jacques Amand 391. Japonica 392. Jerigan Gardens 393. Joe's 394. Johnny's Selected Seeds 395. Joy Creek Nursery 396. Justice Miniature Roses 397. K&l Cactus/succulent Nursery 398. Kapoho Palms 399. Kartuz Greenhouses 400. Kaw Valley Asparagus Farm 401. The Kelley Farm 402. Kelly's Plant World 403. Kent Lilies 404. Kester's Wild Game Food Nurseries 405. Kilgore Seed Co. 406. King's Mums 407. Klehm Nursery 408. V. Kraus Nurseries Ltd. 409. Lagenbach 410. Lakeland Nursery 411. Lakeshore Tree Farms Ltd. 412. Lamb Nursery 413. Larner Seeds 414. Lauray Of Salisbury 415. Laurie's Garden 416. Lee Valley Tools Ltd. 417. Lenington Gardens 418. A.m. Leonard, Inc. 419. Les Violettes Natalia 420. Les Violettes Natalia 421. Les Jardins D'olivier 422. Les Jardins Osiris 423. Les Violettes Natalia 424. Liberty Seed Company 425. The Lily Garden 426. The Lily Pool 427. Lilypons Water Gardens 428. Limerock Ornamental Grasses 429. Lindel Lilies 430. Lindenberg Seeds Ltd. 431. Little Valley Farm 432. Live Oak Gardens 433. Living Prairie Museum 434. Living Stones Nursery 435. Lockhart Seeds, Inc. 436. Loehman's 437. Logee's Greenhouses 438. Lone Star Growers 439. Gilbert R Longoria Seeds 440. Louisiana Nursery 441. Lowe's Own-root Roses 442. Lyon Tree Farm Of Carmel 443. Mail Order Clematis 444. Mailorder Assoc Of Nurseries 445. Maitland Greenhouses 446. Mallet Court Nurseries 447. Manhattan Farms 448. Mapple Farm 449. Maroushek Gardens 450. Maryland Aquatic Nurseries 451. Mason Hogue Gardens 452. Matsu-momiji Nursery 453. Maxim's Greenwood Gardens 454. Mcclure & Zimmerman 455. Mcconnell Nursery 456. Mcdaniel's Miniature Roses 457. Mcfayden Seed Co 458. Mcmath's Daffodils 459. Mcmillen's Iris Garden 460. Meadowview Farms 461. Mellinger's 462. Merry Gardens 463. Mesa Garden 464. Messelaar Bulb Co. 465. Meyer Seed Co. 466. Michigan Bulb Co. 467. Michigan Miniature Roses 468. Midwest Cactus 469. Midwest Wildflowers 470. Milaeger's Gardens 471. Millar Mountain Nursery 472. J.e. Miller Nurseries, Inc. 473. Miller's Manor Gardens 474. Miller-bowie County Farmers Assn. 475. Mini Rose Garden 476. Mini-roses 477. Miree's 478. Mission Bell Gardens 479. Missouri Wildflowers Nursery 480. Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils 481. Moldovan's Gardens 482. Moore Water Gardens 483. Moosebell Flower, Fruit & Tree Co. 484. Morden Nurseries 485. Morningside Farm Nursery 486. K. Morrison 487. Mountain Maples 488. Mountain Valley Seeds & Nursery 489. Mowbray Gardens 490. Mt. Leo Nursery 491. Mulligan Seeds 492. Mums By Paschke 493. Sandy Mush Herb Nursery 494. Mushroompeople 495. Musser Forests, Inc. 496. National Arbor Day Foundation 497. National Gardening Company 498. Nationwide Seed & Supply 499. Native Gardens 500. Native Seed Foundation 501. Native Seeds, Inc. 502. The Natural Garden 503. Natural Insect Control 504. Naturally Scientific 505. Nature's Garden 506. E. B. Nauman, Nurseryman 507. Neon Palm Nursery 508. Netherland Bulb Co 509. New England Bamboo Co. 510. New Holland Bulb Co. 511. New Mexico Cactus Research 512. New Mexico Desert Garden 513. New York State Fruit Testing Coop. Assn 514. Newark Nurseries 515. Niche Gardens 516. Nichols Garden Nursery 517. Noels Garden Seeds 518. Nolin River Nut Tree Nursery 519. Nor'east Miniature Roses, Inc. 520. Nor'east Miniature Roses, Inc. 521. North American Wildflowers 522. North Coast Nursery 523. Northern Gardens 524. Northern Kiwi Nursery 525. Northridge Gardens 526. Northwoods Retail Nursery 527. Nourse Farms Inc. 528. Nowetta Gardens 529. Nuccio's Nurseries 530. Nurseries At North Glen 531. Oak Hill Gardens 532. Oakes Daylillies 533. Oakwood Daffodils 534. Ohio Gardens 535. Oikos Tree Crops 536. Old House Gardens 537. Olympic Coast Garden 538. Ontario Seed Co. Ltd. 539. Orchid Gardens 540. Orchid Haven 541. Orchids Bountiful 542. Orchids 'r' Us 543. Orchids Royale 544. Oregon Exotics Inc.rare Fruit Nursery 545. Oregon Miniature Roses 546. Oregon Trail Daffodils 547. Orgel's Orchids 548. Ornamental Edibles 549. Our Kids' Orchids & Nursery 550. Owen Farms 551. Richard Owen Nursery 552. Owens Orchids 553. Pacific Berry Works 554. Pacific Northwest Seed Co. Inc. 555. Pacific Tree Farms 556. Carl Pallek & Son Nurseries 557. Palm Nuts 558. Palms for Landscaping 559. Palos Verdes Begonia Farm 560. Panda Products 561. Paradise Water Gardens 562. Park Seed Co. 563. Parkland Perennials 564. Peaceful Valley Farm Supply 565. Peace Seeds 566. Peekskill Nurseries 567. Pen Y Bryn Nursery 568. Pepper Gal 569. The Perennial Connection 570. The Perfect Season 571. Wh Perron 572. Perry's Water Gardens 573. Peter Pauls Nurseries 574. Piccadilly Farm 575. Pickering Nurseries 576. Picov's Greenhouses 577. Piedmont Garden Nursery 578. Piedmont Plant Co. 579. Pine Ridge Gardens 580. Pinetree Garden Seeds 581. Plant Delights Nursery 582. Plant It Hawaii 583. The Plant Kingdom 584. Plants Of the Southwest 585. Plants Of the Wild 586. Pleasant Hill African Violets 587. Pleasant Valley Glads 588. Plumeria People 589. Pony Creek Nursery 590. Portage Wildflowers 591. Porter & Son 592. Prairie Grown Garden Seeds 593. Prairie Habitats 594. Prairie Moon Nursery 595. Prairie Nursery 596. Prairie Seed Source 597. Charles E. Prasek 598. The Primrose Path 599. Prism Perennials 600. Protea Gardens Of Maui 601. Qualitree Nursery 602. Quality Dutch Bulbs 603. Rainbow Gardens 604. Rainforest Flora 605. Rainforest Gardens 606. Rainforest Mushroom Spawn 607. Rainforest Seed Co. 608. Raintree Nursery 609. Rawlinson Garden Seed 610. Steve Ray Bamboo Gardens 611. Rayner Bros. 612. Reasoner's 613. Reath's Nursery 614. Redbud Lane Iris Garden 615. Redwood City Seed Company 616. Reimer Waterscapes 617. Rex Bulb Farms 618. Rhapis Gardens 619. Rhapis Palm Growers 620. Rialto Gardens 621. Rice Creek Gardens 622. Richardson Seaside Banana Garden 623. Richters 624. Rider Nurseries 625. Riverbend Orchids 626. Riverhead Perennials 627. Riverside Iris Gardens 628. Rock Spray Nursery Inc. 629. Rocknoll Nursery 630. P.l. Rohrer & Bro's Inc. 631. Ronniger's Seed Potatoes 632. Roozengaarde Display Gardens 633. The Rose Garden & Mini Rose Nursery 634. Rosehill Farm 635. Roses By Fred Edmonds 636. Roses Of Thomasville 637. Roses Of Yesterday And Today 638. Roses Unlimited 639. Roslyn Nursery 640. Roswell Seed Co. 641. Royal Gardens 642. Royall River Roses 643. Roycroft Daylily Nursery 644. Rupp Seeds, Inc. 645. Jim & Irene Russ 646. S&h Organic Acres 647. Sally & Co. 648. Salt Spring Island Nursery 649. Salt Spring Seeds 650. Santa Barbara Orchid Estate 651. Santa Barbara Water Gardens 652. The Saskatoon Farm 653. Savage Farms Nursery 654. Savoy's Gardens Inc. 655. Saxton Gardens 656. John Scheepers,inc 657. Schen-dare Orchids 658. S. Scherer & Sons 659. Schreiner's Iris Gardens 660. Schulz Cactus Gardens 661. F. W. Schumacher Co. 662. Scotty's Desert Plants 663. Sea Breeze Orchids 664. Seagulls Landing Orchids 665. Seaside Daylily Farm 666. Seawright Gardens 667. Seed Savers Exchange 668. Seed Service 669. Seed Shop 670. Seederama 671. Seeds 672. Seeds And Such 673. Seeds Blum 674. Seeds Of Change 675. Seedway, Inc. 676. Select Seeds 677. Select Perennials 678. Select Plus Nurseries 679. Sequoia Nursery- Moore Miniature Nurseries 680. Seymour's Selected Seeds 681. Shady Oaks Nursery 682. Shanti Bithi Nursery 683. Sheffield's Seed Company 684. Shein's Cactus 685. Shepard Iris Garden 686. Shepherd Geraniums 687. Shepherd Hill Farm 688. Shepherd's Garden Seeds 689. Sherry's Perennials 690. Shiloh Gardens 691. Shooting Star Nursery 692. R.h. Shumway's 693. Singer's 694. Siskiyou Rare Plant Nursery 695. Skyblue Nurseries 696. Slocum Water Gardens 697. Smirnow's Son 698. Smith And Hawken 699. Smith Nursery Co. 700. Soergel Greenhouses 701. Winn Soldani 702. Solomon Daylillies 703. Keith Somers Trees 704. Sonoma Antique Apple Nursery 705. South Florida Seed Supply 706. Southern Seeds 707. Southern Exposure 708. Southern Exposure Seed Exchange 709. Southmeadow Fruit Gardens 710. Southwestern Native Seeds 711. Spaulding Bulb Farm 712. Specialty Seeds 713. Spring Hill Nurseries Co. 714. Springhill Nurseries 715. Sprout Farms Fruit Tree Nursery 716. Squaw Mountain Gardens 717. St. Lawrence Nurseries 718. Stallings Exotic Nursery 719. Stanley & Sons Nursery, Inc. 720. Stark Bros. 721. Steffen's Clematis 722. Stigall Water Gardens 723. Stirling Perennials 724. Stokes Seed Co. 725. Stokes Seeds Ltd. 726. Stone Lane Gardens 727. Strahm's Lilies 728. Strong's Alpine Succulents 729. Succulenta 730. Sunlight Gardens 731. Sunnybrook Farm 732. Sunnyslope Gardens 733. Sunset Nursery, Inc. 734. Sunshine Caladium Farms 735. Sunshine Farm And Gardens 736. Sunshine Farms 737. Sunswept Laboratories 738. Surry Gardens 739. Suttell's Dahlias 740. Swan Island Dahlias 741. Dean Swift Seed Co. 742. T & T Seeds Ltd. 743. Talavaya Seeds 744. Dave Talbot 745. Tate Nursery 746. Taylor's Roses 747. Tel-el Nursery 748. Terax Tropicals 749. Territorial Seed Company 750. Territorial Seed Company 751. Tetra Pond 752. Texas Mini Roses 753. This 'n That 754. Thomas Jefferson Ctr for Historic Plants 755. Thomasville Nurseries 756. Thompson & Morgan Inc 757. Thon's Garden Mums 758. The Thyme Garden 759. Tillinghast Seed Co. 760. Tinari Greenhouses 761. Tiny Petals Nursery 762. Tischler Peony Gardens 763. Tomato Growers Supply Co. 764. Tomato Seed Company 765. The Tomato Seed Company, Inc. 766. Totally Tomatoes 767. Tradewinds Bamboo Nursery 768. Tranquil Lake Nursery 769. Transpacific Nursery 770. Tregunno Seeds 771. William Trickler Inc 772. Trinidad Bay Bulb Co. 773. Tripple Brook Farm 774. Trophy Roses, Ltd 775. Tropical Imports 776. Tropicals 777. Tropiflora 778. Tsang & Ma 779. Tsolum River Fruit Trees 780. Otis S. Twilley Seed Company 781. Twombly Nursery 782. Upper Bank Nurseries 783. Valley Creek Nursery 784. Valley Orchid Partners 785. Van Bourgondien & Sons Inc 786. Van Dyek's Flower Farm 787. Van Dyke Zinnias 788. Van Engelen, Inc 789. Van Ness Water Gardens 790. Mary Mattison Van Schalk 791. Vanwell Nursery Inc. 792. Varga's Nursery 793. Veldheer Tulip Gardens 794. Venger's Orchids 795. Vermont Bean Seed Co. 796. The Vermont Wildflower Farm 797. Vesey's Seeds 798. Vesey's Seeds 799. Andre Viette Farm & Nursery 800. Village Orchids 801. Vintage Gardens 802. The Violet House 803. Vivaces Nordiques 804. Volkmann Bros. Greenhouses 805. Washington Evergreen Nursery 806. Water Arts Inc. 807. Waterford Gardens 808. The Waushara Gardens 809. Wavecrest Nursery & Landscaping Co. 810. Waynesboro Nurseries 811. Wayside Gardens 812. We're In the Hayfield Now, Daylily Gardens 813. We-du Nurseries 814. Weasdale Nurseries 815. Chris Weeks Peppers 816. Weiss Bros. Nursery 817. William R.p. Welch 818. Well-sweep Herb Farm 819. Ken West Orchids 820. Western Biologicals Ltd. 821. Westside Exotics Palm Nursery 822. Wheeler Farm Gardens 823. White Flower Farm 824. Whitehouse Perennials 825. Wicklein's Water Gardens 826. Gilbert H Wild And Son, Inc. 827. Wild Earth Nursery 828. Wildginger Woodlands 829. Wildseed Inc. 830. Wildwood, Inc. 831. Wilk Orchid Specialists 832. Willamette Valley Gardens 833. Willhite Seed Co. 834. Nancy Wilson Species & Miniature Narcissus 835. Wilton's Organic Seed Potatoes 836. Windrose Ltd 837. Winterfeld Ranch Seed 838. Womack Nursery Co. 839. Tom Wood Nursery 840. Woodlanders Inc 841. Woodwinds Nursery 842. Worm's Way 843. The Worm Factory 844. Wrenwood Of Berkeley Springs 845. Wrightman Alpines 846. Wyatt-quarles Seed Co. 847. Yo Ranch Cactus Company 848. Yucca Do Nursery 849. Stanley Zubrowski A & D PEONY AND PERENNIAL FARM 6808 180th S.E. Snohomish WA 98290 (206) 485-2487 Perennials, peonies. Catalog lists 200 varieties of peonies with selections changing from year to year. Also daylilies and hostas. Catalog $1.50. No info on out of U.S. shipping. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown A & P ORCHIDS Peters Road Swansee, MA 02777 Phone: unknown Orchids. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ABBEY C&S NURSERY 4620 Carpinteria Ave. Carpinteria, CA 93013 (805) 684-5112 Cactus & succulents. Catalog $2 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ABBEY GARDEN CACTUS PO Box 2249 La Habra, CA 90632-2249 Phone: unknown Cactus. This might be the same company as Abbey C&S Nursery, it's unclear. Over 1700 species of cactus and succulents. Catalogue $2 refundable Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ABBOTT IPCO P.O. Box 551329, 9886 Chartwell Drive Dallas, Texas 75355-1329 Phone: unknown Houseplants. Wholesale source for caladiums; other offerings unknown. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ABUNDANT LIFE SEED FOUNDATION PO Box 772, 1029 Lawrence Street Port Townsend, WA 98368 (360)385-5660, Fax: (360)385-7455 Rare, unusual, and heirloom species. Open-pollinated and naturalized seed. Catalog $2 . Will ship to Canada Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ADAMGROVE Rt. 1, Box 246 California, MO 65018 Phone: unknown Iris, peonies, daylilies. Specialize in bearded irises; also have dwarf & median bearded iris, Japanese, Siberian, Louisiana, species, and spuria iris; some daylilies and herbaceous peony. Descriptions. Catalog $3.00. Will ship to Canada and overseas Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ADR BULBS Rt 17A, P.O. Drawer A Bloomingburg, NY 12721 Phone: unknown Bulbs - wide selection. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown AGUA FRIA NURSERY INC 1409 Agua Fria, Dept MO Santa Fe NM 87501-3507 Voice unknown, FAX (505) 983-3593 Plants for the Southwest Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown AHRENS STRAWBERRY NURSERY RR 1 Huntingburg IN 47542 Phone: unknown Fruit. Strawberry specialist. Unknown if other offerings. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown AIMERS 81 Temperance St. Aurora, ON, CanadaL4G 2R1 Phone: (905)833-5282Fax: (905)727-7333 Seeds and bulbs for wildflowers and herbs, seeds to attract butterflies and birds. Basic catalogue free, botanical catalogue $4 includes a pkt. of seed, rare seed catalogue $2 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown AITKEN'S SALMON CREEK GARDEN 608 NW 119th St Vancouver WA 98685 (206) 573-4472 Iris. Tall beardeds, medians, Siberians, Japanese, etc. Color catalog $2.00. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ALANNAH'S AFRICAN VIOLETS Site 640 RR1 Grand Forks, BC V0H 1H0 Phone: (604)442-2552 Fax: (604)442-0288 Starter plants and fresh-cut leaves of new varieties, supplies, scented geraniums, $2 refundable. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ALBERTA NURSERIES AND SEEDS LTD Box 20 Bowden, AB, Canada TOM 0K0 (403) 224-3544 General. Varieties for the West Coast. Organically grown flowers, vegetables, perennials, houseplant seeds, bulbs, trees, hedges, fruits. Free catalog in Canada, $2 in U.S. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ALBERTS & MERKEL BROS INC. 2210 S. Federal Highway Boynton Beach, FL 33435 (305) 732-2071 $1.00 each for 3 different lists: Bromeliads, Tropical, or Orchids. If you belong to a Bromeliad, Foliage, or Orchid Society, the list is free. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown KEN ALLAN 536 MacDonnell St. Kingston, ON K7K 4W7 Phone: unknown Sweet potato roots, peas, tomatoes, black popcorn, watermelon. Catalog free with SASE. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ALLEN PLANT COMPANY P.O. Box 310 Fruitland, Maryland 21826-0310 (410) 742-7122 Fruit. Mostly strawberries; some asparagus, other berries. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: unknown ALLEN, STERLING & LOTHROP 191 U.S. Route 1 Falmouth ME 04105 (207) 781-4142 General. Basic vegetable and flower seeds particularly adapted to the climate of Northern New England. Grass seed and supplies; also sells seeds in bulk. No info on shipping outside U.S. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Fair ALOHA TROPICALS 1247 Browning Ct. Vista, CA 92083 Phone: unknown Tropical. Plumerias, heliconias, ginger, banana. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ALPEN GARDENS 173 Lawrence Lane Kalispell MT 59901 (406) 257-2540 Dahlias; sells only dahlia tubers. They will pay shipping if your order is over $30. Prompt in sending catalog. Quality: unknown Price: $$ - $$$ Service: unknown Variety: Excellent ALPINE VALLEY GARDENS 2627 Calistoga Rd. Santa Rosa, CA 95404 (707) 539-1749 Daylilies. A note written on their catalog says they're retiring (Feb 94), but they still offer a very good selection of daylilies. Most plants $3.00 to $5.00 ea., and a landscape special offering 25 plants for $30.00 plus postage. Lots of bargains he Quality: unknown Price: $ Service: unknown Variety: Good ALPINE WORLD GARDENS 8596 Guelph Line Campbellville, ON L0P 1B0 Phone: unknown Design, construction & planting of rock gardens, water perennials and alpine plants. Free catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ALPLAINS 32315 Pine Crest Court Kiowa, CO 80117 Phone: unknown Ornamentals. Has a lot of salvia varieties. Shipping and handling to US is $2.50 Quality: unknown Price: $$ - $$$ Service: unknown Variety: Excellent AMANDA'S GARDEN 8410 Harpers Ferry Rd Springwater NY 14560 (716) 669-2275 Perennials. Nursery propagated native perennials. Free list. Does not ship to Canada. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown AMARYLLIS INCORPORATED P.O. Box 318 Baton Rouge, LA. 70821 (504) 924-5560 Broad variety of hybrid and species amaryllis from Holland and India. Catalog $1, color pictures. Ships to Canada Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown AMBERGATE GARDENS 8015 Krey Ave. Waconia, MN 55387 Phone: unknown Perennials with specialty of Martagon lilies. Descriptions. Catalog $1 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown AMENITY PLANT PRODUCTS RD #5, Box 265 Mt. Pleasant, PA 15666 Phone: unknown Perennials and wildflowers - seed. Some descriptions. Catalog $1 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown AMERI-HORT RESEARCH P.O. Box 1529 Medina OH 44258 (216) 723-4966 Specialists in lilacs. 10 or more cultivars; catalog $2. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown AMERICAN BAMBOO CO. 345 W. Second St. Dayton OH 45402 Phone: unknown Bamboo. Phyllostachys bissettii varieties only Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown AMERICAN DAYLILY AND PERENNIALS PO Box 210 Grain Valley, MO 64029 (800) 770-2777, fax (816)443-2849 Daylilies and perennials. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ANDERSON IRIS GARDENS 22179 Keather Ave. N Forest Lake MN 55025 Phone: unknown Iris. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ANGELWOOD NURSERY 12839 McKee School Road N.E. Woodburn OR 97071 (503) 534-2233 Houseplants. Ivy and begonia specialists. ...a wholesale nursery...We are growers of over 80 varieties of Ivy and 70 Varieties of Rex Begonias as well as many other items. They have a number of topiary designs and say they ship UPS. They were very Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: Good Variety: Good (Ivies & Begonias) ANTIQUE ROSE EMPORIUM Route 5, Box 143 Brenham, TX 77833 (409) 836-9051 (800) 441-0002 Own-root roses. One member has recommended them; another says beware of mislabeled roses. Quality: Good Price: $$ - $$$ Service: unknown Variety: Good ANYTHING GROWS GREENHOUSE 1609 McKean Road Ambler PA 19002 Phone: unknown Specialty, if any, unknown. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown APACHA CACTUS 3441 Road B Redwood Valley, CA 95470 Phone: unknown $0.50 cat; cactus and succulents Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown APPALACHIAN GARDENS P.O. Box 82 Waynesboro PA 17268 (717) 762-4312 Trees and shrubs; rare. Catalog says they specialize in scarce and unusual plants, also bonsai starts. They can only ship to CA, FL, OR, and WA during Dec thru Feb because of agricultural restrictions. Plants only, no seeds. Nicely printed catalog Quality: unknown Price: $$ - $$$ Service: unknown Variety: Excellent APPLESOURCE Rt. 1 Chapin IL 62628 Phone: unknown Fruit. Presumably a source for apples. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown AQUATICS & EXOTICS PO Box 693a Indian Rocks Beach FL 34635 (813) 595-3075 Aquatic. Waterlilies, lotus, bog plants. Free price list. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ARBOR & ESPALIER 201 Buena Vista Ave. E San Francisco CA 94117 Phone: unknown Specializing in ready-grown espaliered fruit trees, some camellias. They sell their espaliers through Sonoma Antique Apple Nursery's catalog and a few retail outlets. Shipping outside CA, OR, WA, NV or AZ is quite expensive. No info on shipping to Canada. Quality: unknown Price: $$$ Service: unknown Variety: Good ARBOUR RECYCLED PRODUCTS 800 Bank St. Ottawa, ON K1S 3V8 Phone: (613)567-3168 Live delivery of worms across Canada year-round. Catalog free. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown JIM & JENNY ARCHIBALD `Bryn Collen', Ffostrasol, Llandysul Dyfed, SA44 5SB, Wales, UK Phone: unknown Astounding amounts of alstromerias. Catalog $2 U.S. Quality: Excellent Price: $$$ - $$$$ Service: unknown Variety: Excellent THE ARIL PATCH 3843 Concord Blvd. Concord, CA 94519 Phone: unknown Iris - aril types. Catalog $.75 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ARMSTRONG ROSES P.O. Box 1020 Somis CA 93066 Phone: unknown Roses. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ARROWHEAD ALPINES PO. Box 857, Fowlerville, MI. 48836. (517)223-3581, FAX: (517)223-8750 Seeds of 4000 varieties; campanula, dianthus, primula, iris, penstemon, more. No pictures, everything listed by Latin name. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ART INTENSITY CORP. 5125 Montclair Dr. Mississauga, ON L5M 5A6 (905)607-7330 Fax: (905)828-6368 Topiary frames, mail-order kits. Free catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ATLANTIC HYDROPONICS & GREENHOUSES Box 807 Moncton, NB E1C 8N6 (506)858-0158 Fax: (506)855-0164 Greenhouse supplies, organic hydroponic products. Catalog $2. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown AUSTRAFLORA OF UTAH 3816 Highland Dr. Holladay, UT 84106 Phone: Unknown Trees and shrubs. SASE for list; Cold-hardy Eucalyptus, Australian plants Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown AVATAR'S WORLD 9106 Hurd Rd Edgerton WI 53534 Phone: unknown Unknown speciality, if any. Write for list of seeds. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown AVID GARDENER Box 200 Hamburg IL 62045 Phone: unknown Trees and shrubs; Dwarf conifers, shrubs, groundcovers, bonsai starters. Descriptive catalog $2.00. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown AZTEKAKTI NURSERY 11306 Gateway East El Paso, TX 79927 Phone: unknown $1 cat; cactus and succulents. Desert trees and shrubs Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown B & D LILIES 330 P Street Port Townsend, WA 98368 (206) 385-1738 orders; Fax: (206) 385-9996 Rare. Lilies. Catalog $3. Suberb selection of oriental hybrids, asiatics, trumpets/ Aurelians, rare and endangered species. Plus exclusives available only through catalog. Quality: Excellent Price: $$$ Service: Excellent Variety: Excellent B&T ASSOCIATES Whitnell House, Fiddington, Bridgwater, Somerset TA5 1JE, England, UK Phone: unknown Rare. This is one of the largest exotic seed operations in the world, with a list (or lists) of over 25,000 species. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BAILEY'S P.O. Box 654 Edmonds WA 98020 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BAKKER OF HOLLAND US Reservation Center Louisiana, MO 63353-0050 Phone: unknown Dutch bulbs Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BAMERT SEED CO. Rt. 3, Box 1120 Muleshoe, TX 79347 (806) 272-5506 FAX (806) 272-5509 Natives, Grasses. Pasture grass seed, including Buffalo Grass. Free descriptive list. Quality: unknown Price: unknown (Wholesale list sent - prices $$) Service: unknown Variety: Good BAMBOO SHOOT 1462 Darby Rd. Sebastopol, CA 95472 Phone: unknown Bamboo. Catalog $1 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BAMBOO SOURCERY 666 Wagnon Rd. Sebastopol, CA 95472 (707) 823-5866 Fax (707) 829-8106. Bamboo. Catalog $1. Rumours have it (as of March 94) that they don't ship; better call first. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown THE BANANA TREE 715 Northampton St Easton, PA 18042 Phone: (215) 253 9589 Fax: (215) 253 4864 Tropical bulbs and seeds. Rare. Cat $3. Large collection of seeds of unusual plants. One of the best selections of banana corms. Seeds of several seeded bananas. One member complained of poor germination, and little satisfaction. Quality: Fair to Good Price: $$ Service: Fair Variety: Excellent BARBOUR BROS INC. (The Growing Place) RD 2 Stoneboro PA 16153 Phone: unknown Rhododendrons and azaleas, kalmias, and ground covers hardy to -25F. Free catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown VERNON BARNES AND SON NURSERY P.O. Box 250 McMinnville TN 37110 Phone: unknown Trees and shrubs, vines. Free catalog. Nothing unusual, and they don't seem to have many named varieties. They don't ship ANY fruit, nut, or berry, and not a lot of anything else, to CA or AZ. Prompt catalog after request and low prices. Quality: unknown Price: $ Service: unknown Variety: Fair BAY VIEW GARDENS 1201 Bay St. Santa Cruz, CA. 95060 Phone: unknown Iris. Many types of irises including Pacifics listings. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BDK NURSERY P.O. Box 628 Apopka FL 32712 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown THE BEALL ORCHID CO, 3400 Academy Dr. S.E. Auburn WA 98002 Phone: unknown Orchids. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BEANS AND BEYOND 818 Jefferson Street Oakland CA 94607 (800) 845-BEAN Supposed to have the most comprehensive list of beans around. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BEAR CREEK NURSERY P.O. Box 4112 Northport WA 99156 Phone: unknown Fruit. Nut, berry, and fruit trees; shrubs. Catalog $1. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BEAVER CREEK NURSERY 7526 Pelleaux Rd Knoxville TN 37938 Phone: unknown Trees and shrubs, incl. Stewartia, holly, fothergilla, styrax, viburnum. Catalog $1.00. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BECKER'S SEED POTATOES RR#1 Trout Creek, Ontario, Canada POH 2L0 (517) 223-8750 Seed potatoes - red, white, blue skin, yellow or white fleshed; recommended by Ronnigers for Canadian residents. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BEERSHEEBA WILDFLOWER GARDEN P.O. Box 551 Beersheba Springs TN 37305 Phone: unknown Wildflowers Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BELCHE HERB CO. P.O. Box 1305 Schenectedy NY 12301 Phone: unknown Herbs Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BERRY HILL LTD 75 Burwell Rd Box A St Thomas ON N5P 3R5 (519) 631-0480, FAX (519) 631-8935 Garden equip, hobby farm supplies. Free catalog Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BETTER YIELD INSECTS RR 3 Belle River ON NOR 1A0 (800) 662-6562, FAX (519) 727-5989 Live insects shipped by courier, biocontrols. Free catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BIG SKY VIOLETS 10678 Schoolhouse Lane Moiese MT 59824 Phone: unknown Houseplants - African violets. Catalog $2.50, refundable. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MYRON BIGGER 201 North Rice Rd. Topeka, KS 66616 Phone: unknown Specialize in Peonies. Some descriptions. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BIRD ROCK TROPICALS 6523 El Camino Real Carlsbad, CA 92009 Phone: unknown Tropical, Bromeliads. Large SASE for catalog; Tillandsia specialist Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BISHOP SEEDS LTD Box 338 Belleville On K8N 5A5 (613) 968-5533, FAX (613) 968-8617 Forage, seed, and turf grasses. Free catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BLANCHETTE GARDENS 223 Rutland St Carlisle MA 01741 Phone: unknown Perennials. Catalog $3.00. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BLOOMINGFIELDS FARM Route 55 Gaylordsville, CT 06755 (203) 354-6951 Daylilies. 16-page small catalog with brief descriptions. Free catalog. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Fair BLOSSOMS & BLOOMERS E 11415 Krueger Spokane WA 99207 Phone: unknown Roses - Own root old roses. Catalog $1.00. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BLUE DAHLIA GARDENS G. Kenneth Furrer San Jose, IL 62682 Phone: unknown Dahlias - Large selection of dahlia bulbs listings. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BLUE STAR LAB P.O. Box 173 Williamstown NY 13493 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BLUEBELL LILIES 1432 Manor Lane Blue Bell, PA 19422 Phone: unknown Lilies. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BLUEBERRY HILL RRR 1 Box Maynooth ON K0L 2SO (613) 338-2535 Large selection of berry plants for zones 3-4, some zone 2. Free catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown KURT BLUEMEL, INC. 2740 Greene Ln. Baldwin, MD 21013-9523 (301) 557-7299 $2 catalog; extensive listings of ornamental grasses, and bamboo. They will ship plants to Canada and overseas but there are restrictions on CA, OR, and WA. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BLUESTONE PERENNIALS 7211 Middle Ridge Road Madison Ohio 44057 (800) 852-5243 (216) 428-7535 They carry only perennials. They have some mature plants, but mostly young ones in 3-pack or 6-pack containers for about $1 to $1.50 per plant. Quality: Good Price: unknown Service: Excellent Variety: Good BOB'S Rt. 2, Box 42 Wingate, TX 79566 Phone: unknown SASE for list; rare, unusual xerophytics, bonsai, tropicals Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BONNIE BRAE GARDENS 1105 SE Christensen Road Corbett, OR 97019 Phone: unknown Bulbs. Daffodil specialist Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BONSAI FARM P.O. Box 130 LaVernia, TX 78121 Phone: unknown Bonsai trees, plants and supplies. Descriptions. Catalog $1.00 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BONSAI SHOP 43 William St Smithtown NY 11787 Phone: unknown Bonsai. Color catalog $2.00. Video catalog $5.95 (refundable). Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BOORDY NURSERY P.O. Box 38 Riderwood MD 21139 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BORBELETA GARDENS 15980 Canby Ave Faribault, MN 55021 Phone: unknown Many types of lilies, featuring Asiatic and daylilies. Some photos ($3). Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BOTANIKA 96 Enderby Road Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4E 2S5 (416) 699-8296, fax: 698-9333 Bromeliads, esp. the genus Tillandsia - ships only to points in Canada. Free catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BOUGHEN NURSERIES VALLEY RIVER LTD Box 12 Valley River, MB ROL 2B0 (204) 638-7618, FAX (204) 638-7172 Nursery stock field-grown in northern Manitoba. Lilacs, cherry, plum, pears, roses, apples. Free catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BOUNTIFUL GARDENS 18001 Shafer Ranch Road Willits, CA 95490 (707) 459-6410 Vegetables. Heirloom Seeds. Sole U.S. source for Chase Seeds - European heirloom vegetables. Many unusual varieties. Free catalog in U.S., $2 (U.S.) to foreign addresses. They will ship seeds to Canada. Quality: Good Price: $ Service: Average Variety: Good BOZEMAN BIO-TECH P.O.Box 3146, 1612 Gold Avenue Bozeman MT 59772 (406) 587-5891, FAX (406) 587-0223 A good list of beneficial insects. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BRAND PEONY FARM Box 842 St. Cloud, MN 56302 Phone: unknown Peonies - Single and double peony descriptions. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BRAZTROPIC P.O. Box 821515 South Florida, FL 33082-1515 Phone: unknown Mexican fan palms. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BRECK'S 6523 N Galena Rd Peoria, IL 61632 (309) 689-3870 Bulbs - a basic range; some perennials. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Good BRESSINGHAM GARDENS Street address unknown Bressingham, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 2AB UK (0379 88) 464 Trees and shrubs. Alan, Adrian and Robert Bloom. Premier English plantsmen. Specializing in dwarf conifers, perennials, and alpines. 1 pound Sterling for color catalog. Please note that shipment outside of the UK is quite expensive. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BRIDGES ROSES 2734 Toney Rd. Lawndale, NC 28090 (704) 538-9412 Fax: (704) 538-1521 Mostly miniature roses, and a few hybrid teas. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BRISTOL MUMS INC. 50 Pinehurst Rd. Bristol, CT 06010 Phone: unknown Chrysanthemums. Mum descriptions with color selector for easy reference. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BRITE LITE 2215 Walkley Montreal PQ H4B 2J9 (514)489-3803 Everything for the hydroponic gardener. Free catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BRITTINGHAM PLANT FARMS P.O. Box 2538 Salisbury MD 21802 (410) 749-5153 FAX: (410) 749-5148 Fruit: Strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, asparagus, grapes. Sells strawberry plants by the thousand lot as well as in garden quantities. No mention in catalog of shipping to Canada. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Good BROOKFIELD NURSERY AND TREE PLANTATION P.O. Box 2490 Christiansburg VA 24073 Phone: unknown Trees and shrubs. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BROOKS TREE FARM 9785 Portland Rd NE Salem, OR 97305 Phone: unknown Trees and shrubs. Mostly evergreen trees. Large quantities. Listings. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BROWN'S OMAHA PLANT FARMS INC P.O. Box 787 Omaha TX 75571 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown JOHN BRUDY EXOTICS 3411 Westfield Dr. Brandon, FL 33511 (813) 684-4302 Rare. Trees and shrubs. He specializes in seeds of exotic shrubs and trees, but has some neat palm and aroid seeds. Catalog $2, refundable on order. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BRUDY'S TROPICAL EXOTICS P.O. Box 820874 Houston, TX 77282-0874 (800) 926-7333 Tropical, rare. All sorts of tropical fruit, ornamentals, and exotic seeds. Black & white pictures, good descriptions. This may be the same person as John Brudy's Exotics...this listing is current as of 1994. Quality: unknown Price: $$ - $$$ Service: unknown Variety: Excellent BURNT RIDGE NURSERY 432 Burnt Ridge Onalaska WA 98570 (206) 985-2873 Fruit trees; otherwise unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BUCKLEY NURSERY 646 N. River Rd. Buckley WA 98321 (206) 829-1811 Sells bareroot fruit trees, small fruits, and deciduous shrubs. 3-yr. fruit trees @ $15.95 to $16.95 ea.; Ship Feb.- April. Typewritten list is free. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Good BUELL'S GREENHOUSES Weeks Rd. Eastford, CT 06242 Phone: unknown Houseplants. Large SASE (3 1st class stamps); Gesneriads Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown THE BULB CRATE 2560 Deerfield Rd Riverwoods IL 60015 Phone: unknown Bulbs. Lilies, peonies, iris. Catalog $1.00, refundable. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BUMPER CROP GARDEN CENTRE 1316 Centre St NE Calgary AB T2E 2R7 (800) 661-1228 Organic fertilizers and pest controls, hydroponic and irrigation supplies. Free catalog Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BURGESS SEED AND PLANT CO. 905 Four Seasons Road Bloomington, IL 61701 (309)663-9551 General. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO. 300 Park Ave Warminster, PA 18974 (800) 888-1447 Good general catalog; one of the oldest and best known US seed companies. Also has bulb selections in the fall. Free catalog. Apparently they will NOT ship to Canada. Quality: Good Price: $$ Service: Good Variety: Good D.V. BURRELL SEED GROWERS CO. P.O. Box 150 Rocky Ford CO 81067-0150 (303) 254-3318 General. Vegetable and flower seeds, packets to pounds Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Good BURT ASSOCIATES BAMBOO P.O. Box 719-W Westford, MA 01886 (508) 692-3240 Bamboo. $2 catalog; Indocalamus, Pleioblastus, Pseudosasa, Sasaella, Phyllostachys Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown GEORGE C. BUSH, Clean Shaven Iris 1739 Memory Lane Extended York, PA 17402 (717) 755-0557 Siberian Iris. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BUSSE GARDENS 13579-10th St. N.W. Cokato, MN 55321-9426 (612) 286-2654 General seeds and plants. Catalog $2.00, and they have some amazing though not inexpensive things. Among them is an extensive iris selection. Quality: unknown Price: $$$ Service: unknown Variety: unknown BUTCHART GARDENS Box 4010 Station A Victoria, BC, Canada V8X 3X4 (604)652-4422 Fax (604)652-1475 or (604)652-3883 Perennial flower seeds listed. Catalog $.60. Video for sale or loan available to garden clubs and societies. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: Fair LEONARD BUTT street address unknown Huttonville ON L0J 1B0 (905) 455-8344 Over 300 varieties of show-quality gladiolus corms, star-of- Bethelem, gloriosa lilies. $1 for catalog Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown BUTTERBROOK FARM 78 Barry Road Oxford CT 06483 (203) 888-2000 Vegetables. Short-season vegetable seeds, low prices. Same- day service. For seed list send SASE. Will ship seeds to Canada Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown C 'N C PROTEA NURSERY 387 Carmen Plaza Camarillo CA 93010-6041 Phone: unknown Tropical. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CA CRUICKSHANK, INC 1015 Mount Pleasant Road Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2M1 (416)488-8292, Fax: (416)488-8802 Bulbs. Cat $3 One of the largest lists in N Am. Strongest in tulips, scilla, iris, crocus, hyacinth, narcissus; features much stuff from Van Tubergen of Holland. Will ship to U.S. Quality: unknown Price: $$$ Service: unknown Variety: Good CACTUS BY DODIE 934 E, Mettler Rd. Lodi CA 95242 Phone: unknown Cactus. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CACTUS BY MUELLER 10411 Rosedale Hwy. Bakersfield, CA 93312 Phone: unknown Catalog $1; cactus & succulents Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CAL DIXIE IRIS GARDENS 14115 Pear St. Riverside CA 92504 Phone: unknown Iris. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CALADIUM WORLD PO Drawer 629 Sebring, FL 33871 Phone: unknown Houseplants. Caladium specialist. Free catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CALAHAN SEEDS 6045 Foley Ln. Central Point, OR 97502 Phone: unknown Vegetables. Sells all seeds in 25 gram packets. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CALIFORNIA CARNIVORES 7020 Trenton-Healdsburg Rd Forestville CA 95436 (704) 838-1630 Misc - Carnivorous plants. Growing guide $2, price list free. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CALIFORNIA NURSERY CO. P.O. Box 2278 Fremont CA 94536 Phone: unknown Some tropical fruit trees. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CAMELOT NORTH GREENHOUSES RR 2, Box 398 Pequot Lakes, MN 56472 (218) 568-8922 Listings of perennials. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CAMPANULA CONNOISSEUR 702 Traver Trail Glenwood Springs CO 81601 Phone: unknown A whole catalog of campanulas - catalog $1.00 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CAMPBERRY FARM, C/O R.D. Campbell RR1 Niagra-on-the-Lake, On L0S 1J0 (905) 262-4927 Persimmon, paw-paw, pecan, almond, apricots, chestnuts, more. Catalog $2, payable to R.D. Campbell Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CANYON CREEK NURSERY 3527 Dry Creek Road Oroville, CA 95965 (916) 533-2166 Rare. Uncommon perennials. 3 1/2 to 5 pots. Ship Feb. thru May; Sept. thru Nov.; No minimum order. Quality: Excellent Prices: $ to $$ Service: Good Variety: Good CAPE COD VIOLETRY 28 Minot St Falmouth MA 02540 Phone: unknown Houseplants. African violets; catalog $1.00 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CAPRICE FARM NURSERY 15425 SW Pleasant Hill Rd. Sherwood, OR 97140 (503)625-7241 Iris, daylilies, peonies; descriptions and some photos Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CAPRILANDS HERB FARM 534 Silver Lane N. Coventry, CT 06238 (203) 742-7244 Herbs. One good source for scented geraniums. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CARDINAL NURSERY Rt 1 Box 316 State Road NC 28676 (919) 874-2027 Rhododendrons. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CARINO NURSERIES P.O. Box 538 Indiana PA 15701 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CARLSON'S GARDENS Box 305 South Salem NY 10590 (914) 763-5958 Over 1800 varieties of northern acclimated rhododendrons and azaleas. Catalog and Color Cue Card subscription: $3.00. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CARLTON ROSE NURSERIES P.O. Box 366 Carlton, OR 97111 (503) 852-7135 Roses. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CARNCAIRN DAFFODILS, LTD. Carncairn Lodge, Broughshare Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland BT43 7HF Phone: unknown Bulbs - Daffodils. Free catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CARROLL GARDENS P.O. Box 310, 444 East Main Street Westminster, MD 21158 (800)638-6334 or (410) 847-4112 Catalog $3.00. Perennials, roses, shrubs, lots of hardy geraniums. Quality: Good to Excellent Price: $$ to $$$ Service: Good Variety: Excellent CARTER SEEDS 475 Mar Vista Drive Vista CA 92083 (800) 872-7711, (619) 724-5931, fax (619) 724-8832 Ornamentals. Wholesale seeds of flowers, grasses, herbs, palms, ferns, tropicals, trees and shrubs, cactus and succulents. From packets to pounds. Catalog claims if they don't have it they'll find it for you. Will ship to Canada. Quality: unknown Price: $$ - $$$$ Service: unknown Variety: Excellent CARTER AND HOLMES P.O. Box 668, No 1 Old Mendenhall Rd Newberry SC 29108 803) 276-0579 FAX (803) 276-0588 Orchids specialists; beautiful color catalog. They also grow ferns, anthuriums and other tropical plants. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CASCADE BULB AND SEED PO Box 271 Scotts Mills OR 97375 Phone: unknown Daylilies. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CASCADE DAFFODILS 1790 Richard Circle St Paul, MN 55118 Phone: unknown Cat $1 Bulbs - daffodil specialist Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CASCADE FORESTRY SERVICE Rt. 1 Cascade IA 52033 Phone: unknown Trees and shrubs - Deciduous and evergreen. Some nut trees. Listing Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CATTAIL MEADOWS, LTD. PO Box 39391 Solon OH 44139 Phone: unknown Nursery-propagated wildflowers. Free catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CEDAR RIDGE NURSERIES Cedar Ridge Rd. Allison Park PA 15101 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CHAMBERS NURSERY 26874 Ferguson Road Junction City OR 97448 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CHAMBLEE'S ROSE NURSERY 10926 US Hwy. 69 N Tyler, TX 75706-8742 (800) 256-7673 Fax: (903) 882-3597 Miniature roses, and old garden roses. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CHUCK CHAPMAN IRIS 11 Harts Lane Guelph ON N1L 1B1 (519) 823-8744 1300 named varieties of bearded iris, varieties selected for hardiness and acclimated to Canada. Catalog $2 refundable. Quality; unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CHEROKEE ROSE 9546 Island Rd St. Francisville LA 70775 Phone: unknown Perennials, herbs, trees and shrubs. Free catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CHESTNUT HILL NURSERY INC. Route 1 Box 341 Alachua FL 32615 (904) 462-2820 or (800) 669-2067, FAX (904) 462-4330 Fruit. Sells Dunstan Hybrid Chestnuts, Chinese Chestnuts, Kaki Persimmons, and fig trees. Quality: unknown Price: unknown (Received wholesale list only) Service: unknown Variety: Good CHILTERN SEEDS Bortree Stile, Ulverston Cumbria LA12 7PB, England Phone: 0229 58 1137 Ornamentals, trees and shrubs, perennials. The catalog is $3 U.S. $4 Canadian. Literally thousands of varieties of wild and cultivated plants from around the world. No pictures. They take credit card orders, and the packets usually have a lot of seed. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CLARGREEN GARDENS 814 Southdown Rd Mississauga ON L5J 2Y4 (905) 822-092 Orchids, exotics, and water garden supplies. Catalog $2 Quality; unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CLIFFORD'S PERENNIAL & VINE Rt. 2, Box 320 East Troy, WI 53120 (414) 968-4040 FAX (414) 968-5525 Feb. - Oct. Ornamentals; specializing in clematis and flowering vines. Also perennials. All perennials in 1-gallon pots, $8.00 ea. Clematis are grown in 2 1/2 pots for $12.00 ea., and are shipped in Spring only. Quality: unknown Price: $$$ Service: unknown Variety: Fair to Good COASTAL GARDENS AND NURSERY 4611 Socastee Blvd., Highway 707 Myrtle Beach SC 29575 (803) 293-2000 $2.00 for catalog. Hosta specialist. Also, daylilies, ferns, other perennials, trees and shrubs. $35.00 min. order. Ship worldwide, April - Dec. Quality: unknown Price: $$ to $$$ Service: unknown Variety: Fair to Good Coda Gardens, , P.O. Box 8417 Fredericksburg, VA 22404 Phone: unknown Offers at least some passifloras; other offerings unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown COLD STREAM FARM 2030 Free Soil Rd. Free Soil MI 49411-9752 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown COLVOS CREEK NURSERY 1931 2nd Ave. #215 Seattle, WA 98101 Phone: unknown Trees and shrubs. $2 catalog; hardy Eucalyptus & palms Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown COMANCHE ACRES IRIS GARDENS Rt. 1, Box 258 Gower, MO 64454 (816) 424-6436 Iris - Bearded and Beardless Irises. Free color catalog. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Good COMPANION PLANTS 7247 North Coolville Ridge Rd. Athens, OH 45701 (614) 592-4643 Interesting array of Herb, Dye, unusual Food, etc. plants. Catalog $2. Seeds also available for many of their plants. Will ship to Canada. Quality: Fair to Good Price: $ - $$ Service: Fair to Good Variety: Excellent THE COMPLEAT GARDEN 217 Argilla Rd Ipswich MA 01938 Phone: unknown Clematis. Descriptive list $1.50. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown COMSTOCK, FERRE & CO. 263 Main St. Wethersfield CT 06109 (203) 571-6590 General - Vegetable, flower and herb seeds for the Northeast, from packets to pounds; old and new varieties. Catalog $3, refundable. No info on Canadian shipments. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CONNELL'S 10216 40th St. East Tacoma, WA 98446 Phone: unknown Bulbs - Mostly dahlias and some gladiolas. Some photos and descriptions. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown THE CONSERVANCY 51563 Range Rd 212A Sherwood Park AB T8G 1B1 Phone: unknown Seeds of native wildflowers, grasses, trees, shrubs, and perennials for Zone 3. Seeds from Alaska and the Yukon. Catalog $2 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service; unknown Variety: unknown CONTEMPORARY GARDENS OF PERRY DYER Box 534 Blanchard, OK 73010 (405) 485-3302 Daylilies, bearded iris, Louisiana Irises. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Good THE COOK'S GARDEN P.O. Box 535 Londonderry, Vermont 05148 (802) 824-3400 FAX: (802) 824-3027 Catalog $1. A wonderful array of vegetables but specialty is salad greens including several mescluns. An added bonus are the recipes. Some flowers. Will ship to Canada. Quality: Good Price: $$ Service: Good Variety: Good to Excellent COOK'S GERANIUM NURSERY 712 North Grand, Hwy 14N Lyons, KS 67554 (316) 257-5033 Listing of geraniums and some perennials with descriptions. Catalog $1.00, deductible Quality: unknown Price: $ Service: unknown Variety: Excellent COOLEY'S GARDEN CENTER Street address unknown Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538 Phone: unknown Wildflowers and ferns - plants. Descriptions. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown COOLEY'S GARDENS PO Box 126 Silverton, OR 97381 (800) 225-5391 Many types of iris and many photos. Color catalog $3, deductible from first order. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown COOPER'S GARDEN 2345 Decatur Ave. N. Golden Valley, MN 55427 (612) 591-0495 Beardless iris, daylilies, hosta and perennials for shade and for sun listings. Quality: good Price: $$ Service: good Variety: Average COPACABANA GARDENS 234 Hall Dr. Moraga, CA 94556 Phone: unknown $2 catalog; tropical. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CORN HILL NURSERY R.R. 5 Petitcodiac, New Brunswick, Canada E0A 2H0 (506)756-3635, FAX: (506)756-1087 Cat $2. Fruit trees, perennials, azaleas, rhodos, roses, for colder zones. Not all stock is available mail order. Catalog implies that shipping can be arranged. It contains much useful info. on plant culture Quality: unknown Price: $$(Average) If you can visit and pick up. Service: unknown Variety: Excellent CORNELISON BROMELIADS 225 San Bernardino N. Fort Myers, FL 33903 Phone: unknown Bromeliads; SASE for plant list. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown THE COUNTRY GARDEN Route 2 Box 455A Crivitz WI 54114 Phone: unknown Ornamental - Specialize in garden plants for cut flowers. Seeds listed.($2) Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown COUNTRY GREEN P.O. Box 356 Camplbellville, ON, Canada L0P 1B0 (519) 822-8419 Herbs, topiaries, gift items, newsletter - includes free recipe booklet. Will ship to U.S. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown COUNTRY GREEN Box 178 Radville SK S0C 2G0 (306) 869-2907 Saskatchewan-grown everlasting flowers. Free catalog for SASE. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown COUNTRY LANE HERBS RR 3 Puslinch ON N0B 2J0 (905) 659-7327 Herb plants, dried herbs, potpourri supplies & dried flowers. SASE. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown FLOYD COVE NURSERY 11 Shipyard Ln. Setaucket, NY 11733 Phone: unknown Extensive listing of daylilies ($2) Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CREOLE ORCHIDS P.O. Box 24458 New Orleans LA 70184-4458 (800) 729-6804 (to order) Orchids Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CRESCENT NURSERY RR 4 Rockwood ON N0B 2K0 (519) 856-1000, FAX (519) 856-2712 Catalogs for Schreiner's iris $6, Grant Mitsch novelty daffodils $3, Swan Island dahlias $4, Daylily Discounters $3. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CRICKLEWOOD NURSERY 11907 Nevers Rd Snohomish WA 98290 Phone: unknown Ornamental - Listed as a source for woodland Anemones. Catalog $2.00. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CRISTA'S CACTUS 529 W. Pima Coolidge, AZ 85228 Phone: unknown Cactus, succulents, desert trees and shrubs Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CROCKETT'S TROPICAL PLANTS P.O. Box 389 Harlingen, TX 78551-0389 (800) 580-1747 Tropical - Catalog $1; includes a small packet of seeds, free. Bougainvillea, Nerium, Mandevilla, Leucophyllum, Allamanda,Trachelospermum, Pittosporum, Plumbago, Hibiscus, citrus, palms, offered in 2 1/4 rose pots ($6.00) or gallons ($12.00). Quality: Good Prices: $$ Service: Fair Variety: Good CROSMAN SEED CORP. P.O. Box 110 East Rodchester NY 14445 (716) 586-1928 General - 50 cents for list. Vegetable seed, by the ounce, 1/2-lb., or pound. Also flower seed packets and a wildflower mixture. Quality: unknown Price: $ - $$ Service: unknown Variety: Fair to Good CUMBERLAND VALLEY NURSERIES INC P.O. Box 471 McMinnville TN 37110-0471 (800) 492-0022 or (615) 668-4153. FAX (615) 473-4279 Fruit - Bareroot fruit trees. Lists 118 Peach varieties - no kidding. Also, Plum, Nectarine, Apricot, and a few Apple varieties. 14-page free catalog includes chilling-hours, etc. Ship mid-Dec. to mid-April. $30 minimum order. Quality: unknown Price: $ - $$ Service: unknown Variety: excellent THE CUMMINS GARDEN 22 Robertsville Rd. Marlboro, NJ 07746 (908)536-2591 Trees and shrubs. Unusual plants - dwarf rhododendrons, deciduous and evergreen azaleas. Catalogue $2 refundable Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown C.W.S. ROSES 2232 Gale Ave. Coquitlam, BC, Canada V3K 2Y8 Phone: unknown Miniature Roses. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CYCAD GARDENS 4524 Toland Los Angeles, CA 90041 Phone: unknown Tropical. Large SASE for catalog Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown DACHA BARINKA 46232 Strathcona Rd. Chilliwack, BC V2P 3T2 Phone: (604)792-0957 Seeds for everlasting flowers, vegetables, herbs, Chinese vegetables, wine grapes and nuts. Free with SASE. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown DAFFODIL MART The Heaths, Rt 3, Box 794 Gloucester, VA 23061 Phone: unknown Bulbs. Cat $1; Van Tubergen of Holland wholesale cat $5. Hundreds of daffodils ; said to have one of the broadest lists of Dutch grown bulbs. Quality: Good Price: $$ Service: Good Variety: Good DAHLIAS BY PHIL TRAFF 1316 132nd Ave. East Sumner WA 98390 Phone: unknown Dahlias. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown DAHLIAS GALORE RR1 Legion Site C22 Sechelt, BC V0N 3A0 Phone: (604)885-9820 More than 300 kinds of dahlias. Free. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown DAISY FIELDS 12635 SW Brighton Ln Hillsboro OR 97123-9051 Phone: unknown Old fashioned perennials. Catalog $1.00. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown DALLAS BONSAI GARDEN address unknown city unknown (800) 982-1223 for catalog. Presumably they specialize in bonsai. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown WILLIAM DAM SEEDS LTD P.O. Box 8400 Dundas, ON, Canada L9H 6M1 (905) 628-6641 Vegetables, field crop, herb, flower and houseplant seeds. Untreated seeds. Spring bulbs shipped to Canada only. Cat $2 refundable. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown DAN'S GARDEN SHOP 5821 Woodwinds Circle Frederick MD 21701 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown THE DANE COMPANY 4626 Lamont Corpus Christi, TX 78411 Phone: unknown Bromeliads. Large SASE for catalog Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown DAVIDSON-WILSON GREENHOUSES RR2, Box 168 Crawfordsville, IN 47933-9423 (317) 364-0556 FAX: (317) 364-0563 Carry a wide variety of unusual houseplants as well as 370 unique Geranium [Pelargonium] varieties. Catalog, $2.00. Quality: Good Price: $$ Service: Good Variety: Good MR DAVID DAY, Goose Creek Nursery 13816 Lawyers Rd. Charlotte NC 28227 Phone: unknown Bamboo source. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown DAYLILY DISCOUNTERS INTERNATIONAL One Daylily Plaza, Alachua, Florida 32615 (800)DAY-LILY 93 page catalog with at least 200 daylily varieties, lots of pictures, descriptions. Exclusive marketer for the daylily hybridizer Wm. Munson, Quality: unknown Price: $$ - $$$ Service: unknown Variety: Excellent DAYLILY FARMS Rt 1, Box 891 Bakersville NC 28705-9714 Phone: unknown Catalog $2, deductible from first order. Daylilies. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown DAYLILY WORLD P.O. Box 1612, Sanford FL 32771 Phone: unknown Daylilies Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown DEEP DIVERSITY CATALOG, aka Peace Seeds and Seeds of Change Box 190 Gila NM 88038 Phone: unknown General, natives, herbs. 1000 varieties emphasizing biodiversity; food plants, herbs, flowers, fiber plants, heirlooms, medicinals and plants with no known value. Catalog $4, free seed list. Will ship seeds to Canada. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Good DEGROOT INC. P.O. Box 575 Coloma, MI 49038 Phone: unknown Perennials, especially daylilies and bulbs. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown PETER DE JAGER BULB CO. PO Box 2010 South Hamilton, MA 01982 Phone: unknown Bulbs. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown DEL'S JAPANESE MAPLES 4691 River Road Eugene OR 97404 (503) 688-5587 Sells Japanese Maples only, all grafted. Recent weather extremes have caused shortages at Del's for 1994. Retail and wholesale lists available separately. Quality: unknown Price: unknown. Service: unknown Variety: Fair DESERT MOON NURSERY P.O. Box 600FG Veguita, NM 87062 Phone: unknown Catalog $1. Agave, Yucca, s.w. Natives - adv in FINE GARDENING Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown DESERT NURSERY 1301 South Copper, Dept. FG Deming, NM 88030 Phone: unknown Winter-hardy cactus. SASE for catalog Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown DESERT THEATRE 17 Behler Rd. Watsonville, CA 95076 Phone: unknown Cactus & succulents. Catalog $2 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown DESIGNART JARDINS 243 Knowlton Rd. Knowlton, PQ J0E 1V0 Phone: unknown Imported garden ornaments, terra-cotta and stone containers, fountains. Catalog $7 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service; unknown Variety: unknown DIGGERS 105 Latrobe Parade, Dromana 3936 Aust. Phone: unknown Misc - Australian seeds and plants. Can't say anything about the service or even if they are still in business. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown DIGGING DOG NURSERY PO Box 471A Albion CA 95410 (707) 937-1130 Grasses, vines, trees and shrubs, perennials. Catalog $2.00. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HOWARD DILL RR1 Windsor, NS B0N 2T0 Phone: (902)798-2728 Pumpkin seeds, including 'Atlantic Giant' which produces 800 lb world record pumpkins. Free. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown DIXONDALE FARMS PO Box 127 Carrizo Springs Tx 78834 (210) 876-2430 Onion plants, lots of them. Free catalog Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown DOMINION SEED HOUSE Box 2500 Georgetown, ON L7G 5L6 Phone: (905)873-3037 or 1-800-567-4594 Extensive listings of flowers, vegetables, bulbs, plants and tools. Fall bulb catalogue. Free Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety; unknown DOOLEY GARDENS 210 North High Drive Hutchinson, MN 55350 Phone: unknown Chrysanthemums listings. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown DOROCO SEEDS P.O. Box 352 Loveland, CO 80539-0352 Phone: unknown Rare houseplants and flower seeds, books. Catalog $2 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown DOUBLE D-LITE GARDENS 3008 64th St. Brooklyn Center, MN 55429 Phone: unknown Daylilies and iris listings. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown DRAPER SEED DISTRIBUTOR ($1 cat) P.O. Box 825 Hildale, UT 84784 (800) 266-2685 Houseplants. Hypoestes, Chinese Fly-Catching Vine, Sensitive Plant, etc. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown DRAYCOTT GARDENS 16815 Falls Road Upperco, MD 21155 (410) 374-4788 Siberian Iris. Catalog $1 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown DRIPWORKS 380 Maple St. Willits , CA 95490. phone/fax: (707) 459-6323 Supplies, Equipment. This company has a really good catalog of drip (irrigation) systems. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown DUSTY'S HYBRID AFRICAN VIOLETS Box 56538 Woodbridge, ON L4L 1B1 Phone: unknown Standard, miniature, variegated, and trailing African violets. Two first-class stamps for catalog. Quality; unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown DUTCH GARDENS INC PO Box 200 Adelphia, NJ 07710 (908) 780-2713; fax (908) 708-7720 Good selection of basic Holland bulbs; good prices, esp in quantity (group order program esp.). Excellent color catalog with pictures of all cvs. Quality: excellent Price: $$$ Service: excellent Variety: excellent EARLY BIRD ECOLOGY & BAIT FARMS INC. RR1 Smithville, ON L0R 2A0 Phone: (905)643-4252 Indoor composters, redworms, worm castings and worm books. Free Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown EARLY'S FARM AND GARDEN CENTRE INC. 2615 Lorne Ave. Saskatoon, SK S7J 0S5 Phone: (306)931-1982, Fax: (306)931-7110 Flower and vegetable seeds for the prairies. Also seed potatoes, lawn seed, garden tools, supplies, pots. Free. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown EASTERN PLANT SPECIALTIES Box 226 Georgetown, ME 04548 (207) 371-2888 Have lots of trees and shrubs not found other places; some perennials. Broad selection of natives and wildflowers /woodsy type plants.Tremendous range of prices. Quality: Excellent Price: $ - $$$$ Service: Excellent Variety: Excellent EASTVILLE PLANTATION P.O. Box 337 Bogart, GA 30622 (800) 334-3001 Fruit - fruits, nuts, and berries. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ECLIPSE FARMS P.O. Box 459 High Ridge, MO 63049 (314) 677-3619 Tropical. Catalog $2. Anigozanthos, Callistemon, Protea, 2500 seed varieties, 150 plant varieties Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ECOGENESIS 16 Jedburgh Rd. Toronto, ON M5M 3J6 Phone: unknown Untreated insect and disease resistant vegetable seeds for organic gardens. $2 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown EDGEWOOD FARM NURSERY RR2 Box 303 Stanardsville, VA 22973 (804) 985-3782 Unusual herbs and perennials. Catalogue $2 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown EDIBLE LANDSCAPING P.O. Box 77 Afton, VA 22920 (804) 361-9134 Fruit trees. 16-page color catalog. Free. If they don't have it, it probably is not an uncommon fruiting plant that you need- excellent varieties of figs and citrus, but also super mulberries, persimmons, paw paws, juneberries, jujubes, and much more. Quality: Excellent Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Excellent EDMUND'S ROSES 6235 SW Kahle Road Wilsonville OR 97070 Phone: unknown Roses. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ENCHANTED VALLEY GARDENS 9123 N Territorial Rd Evansville WI 53536 (608) 882-4200 FAX (608) 882-6947 Daylilies. Free list. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ENDANGERED SPECIES Box 1830 Tustin, CA 92681-1830 (714) 544-9505 Rare, tropical. Specializes in bamboos, cycads, palms and the like. Catalog is $6, but wonderfully unique. Quality: Excellent Price: $$$ Service: Good Variety: Excellent ENGLERTH GARDENS 2461 22nd St., Rt 2 Hopkins, MI 49328 Phone: unknown Mostly daylilies and iris listed. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ENSATA GARDENS 9823 E. Michigan Ave. Galesburg, Michigan 49053 (616) 665-7500 Japanese Iris. Catalog $2 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown THE ENVIRONMENTAL COLLABORATIVE P.O. Box 539 Osseo, MN 55369 Phone: unknown Trees and shrubs - Deciduous, evergreen. Some fruit. Listings. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ENVIROSCAPES 1213 5th Ave So. Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1J 0V6 (403) 327-1902 Natives - Specializing in a variety of native Albertan grass seeds and wildflowers. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown EPI WORLD 10607 Glenview Ave., Dept. AH Cupertino, CA 95014 Phone: unknown Epiphyllum cactus. Catalog $2 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ERICACAEA P.O. Box 293 Deep River CT 06417 Phone: unknown David Leach hybrid rhododendrons, free list. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ERIKSON'S DAYLILY GARDENS 24642 51st Ave. Langley, BC V2Z 1H9 Phone: (604)856-5758 Over 400 varieties. $2 refundable. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown EVERGREEN Y.H. ENTERPRISES Box 17538 Anaheim, CA 92817 Phone: unknown Vegetables - Specializes in oriental vegetables (16 varieties of Chinese cabbage). Good selection of other veggies. Catalog $1, but refundable on first order. They will ship to Canada. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: Good Variety: Good EXOTICA RARE FRUIT NURSERY 2508-B Vista Way Vista, CA 92083 (619) 724-9093 Fruit. Large SASE for catalog. A list member reported in May 94 that he had requested a catalog in Dec 93 but had not heard from them. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown EXOTICA SEED CO. 8033 Sunset Blvd, Suite 125 W. Hollywood CA 90046 Phone: unknown General seeds and plants. Chile peppers. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown EXOTICS HAWAII, LTD. PO Box 10416 Honolulu HI 96816 Phone: unknown Orchids, tropical plants and seeds. SASE for lists. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown FAIRWEATHER GARDENS PO Box 330 Greenwich NJ 08323 Phone: unknown Trees and shrubs. Descriptive catalog $3.00. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown FAIRYLAND BEGONIA AND LILY GARDEN 1100 Griffith Road McKinleyville, CA 95521 (707) 839-3034 Misc - Cat $0.50, refundable Begonias, Rex, tuberous, fibrous, hybrid, and hardy garden lilies Quality: unknown Price: $$$ - $$$$ Service: unknown Variety: Good FANCY FRONDS 1911 4th Ave. W Seattle, WA. 98119 Phone: unknown Specialize in ferns. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown FANCY HIBISCUS 1142 S.W. 1st Avenue Pompano Beach, FL 33060 (800) 432-8332 Tropical - Prop Winn Soldoni. 250+ different varieties, all plants $12.50 each. Catalog $2.50. Getting plants to Canada is difficult, but Canadians may wish to call and see if arrangements can be made. Quality: unknown Price: $$$ Service: unknown Variety: Excellent FANTASY FARMS NURSERY Box 157 Peck, ID 83545 Phone: unknown Trees and shrubs. Evergreen tree listing. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown FAR NORTH GARDENS Box 126 New Hudson, Michigan 48165-0126 (810) 486-4203 Specializes in primula plants and seeds, many varieties. Cat $2.00. Will ship to Canada Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: Good Variety: Good (primulas) FAR WEST FUNGI PO Box 428 San Francisco, CA 94083 Phone: unknown Supplies for mushroom growing. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown FEDCO SEEDS P.O. Box 520 Waterville ME 04903 (207) 873-73333 General. Veg, herb and flower seeds, selected for flavor, productivity and suitability to northeastern U.S. climate. Catalog $2. Will ship seeds to Canada. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown FERNCLIFF GARDENS 8394 McTaggart St. SS1 Mission, BC V2V 6S6 Phone: (604)826-2447, Fax: (604)826-4316 Gladiola, irises, peonies, daylilies and new dahlias. Free. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown T. D. FIELD FERNS & WILDFLOWERS 395 Newington Rd Newington NH 03801 (603) 436-0457 Wildflowers, ferns. Free list. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown FIELDSTONE GARDENS, INC. 620 Quaker Lane Vassalboro ME 04989 (207) 923-3836 Perennials. Descriptive catalog $1.50. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown FILAREE FARM Route 1, Box 162 Okanogan, WA 98840 (509) 422-6940 Catalog $2; specialize in garlic only (more than 300 varieties). The owner has also written an excellent book on growing garlic. They give a family tree of the garlic varities, have precise descriptions of the different varities including taste and keeping qualities. Small lots and bulk. Quality: Excellent Price: $$ Service: Excellent Variety: {Garlic only} FISCHER GREENHOUSES Poplar Ave & Blackman Rd. Linwood, N.J. 08224 Phone: unknown Houseplants. Specialists in African Violet plants and products. Some photos. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown FISH LAKE GARLIC MAN RR2 Demorestville, ON K0K 1W0 Phone: (613)476-8030 More than 20 varieties of organically grown garlic. Seeds, bulbs, and growing info. $2 with SASE. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown PHYLLIS FLECHSIG CACTI & SUCCULENT 619 Orpheus Ave. Encinitas, CA 92024 Phone: unknown Cactus and succulents. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown FLEUR D'EAU INC. 6 Route 237 , Box 120 Standridge East, PQ J0J 2H0 Phone: (514)248-7008, Fax: (514)248-4623 Aquatic plants, liners, pumps, everything for water gardens. $4 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown FLORIBUNDA PALMS P.O. Box 635 Mt. View, HI 96711 Phone: unknown Tropicals. SASE legal-size for list. 150+ spp, specializing in palms from S.Pacific, Madagascar, Australia and Hawaii Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown FLOWER SCENT GARDENS 14820 Moine Rd Doylestown OH 44230 Phone: unknown Fragrant perennials. Catalog $1.00, refundable. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown FLOWERPLACE PLANT FARM P.O. Box 4865 Meridian, MS 39304 (800) 482-4686 Perennials, wildflowers, herbs, and ornamental grasses. Catalog $3 Quality: Good Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Good FLOWERS & FRIENDS MINIATURE ROSES 9590 100th St SE Alto, MI 49302 (616) 891-1226 Miniature roses. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown FLOWERTOWN BONSAI 207 E. Luke St Summerville SC 29483 (803) 821-8347 Bonsai. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown THE FLOWERY BRANCH P.O. Box 1330-HC6 Flowery Branch, GA 30542 (404) 536-8380 Fax: (404) 532-7825 Ornamental. Seeds of herbs, everlastings (separate colors), medicinal and unusual ornamentals and edibles. This is a collector's catalog and prices seemed very reasonable. Catalog $2 Quality: unknown Price: $ Service: unknown Variety: unknown FOLIAGE GARDENS 2003 128th Ave. SE Bellevue, WA 98005 (206)747-2998 Ornamental - Hardy and exotic spore-grown ferns. Also, Japanese maple cultivars. 12-page typewritten catalog $1, has brief descriptions, and one page of color pictures. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Good FORESTFARM 990 Tetherfine Road Williams, OR 97544-9599 (503)846-7269 Ornamental - Extensive catalog $3; woody plants, ferns, grasses, perennials. They do ship to Calif. & Canada observing required restrictions. Canadians: when they send a catalog, they provide special instructions. Quality: Excellent Price: $$ Service: Excellent Variety: Excellent FORESTLAKE GARDENS LOW Box 535 Locust Grove, VA 22508 Phone: unknown Seeds and plants of daylilies. Photos and descriptions. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown FOREVERGREEN FARM 70 New Gloucester Road North Yarmouth ME 04021 (207)829-5830 fax: 207-829-6512 Roses. Suzanne Verrier, proprietor. Catalog $1: they have old fashioned, shrub and hardy roses. They have many Griffith Buck hybrids. Another small catalog, with the feel of dedicated persons behind it. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: unknown FOUR SEASONS NURSERY Dept. 9, 1706 Morrissey Dr. Bloomington, IL 61704 (309) 663-9551 Ornamental, fruit. Four Seasons sells a wide variety of nursery stock, like trees and shrubs, and bulbs. They also have a limited selection of garden supplies. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown FOX HILL NURSERY Lunt Rd Freeport ME 04032 (207)729-1511 Own-root lilacs, more than 50 vars. Catalog $2.00. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown FOX HOLLOW HERB & HEIRLOOM SEED CO. P.O. Box 148 McGrann, PA. 16236 Phone: unknown General. All kinds of heirloom veg.seeds, a lot offer .35 samplers or .75 packets, some are .95 to $1.20. Tell how and when to plant on each one. Flowers same price and many 'esoteric' ones along with Latin name Quality: unknown Price: $ Service: unknown Variety: unknown THE FRAGRANT PATH P.O.Box 328 Fort Calhoun, Nebraska 68023 Phone: unknown All sorts of fragrant flowers & herbs. Seeds of fragrant varieties as well as old fashioned scentless varieties. Catalog $1 Quality: Excellent Price: $ (most flower seeds are $1, herbs are $.75) Service: Excellent Variety: Excellent FRENCH'S BULB IMPORTER street address unknown Pittsfield, VT. 05762-0565 Phone: unknown Many species and unusual bulbs.Short descriptions. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown FRON NURSERY Fron Issa, Rhiwlas, Oswestry, United Kingdom SY10 7JH (+44) 69176 605 Trees and Shrubs. Unknown about shipping outside the U.K. Prices seem relatively cheap, but most specimens are small. Quality: Unknown Price: $$ Service: Average Variety: Good FROSTY HOLLOW NURSERY Box 53 Langley, WA 98260 Phone: unknown Sells trees and shrub seed in large and small quantities. Order deadlines. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown FRUITLAND NURSERY 12571 Red Hill Ave. Tustin, CA 92680 Phone: unknown Bamboo source; send $1 and SASE for cat. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MILES W FRY & SONS 300 Frysville Rd. Ephrata, PA. 17522 Phone: unknown Some deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs, and groundcovers. Listings. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown FUNGI PERFECTI PO Box 7634 Olympia WA 98507 (206) 426-9292, FAX (206) 426-9377 Mushrooms. Shiitake, oyster, morels, reishi, and king stropharia. Extensive line of spawn and supplies. Free brochure for SASE, or send $3.00 for 80-page color catalog. Takes credit cards. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown GARDEN CITY SEEDS 1324 Red Crow Road Victor, MT 59875 (406) 961-4837 Vegetables. Hardy varieties, many are heirloom, organic and/or open- pollinated. Roots and tubers. Free catalog. Will ship seeds to Canada. Quality: Good Price: unknown Service: Good Variety: unknown GARDEN OF DELIGHT 2018 Mayo St Hollywood, Fl 33020 Phone: unknown Palms, rare tropical and sub-tropical fruit. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown GARDEN OF DELIGHTS 14560 SW 14th Street Davie, FL 33325 (305)370-9004 The Cormans, Murray & Debby. featuring a unique selection of palms, rare fruit trees and horticultural curiosities - we ship worldwide Rare. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown GARDEN PERENNIALS Rt 1 Wayne, NE 68787 Phone: unknown Perennial plants, especially daylilies listed.($1) Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown GARDEN PLACE 6780 Heisley Rd., P.O. Box 388 Mentor, Oh 44061-0388 Phone: unknown Extensive listing of perennial plants. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown GARDENER'S EDEN P.O. Box 7307 San Francisco, CA 94120-7307 (800)822-9600 Cust. Service: 1-800-822-1214 Fax: (415) 421- 5153 Supplies, equipment. Mostly upscale garden-stuff, like furniture, birdhouses, and so forth. No plants to speak of. Quality: Good Price: $$$ Service: Good Variety: Good (for supplies) GARDENER'S SUPPLY COMPANY 128 Intervale Rd. Burlington VT 05401 (800) 444-6417 Outside US: (802) 863-1700 TDD: (802) 660- 3530 Fax: (802) 660-4600 Garden supplies, equipment, greenhouses, plant foods. Emphasizes organics, but not rigid about it. At one time it was connected with National Gardening. Quality: Excellent Price: $$ Service: Good Variety: Excellent GARDENIMPORT INC PO Box 760 Thornhill, Ontario, Canada L3T 4A5 Phone: unknown Cat $4 English perennials, lilacs, bulbs, seeds; N. Am. agents of Suttons Seeds of Great Britain; some European cvs.In the perennial line, it distributes a lot a material from Adrian Bloom (Bressingham gardens, in England). It always has a limited, but fine, selection of clematis; of rarities like Arisaema amurense, A. consanguineum, A. candidissimum.Will ship to U.S. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown GARDENS ALIVE 5100 Schenley Place Lawrenceburg IN 47025 (812) 537-8650 Fax: (812) 537-5108 Supplies, equipment for organic gardeners. Quality: Excellent Price: $$ Service: Excellent Variety: Good GARDENS NORTH 5984 Third Line Road, R.R. 3 North Gower, Ontario, Canada K0A 2T0 (613) 489-0065 Cat $4. 800 varieties of perennials from seed, selected for hardiness, and hard-to-find varieties. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: Excellent Variety: Excellent GARDENS OF THE BLUE RIDGE P.O. Box 10 Pineola, NC 28662 Phone: unknown Specialize in native Southeast plants, trees and shrubs.Descriptions and some photos.($2) Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown GARDENWORKS P.O. Box 1357 Ukiah CA 95482 Phone: unknown Bonsai and rock garden plants. Catalog $1.00. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown GAYBIRD NURSERIES PO Box 42 Wawanesa, Manitoba Canada R0K 2GO Phone: unknown Lilies specialist Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown GAZE SEED CO P.O. Box 640, 9 Buchanan St St John's, NFLD, Canada A1C 5K8 (709) 722-4590, FAX: (709)722-9945 Vegetables and flowers seed, turf grass and bulbs. Catalog $2 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown D.S. GEORGE NURSERIES 2491 Penfield Rd. Fairport, NY 14450 Phone: unknown Descriptions of many varieties of clematis Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown GILBERG PERENNIAL FARM 2906 Ossenfort Rd. Glencoe, MO 63038 Phone: unknown Perennial plants including bamboo, grasses, vines and shrubs. Descriptions($2) Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown GILES RAMBLIN' ROSES 2968 SR 710 Okeechobee, FL 34974 (813) 763-6611 Roses. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown GILSON GARDENS Dept. H, P.O. Box 277 Perry, OH 44081 Phone: unknown Hardy cactus Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown GIRARD NURSERIES P.O. Box 428 Geneva, Ohio 44041 (216) 466-2881 Trees and shrubs, and tree seeds Quality: Good Price: $$ Service: Good Variety: Good GLADSIDE GARDENS 61 Main St Northfield, MA 01360. Phone: unknown List $1 gladiolas, dahlias, cannas, unusual bulbs Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown GLASSHOUSE WORKS P.O. Box 97, Stewart, OH 45778-0097 (614) 662-2142 Catalog $1.50. Has variety of herb seeds, grasses, plants, some tropical. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown GOING BANANAS 24401 SW 197th Ave. Homestead, FL 33031-1174 (305) 247-0397 fax:(305) 247-7077. Bananas. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Good GOLDEN BOUGH TREE FARM Box 99 Marlbank, ON K0K 2L0 Phone: unknown Shade, flowering, fruit and nut trees. Winter hardy exotic evergreens. $2/2yrs Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown GOODWIN CREEK GARDENS Box 83 Williams, OR 97544 (503) 846-7357 Wide variety of perennials, everlastings, herbs, seeds and plants. A good source for lavender. Catalog $1. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown GOSSLER FARMS NURSERY 1200 Weaver Rd. Springfield, OR 97478 (503) 746-3922 or 747-0749 Tropical, trees and shrubs, rare. Embothrium (Proteaceae). Magnolia, Kalmia, other rare shrubs and trees. Catalog $2 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown GOTTARD NURSERY RR2 Dalkeith, ON K0B 1E0 Phone: (613) 874-2304 Trees and shrubs hardy to eastern Ontario. $2 refundable Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown GOURMET GARDENER 8650 College Blvd Overland Park, Kansas 66210 (913)345-0490 150 varieties of hard-to-find herbs, vegetables and edible wildflowers. $2 refundable. On the Web - http://metroux.metrobbs.com/tgg/ Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown GOURMET MUSHROOMS PO Box 515F Graton, CA 95444 Phone: unknown Morel mushroom spawn Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown RUSSELL GRAHAM, PURVEYOR OF PLANTS 4030 Eagle Crest Rd NW Salem OR 97304 Phone: unknown Ornamentals. Listed as a source for woodland Anemones. Also, other perennials and bulbs. Catalog $2.00. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown GREAT BASIN NATIVES 770 W 400 S Provo UT 84601 Phone: unknown Natives - plants from the Great Basin. Catalog $1.00. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown GREEN SPOT 93 Priest Road Barrington NH 03825 (603) 942-8925, FAX (603) 942-8932 Beneficial insects with much info on how to set up beneficials in your garden Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown GREEN ESCAPE P.O. Box 1417 Palm Harbor, FL 34682 (813)784-1991 FAX:(803) 787-0193 Tropical. Catalog $6. The largest variety (300+ species) of mail order palms. Palms tend to be on the small side. Good cultural tips. Quality: Good Prices: $$ - $$$ Service: Excellent Variety: Excellent GREENLADY GARDENS 1415 Eucalyptus Drive San Francisco, CA 94132 (415) 753-3332, Ornamental. "Trying to contact them by phone would have made Job glad for the few paltry tests to which he was subjected. But the following year another catalog duly rolled in, I duly ordered from it, and although it took quite an extended time, I got everything I ordered in good condition." Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown GREENLEE NURSERY 301 E. Franklin Avenue Pomona CA 91766 (909) 629-9045 FAX: (909) 620-9283 Catalog $5, price list free. Has a list with about 150 varieties of ornamental grasses and their performance under western growing conditions. Will ship to Canada but no plants to Hawaii. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Excellent GREENWOOD DAYLILY GARDENS 5595 E.7th St. #490 Long Beach, Ca 90804 (310)494-8944 Fax (310)494-0486 Daylilies. Catalog and an illustrated poster is $ 5.00 but deductible from the first purchase. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: Good GREER GARDENS 1280 Goodpasture Island Rd Eugene OR 97401 (800) 548-0111 Ornamental - Rhododendrons, azaleas, trees and shrubs, vines, and bonsai stock. Catalog $3.00 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown GRIGSBY CACTUS GARDEN 2354 Bella Vista Dr. Vista, CA 92084 Phone: unknown Cactus. Catalog $2. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown GRIMO NUT NURSERY 979 Lakeshore Rd. RR3 Niagra-on-the-Lake, ON L0S 1J0 Phone and fax: (905)935-6887 Grafted nut trees, seedlings, minor fruits. $2 refundable Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown GROWER'S SERVICE CO. PO Box 445-A Hartland, MI 48353 (810) 632-6525 fax (810)632-6566 Ornamental - Bulbs, perennials, daylilies, orchids, herbs. Membership $5 deductible Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown GURNEY'S 110 Capital Street Yankton, SD 57079 (605) 665-1930 A basic seed and plant catalogue. A couple complimentary comments from Gardens members. Quality: Good Price: $$ Service: Good Variety: Good HABITAT PLANTS 9730 Center Valley Rd Sandpoint ID 83864 (208) 265-5873 Uncommon trees and shrubs for colder climates. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HALIFAX SEED CO. INC Box 8026, 5860 Kane St. Halifax, NS B3K 5L8 (902) 454-7456 Established 1886. Flower, herb, and vegetable seeds; bulbs, roses, perennials, seed kits, more. Free catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HALIFAX SEED CO. INC Box 2021, 664 Rothesay Ave. Saint John, NB E2L 3T5 (506) 633-2032 Established 1886. Flower, herb, and vegetable seeds; bulbs, roses, perennials, seed kits, more. Free catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HAMLET & GARNEAU INC 933 Michelin Laval PQ H7L 5B6 (514) 629-1776, FAX (514) 629-1197 Pond supplies - plants, pump equipment, koi, fish food and more. Free catalog Quality; unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HAND ROSES Rt. 2, Box 611 Tyler, TX 75704 Phone: unknown Roses. Mostly hybrid teas and floribundas listed Quality: Average Price: $$ Service: Average Variety: Average HARBORCREST GARDENS Box 5430, Stn. B Victoria, B.C. V8R 6S4 Phone: unknown Houseplants. Free catalog. New info (Aug 94) says they carry mostly African violets with a limited guarantee. They do not ship to the U.S. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HARDY ROSES FOR THE NORTH Box 2048C Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada V0H 1H0 (604) 443-8442 Fax: (604) 442-2766 Cat $2 deductible. Own root roses. Ag Canada Explorer and Parkland series, a few English, rugosas and minis too. This is the Canadian address, there is an U.S. one as well. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: unknown HARDY ROSES FOR THE NORTH Box 273 Danville, WA 99121-0273 (800) 442-8122, fax (800) 442-3122 Cat $2 deductible. Own root roses. Ag Canada Explorer and Parkland series, a few English, rugosas and minis too. This is the U.S. address, there is a Canadian one as well. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: unknown HARRIS SEEDS PO Box 22960 Rochester NY 14692 Phone: unknown General vegetable and flower seeds. Free catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HARTMANN'S PLANTATION INC Box E, 310 60th Street Grand Junction, MI 49056 (616) 253-4281 Edible fruit and ornamental plants, blueberries, and supplies. Free catalog Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: Good HAWAIIAN BOTANICALS 210 11771 King Rd. Richmond, BC V7A 3B5 Phone: unknown Exotic plants, Australian and tropical seeds. $1 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown HAWAIIAN GARDEN CENTRE AND NURSERY LTD. 140 Lake St. St. Catherines, ON L2R 5Y1 Phone: (905)684-9093 (905)684-1556, Fax: (905)988-5353 Specialists in water gardening, own acquatic nursery stock, bonsai. Free Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown HAWAIIAN PACIFIC EXOTICS 7860 Malahat Ave. Richmond, BC V7A 4H2 Phone: (604)275-0169 or 1-800-665-6677 Over 60 plumeria hybrids, 20 anthuriums. $3 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown HEATHS-N-HEATHERS P.O. Box 850 Elma Wa 98541 Phone: unknown Misc - 100 varieties of heathers, SASE for list Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HEIRLOOM GARDEN SEEDS P.O. Box 138 Guerneville, CA 95446 Phone: unknown 400 old-fashioned flowers and herbs. Cat $4, will ship to Canada. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HEIRLOOM OLD GARDEN ROSES 24062 NE Riverside Drive St. Paul OR 97137 (503) 538-1576 Roses. Catalog $5, many color photos. Only old roses - no hybrid teas. Since they are a custom propagator, it may take some time to receive orders that are currently out of stock. Quality: Good Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HEIRLOOM SEEDS Box 245 West Elizabeth, PA 15088-0245 Phone: unknown General. Presumably heirloom vegetables, possibly flowers. Catalog $1.00. Quality: Good Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HELICONIA AND GINGER GARDENS P.O. Box 79161 Houston, TX 77279-9161 Phone: unknown Heliconias, gingers, related tropicals. $2 color sheet/list. Ship April through September Quality: unknown Price: $$$ - $$$$ Service: unknown . Variety: Fair HELICONIA HAUS 12691 S.W. 104th St. Miami, FL 33186 Phone: unknown Tropical heliconias. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HENRIETTA'S NURSERY 1345-E N. Brawley Fresno, CA 93722 Phone: unknown Catalog $.50. 1000 cactus varieties Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HENRY FIELDS 415 North Burnett Shenandoah, Iowa 51602 (605) 665-9361 Fax: (605) 665-2601 Customer Service: (605) 665-4491 General seeds, plants, bulbs. Photos, descriptions. Won't ship a lot of stuff to CA. Quality: Average Price: $$ Service: Average Variety: Average THE HERB FARM RR4 Norton, NB E0G 2N0 Phone: (506)839-2140 More than 80 herbs, scented geraniums and other plants. Hints on growing, harvesting and use are included in the catalogue. Catalogue and free seeds $5, price list $2 with SASE Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown HERBS-LICIOUS 1702 S. Sixth St. Marshalltown Iowa 50158 Phone: unknown Herbs. Catalog $2 refundable. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HERITAGE GARDENS 1 MeadowRidge Rd. Shenandoah, IA 51601-0700 Phone: unknown Perennials, roses and products. Photos and descriptions. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HERITAGE SEED PROGRAM RR 3 Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada L9P 1R3 Phone: unknown Similar to Seed Savers Exchange, but Canadian. Magazine published 3x year. Membership $18 Canadian, $18 U.S & foreign. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HERONSWOOD NURSERY 7530 288th Street NE Kingston WA 98346 (206) 297-4172 FAX: (206) 297-8321 Offer a good selection of rare and unusual trees and shrubs, vines, perennials and grasses.106-page catalog, $3.00, full descriptions, no pictures. Highly regarded. Quality: unknown Price: $ to $$ Service: unknown Variety: Good to Excellent HIDDEN GARDEN NURSERY 13515 SE Briggs Milwaukie, OR 97222-6117 Phone: unknown Miniature roses. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown A HIGH COUNTRY GARDEN 2902 Rufina Street Santa Fe NM 87501-2929 (800) 925-9387, Comments & Questions (505) 438-3031 Ornamentals, natives. This catalog is put out by Santa Fe Greenhouses, it's exclusively plants and they only ship to continental U.S. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HIGH COUNTRY ROSARIUM 1717 Downing Street Denver CO 80218 Phone: unknown Roses. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HIGHLAND SUCCULENTS 1446 Bear Run Rd Gallipolis, OH 45631 (614) 256-1428 fax (614) 256-1454 $2 catalog. Caudiciforms, Euphorbia, Pachypodium & much more. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HILDENBRANDT'S IRIS GARDENS HC 84, Box 4 Lexington, NE 68850-9304 Phone: unknown Ornamentals - Iris, oriental poppies, peonies, hostas and lilies listings. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HILLARY'S GARDEN PO Box 378 Sugar Loaf NY 10981-0378 Phone: unknown Perennials and herbs, organically grown. Catalog $2.00, refundable. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HISTORICAL ROSES 1657 West Jackson St. Painesville, OH 44077 (216) 357-7270 Roses - Listing of old roses and some hybrid teas. SASE for list. All roses $8.50 ea. (1994-1995) Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Fair HOLBROOK FARM & NURSERY 115 Lance Road, P.O. Box 368 Fletcher, NC 28732-0368 (704) 891-7790; FAX - (704) 891-1505 Primarly choice perennials, they also have a few shrubs and vines. Handsomely printed with many good color photographs, I keep this catalog on my reference shelf. They will ship to Calif., Oregon, & Washington, but only 2 times a year (Mar 1 & Oct 1) Quality: Good Price: $$ (average) Service: Good Variety: Excellent HOLIDAY CACTUS 101 County Line Rd. Griffin, GA. 30223 Phone: unknown Specialize in Christmas cactus. Photos and descriptions.($2) Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HOLLADAY JUNGLE P.O. Box 5727E Fresno, CA 93755 (209) 229-9858 Tillandsia (Bromeliads) Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HOLLAND BULB FARMS 423 Broad St., P.O. Box 220 Tatamy, PA 18085-0220 (800) 283-5082 Another bulb catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HOLLAND BULB FARMS PO Box 127 Westwood, NJ 07676 Phone: unknown Dutch bulb importer Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HOLLY LANE IRIS GARDENS 10930 Holly Lane Osseo, MN 55369 Phone: unknown Species and bearded iris listings. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HOLLYVALE FARM Box 69 Humptulips WA 98552 (206) 987-2218. Misc - Unusual varieties of holly can be found here. They also send out cut holly for the holidays. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HOMEPLACE GARDEN P.O. Box 300 Commerce GA 30529 Phone: unknown Ornamental - Azaleas, rhododendrons, maples, kalmia, hostas, dwarf conifers. Also other rare plants including styrax, stewartia, gaultheria, and ferns. Catalog $2.00. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HOMESTEAD FARM (no street address) Owensville MO 65066 (314)437-4277 Ornamental - Daylilies, hosta, iris, peonies. Free catalogue Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HONEYWOOD LILIES Box 68 Parkside SK S0J2A0 (306) 747-3296 Lilies, perennials, peonies. Catalog $2, refundable. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HORIZON SEEDS P.O. Box 886 Hereford, TX 79045 (806) 258-7288 or 7280 General . Specializes in native grasses and wild-flowers; also sells hybrid corn and sorgham, legumes and cool season grasses. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown JERRY HORNE 10195 S.W. 70 St. Miami, FL 33173 Phone: unknown Tropical. SASE for list. Aroids, epiphytic ferns, staghorn ferns, palms, cycads. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HORTICA GARDENS Box 308 Placerville, CA 95667 Phone: unknown Specialize in Bonsai plants. Listings. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HORTICO 723 Robson Road, RR #1 Waterdown, Ontario, Canada LOR 2H1 (905) 689-9323, Fax: (905) 689-6566 Grows over 550 varieties of roses including many of the old fashioned and species roses. Also a perennial catalog - grasses, ferns, herbs, natives. Cat $3 each. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HORTICULTURAL ENTERPRISES P.O. Box 810082 Dallas, Texas 75381-0082 Phone: unknown Vegetables - Semillas Autenticas Mexicanas--especially peppers. (ed. note: I bet this means Authentic Mexican Seeds...) Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HORTICULTURAL SYSTEMS INC P.O. Box 70 Parrish, FL 34219 Phone: unknown Natives - Listing of native plants for coastal and freshwater environments. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HORTIGIFTS Box 551329 Dallas TX 75355-1329 Phone: unknown Houseplants. Caladium bulbs. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HOT SEEDS PO Box 497 Happy Camp CA 96039 Phone: unknown Vegetables. Ornamental edibles - herbs, flowers, peppers, tomatoes, or salads. Sampler $3.00. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HOWE SOUND SEEDS Box 109 Bowen Island, BC V0N 1G0 Phone: unknown Specializes in open-pollinated vegetable varieties grown in the Howe Sound region of B.C. during the late Victorian period (1885-1901). Send four first class stamps. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown HSU'S GINSENG ENTERPRISES P.O. Box 509 Wausau, WI 54402-0509 Phone: unknown Misc - Ginseng. $2 for booklet and price list Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown J.L. HUDSON, SEEDSMAN P.O. Box 1058 Redwood City, CA 94064 Phone: none Catalog $1. Flowers, veggies, books, trees and a special section of seeds from Mexico. All seeds are open-pollenated, public domain, and he encourages biodiversity. He ships to Canada. Quality: Good Price: $$ Service: Good Variety: Excellent HUFF'S GARDENS P.O. Box 187 Burlinggton, KS 66839 Phone: unknown Chrysanthemums - Extensive mum listings ($1) Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown HURONVIEW NURSERIES 6429 Brigden Rd RR1 Bright's Grove, ON N0N 1C0 Phone: (519)869-4689, Fax: (519)869-8518 Over 3000 orchids, supplies. Free list Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown HUROV'S TROPICAL SEEDS P.O. Box 1596 Chula Vista, CA 92012 Phone: unknown Tropical. One member said " Several years ago, I ordered seeds from Hurov's which never came. I called, wrote letters, got promises and excuses and rudeness, and eventually the seed. Not worth the hassle!" Quality: fair Price: fair Service: Poor Variety: fair IMPORTED DUTCH BULBS P.O. Box 32 Cavendish VT 05142 Phone: unknown Bulbs. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown IN PURSUIT OF PLANTS 119 Poppy Court Walnut Creek CA 94596 Phone: unknown Offers complete perennial gardens - plans and plants. Catalog $1.00. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown INTERMOUNTAIN CACTUS 2344 S. Redwood Rd. Salt Lake City, UT 84119 Phone: unknown Large SASE for catalog. Hardy cactus and a few agaves and yuccas. Field grown plants which are bare-rooted in the spring for shipping. Quality: Excellent Prices: $$ Service: Good Varieties Offered: Good INTERSTATE NURSERY P.O. Box 208 Hamburg, IA 51640-0208 Phone: unknown Irises and some bulbs. Photos. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown IRENE'S TOPIARIES 3045 N. Academy Sanger, CA 93657 (209) 875-8447 Misc- topiary. Prices run from $8.00 to $270.00. Unsure as of May 94 if the company is still good or if the prices are higher now. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown IRIS & PLUS 1269 Rte. 139, Box 903 Sutton PQ J0E 2K0 (514) 538-2048 Over 400 species of bearded iris, daylilies, hostas, astilbes, and unusual perennials. $2 refundable. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown IRIS TEST GARDEN 1010 Highland Park Dr. College Park, WA 99324 Phone: unknown Mostly novelty iris listings. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ISON'S NURSERY & VINEYARDS P.O. Box 190, 6855 Newnan Road Brooks, GA 30205 Phone: (404) 599-6970 or (800) 733-0324 Fruit - 16-page catalog with color pictures. Muscadine grapes and other fine fruits and berries for the Deep South. Also drip irrigation supplies. Ship plants Nov. 15 to May 15. Prices for muscadines: $1.40 to $6.00 per vine, depending on age. Quality: unknown Prices: $$ Service: unknown Variety: excellent J'S CUSTOM KOI PONDS 14050 FM 848 Whitehouse TX 75791 (903) 566-1171 Aquatic. Waterlilies, lotus, aquatic plants, koi, EPDM liners. SASE for list. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown J. W. JUNG SEED CO. 335 S. High St. Randolph, WI 53957-0001 (414) 326-4100(orders) (414) 326-3123(cust service) General - Since 1907. General seed/plant/supplies catalog. Nothing exotic. Features heirlooms and short season varieties. Free catalog Quality: Good Price: $ Service: Excellent Variety: Good JACKSON & PERKINS P.O. Box 1028 Medford, OR 97501 (800) 292-4769 Lots of roses, other perennials. Free catalog. Most comments are positive. Will not ship to Canada Quality: average Price: $$ Service: good Variety: good JACQUES AMAND P.O. Box 59001 Potomac MD 20859 Phone: unknown Bulbs; free catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown JAPONICA 36484 Camp Creek Rd Springfield OR 97478 Phone: unknown Aquatic. Waterlilies, lotus, bog plants. SASE for list. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown JERIGAN GARDENS Rt. 6, Box 593 Dunn, NC 28334 Phone: unknown Daylilies and some iris and hosta listed. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown JOE'S P.O. Box 1867, Dept. H Vista, CA 92085-1867 Phone: unknown Cat $2. Cycads, palms, agaves, aloes, bromeliads, caudiciforms, dasylirions, nolinas. Small plants with some exceptions. Good deals. Quality: Good Price: $$ Service: Good Varities: Excellent JOHNNY'S SELECTED SEEDS 310 Foss Hill Road Albion, ME 04910-9731 (207) 437-9294 Highly recommended, especially for short-season crops. Veg, herb, flower and specialty seed. Free catalog with detailed cultural info. Will ship seeds to Canada. Quality: Good Price: $ Service: Good Variety: Good JOY CREEK NURSERY 20300 NW Watson Rd Scappoose OR 97056 Phone: unknown 1000 hardy perennials, incl. penstemons, dianthus, clematis, salvias and Northwest natives. Catalog $2.00, refundable. Quality: Good Price: $ - $$ Service: Good Variety: Good JUSTICE MINIATURE ROSES 5947 SW Kahle Rd. Wilsonville, OR 97070 (503) 682-2370 Miniature Roses. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown K&L CACTUS/SUCCULENT NURSERY 9500 Brook Ranch Rd. East Ione, CA 95640\ Phone: unknown Catalog $2. Cactus and succulents. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown KAPOHO PALMS PO Box 3 Pahoa HI 96778 (808) 936-2580 Tropicals. Palm and cycad seedlings. $1.00 for price list. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown KARTUZ GREENHOUSES 1408 Sunset Drive Vista, CA 92083 (619) 941-3613 Misc - Begonias, gesneriads, rare plants. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown KAW VALLEY ASPARAGUS FARM 1446 E. 1850 Rd. Lawrence, KS 66046 Phone: unknown Vegetables - They are commercial producers of asparagus and have been growing a huge you-pick operation for years. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown THE KELLEY FARM 15788 Kelley Farm Road Elk River, MN 55330 Phone: unknown Vegetable - The MN Historical Society uses them propagate and sell heirloom varieties of vegies and fruits. Apparently they provide seeds and advice on growing heirloom species (how to save seeds from open-pollinated plants) Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown KELLY'S PLANT WORLD 10266 E Princeton Sanger, CA 93657. Phone: unknown Price list $1, refundable. Cannas and other summer bulbs. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown KENT LILIES 2009 Edgewood Rd NE Grand Rapids, MI 49505 Phone: unknown Lilies. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown KESTER'S WILD GAME FOOD NURSERIES PO Box 516 Omro, WI 54963 Phone: unknown Natives. Cat $2 Specialist in species favored for food and cover by game animals Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown KILGORE SEED CO. 1400 W. First St. Sanford FL 32771 (407) 323-6630 Seeds for Florida, the Gulf Coast and sub-tropical and tropical climates. Primarily vegetables, few flower and herb seeds. Catalog $1 refundable. Will ship seeds to Canada. Quality: unknown Price: $ to $$ Service: unknown Variety: Fair to Good KING'S MUMS P.O. Box 368 Clements, CA 95227 Phone: unknown Chrysanthemums. Mum descriptions and photos. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown KLEHM NURSERY Rt. 5, Box 197 South Barrington, IL 60010 (312) 551-3715 Ornamental - Peonies, Hostas, Daylilies, Irises. Color catalog. Descriptions. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown V. KRAUS NURSERIES LTD. Box 180 Carlisle, ON L0R 1H0 Phone: (905)689-4022 Hardy fruit trees, ornamental trees, evergreens, hedge plants, vines, shrubs, roses. $1 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown LAGENBACH Box 453 Blairstown, NJ 07825-0453 Phone: (800) 362-1991 Supplies, Equipment catalog. Top quality, though quite expensive. Quality: Excellent Price: $$$ to $$$$ Service: unknown Variety: unknown LAKELAND NURSERY P.O. Box 4 Hanover, PA. 17333-0004 Phone: unknown Trees and shrubs, fruit. Descriptions and some photos of shrubs, fruits and products. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown LAKESHORE TREE FARMS LTD. Box 2A RR3 Saskatoon, SK S7K 3J6 Phone: (306)382-2077, Fax: (306)382-6433 Saskatoon bushes, fruit and shade trees, perennials. $2 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown LAMB NURSERY E 101 Sharp Ave. Spokane, WA 99202 Phone: unknown Specialize in hardy perennials and rock garden plants. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown LARNER SEEDS P.O. Box 407, 235 Fern Rd Bolinas, CA 94924 Phone: unknown Natives. Catalog price 75 cents (may be more now) Larner specializes in seeds for the western landscape. Many will thrive under dry condiitons. Two pamphlets, Notes on Growing California Wildflowers and Notes on Natural Design are also available. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown LAURAY OF SALISBURY 432 Undermountain Rd. Salisbury, CT 06068 (203) 435-2263 $2 Catalog; Orchids, Gesneriads, Begonias, cactus and succulents Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown LAURIE'S GARDEN 41866 McKenzie Hwy. Springfield, OR 97478 (503) 896-3756 Beardless iris (including 199 varieties of Japanese iris) and perennial listings. Quality: good Price: $$ Service: good Variety: good LEE VALLEY TOOLS LTD. 1080 Morrison Dr. Ottawa, ON K2H 8K7 Phone: 1-800-267-8767 or (613)596-0350, Fax: 1-800-668-1807 Unique, high quality, hard-to-find garden tools. Free Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown LENINGTON GARDENS 7007 Manchester Ave. Kansas City, MO 64133 Phone: unknown Many types of daylilies. Descriptions.20-page catalog listing approx. 1000 daylilies; no pictures; free. Most daylilies $4.00 to $6.00. Postage & Packing is $3, plus $0.25 per plant. Ship mid-April thru mid-June and mid- Aug. to Oct. 1. Quality: unknown Price: $ to $$ Service: unknown Variety: Excellent A.M. LEONARD, INC. P. O. Box 816, 241 Fox Drive Piqua, Ohio 45356 (800) 543-8955 or (513) 773-2694, Fax: (800) 433-0633 Free 80-page catalog. Large selection of tools and supplies. Many nurserymen, arborists, landscapers, and foresters use this resource regularly. They also sell to home gardeners. Prices reasonable to expensive, but most tools are high quality Quality: Excellent Price: $$ to $$$ Service: unknown Variety: unknown LES VIOLETTES NATALIA 124 Ch. Grapes Sawyerville, QC, Canada JOB 3A0 Phone: unknown Houseplants. Specializing in African Violets. Catalog $2.50. There is also an U.S. address Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown LES VIOLETTES NATALIA P.O. Box 206 Beecher Falls, VT 05902-0206 Phone: unknown Houseplants. Specializing in African Violets. Catalog $2.50. There is also a Canadian address Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown LES JARDINS D'OLIVIER 371 Route 132 Port Lewis, PQ J0S 1M0 Phone: (514)264-3536 Rare, heritage and unusual perennials and native plants. Business size SASE Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown LES JARDINS OSIRIS CP 336 Repentigny, PQ J6A 7C6 Phone: unknown Daylilies, hostas, Siberian irises, peonies. $2 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown LES VIOLETTES NATALIA 124 ch. Grapes Sawyerville, PQ J0B 3A0 Phone: (819)889-3235 1600 hybrid violets, 800 gesneriads, fragrant house plants, gardening supplies. $2.50 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown LIBERTY SEED COMPANY P.O. Box 806 New Philadelphia, Ohio 44663 (216) 364-1611 General - Vegetable and flower seeds Quality: Good Price: $ to $$ Service: Excellent Variety: Good THE LILY GARDEN 36752 SE Bluff Rd Boring OR 97009 Phone: unknown Lilies. Free catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown THE LILY POOL 3324 Pollock Rd., RR2 Keswick, ON L4P 3E9 Phone: (905)476-7574 Pools, plants and equipment for ponds and water gardens. $2 refundable Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown LILYPONS WATER GARDENS P.O. Box 188 Brookshire Texas 77423-0188 (713) 934-8525. Aquatic. They sell water plants, equipment and fish. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown LIMEROCK ORNAMENTAL GRASSES RD1, Box 111C Port Matilda PA 16870 (814) 692-2272 Ornamental. Specializing in 100 varieties of grasses, some fall-blooming perennials and hardy ferns and bamboos. Norman Hooven is the owner; catalog is $2.50 and they do ship to Canada and overseas. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown LINDEL LILIES 5510-239th St. Langley, BC V3A 7N6 Phone: (604)534-4729 Asiatic, trumpet, oriental and species lilies. $2 refundable Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown LINDENBERG SEEDS LTD. 803 Princess Ave. Brandon, MB R7A 0P5 Phone: (204)727-0575, Fax: (204)727-2832 Flower and vegetable seeds, perennials and bulbs for the prairies. Free Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown LITTLE VALLEY FARM Rt. 3, Box 544, Snead Creek Rd. Spring Green, WI 53588 Phone: unknown Ornamental - Specialize in plants for birds and butterflies. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown LIVE OAK GARDENS Box 284 New Iberia, La 70560 Phone: unknown Bamboo source. send $1 and SASE for cat. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown LIVING PRAIRIE MUSEUM 2795 Ness Ave. Winnipeg, MB R3J 3S4 Phone: (204)832-0167 Seeds for prairie lily, prairie crocus, purple coneflower, prairie wildflower mixture and others. $1 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown LIVING STONES NURSERY 2936 N. Stone Tucson, AZ 85705 Phone: unknown Cactus and succulents category. Catalog $2; succulents: Lithops & Mesembryanthemum Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown LOCKHART SEEDS, INC. P.O. Box 1361, 3 North Wilson Way Stockton CA 95205 (209) 466-4401 General, wholesale. Basic vegetable, flower, and grass seeds; seems geared more toward the commercial customer but does sell in packet quantities. Some different varieties than the usual. Minimum order $10; foreign orders are welcomed Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Good LOEHMAN'S P.O. Box 871 Paramount, CA 90723 Phone: unknown Cactus Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown LOGEE'S GREENHOUSES 141 North St. Danielson, CT 06239 (203) 774-8038 fax (203) 774-9932 Rare plants; begonias and other exotic greenhouse plants. Extensive catalog. Quality: Good Price: $$ - $$$ Service: Good Variety: Excellent LONE STAR GROWERS 7960 Cagnon Rd. Box 220 San Antonio, Texas 78227 (512) 677-8020 Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown GILBERT R LONGORIA SEEDS P.O. Box 146 Mission, TX 78573-0146 (210) 585-3928 or (210) 585-4291 FAX: (210) 585-1053 Ornamental. Specialize in Texas natives. Also many other seeds, especially of woody plants, foliage plants, and wildflowers. Wholesale list available for those in the nursery trade. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Good LOUISIANA NURSERY Route 7, Box 43 Opelousas, LA 70570 Phone: unknown Ornamental. Cat $3 (daylilies, LA iris); $5 (magnolias, trees, shrubs, vines); $3 (crinums & bulbs); refundable. You'll pay plenty once you add postage and packing fees. Quality: Excellent Price: $$$$ Service: Good Variety: Excellent LOWE'S OWN-ROOT ROSES 6 Sheffield Road Nashua, NH 03062 Phone: unknwon Roses Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown LYON TREE FARM OF CARMEL 2 Scarlett Rd. Carmel Valley, CA 93924 Phone: unknown Specialize in Western evergreen trees and shrubs. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MAIL ORDER CLEMATIS 217 Argilla Rd. Ipswich, MA 01938-2614 Phone: unknown Clematis; catalogue $1.50 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MAILORDER ASSOC OF NURSERIES Dept. PR1,8683 Doves Fly Way Laurel, MD 20723-1211. Phone: unknown Misc. For a copy of their 28-page, 1993 edition of The Complete Guide to Gardening and Landscaping by Mail, send $1.00 (Canadian gardeners, please remit $1.50) Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MAITLAND GREENHOUSES Box 92 Maitlan, Hants Co., NS B0N 1T0 Phone: (902)261-2274, Fax: (902)261-2427 Over 350 selections of herb plants, seeds, scented geraniums. Free Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown MALLET COURT NURSERIES Curry Mallet, Taunton, Somerset, United Kingdom TA3 6SY (+44) 823 480748 fax : (+44) 823 481009 Trees and shrubs, especially Acer and Quercus, including many rare exotics. Can ship throughout EU, and will ship anywhere in world with phytosanitary certificate charged at cost. Quality: Average Price: $$$ Service: Average Variety: Excellent MANHATTAN FARMS 3088 Salmon River Rd. Salmon Arm, BC V1E 4M1 Phone: (604)379-2800 Specializes in seeds for city gardeners. Their motto is "feeding the world, body and soul, one balcony at a time". $2 refundable Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown MAPPLE FARM RR1 Hillsborough, NB E0A 1X0 Phone: (506)734-3361 Organically grown French shallots, Egyptian onions, potato onions, horseradish, short-season sweet potatoes, Jerusalem and Chinese artichokes, plastic mulch. Free with SASE Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown MAROUSHEK GARDENS 120 East 11th St. Hastings, MN 55033 Phone: unknown Perennials, especially hosta and clematis listed. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MARYLAND AQUATIC NURSERIES 3427 N Furnace Rd. Janettsville, MD 21084 Phone: unknown Aquatic. Listing of water plants and some products.($1) Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MASON HOGUE GARDENS 3520 Durham Rd. 1 RR4 Uxbridge, ON L9P 1R4 Phone: unknown Hardy, drought-tolerant perennials, clematis, perennial geraniums, pelargoniums. $2 refundable Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown MATSU-MOMIJI NURSERY P.O. Box 11414 Philadelphia PA 19111 (215) 722-6286 Trees and shrubs. Japanese maples, pines, bonsai. Catalog $2.00. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MAXIM'S GREENWOOD GARDENS 2157 Sonoma St. Redding, CA 96001 Phone: unknown Many types of iris including Pacifics and Japanese listings. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MCCLURE & ZIMMERMAN P.O. Box 368, 108 W. Winnebago Friesland, WI 53935 Phone: unknown Excellent list of bulbs, esp. species and uncommon cultivars; also uncommon species. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MCCONNELL NURSERY street address unknown Port Burwell, ON N0J 1T0 (800) 363-0901 Roses, perennials, shrubs, evergreens. French and English catalogs. Free. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown MCDANIEL'S MINIATURE ROSES 7523 Zemco St. Lemon Grove, CA 91945 Phone: unknown Miniature roses. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MCFAYDEN SEED CO 30 9th St, Box 1800 Brandon, MB, Canada R7A 6N4 (204) 725-7300 Fax (204)725-1888 General vegetable and flower seeds, plants, trees, shrubs and bulbs, supplies. A number of early varieties for those in the North. Catalog $2.00 Quality: Good Price: unknown Service: Excellent Variety: Good MCMATH'S DAFFODILS 6340 Francis Rd. Richmond, BC V7C 1K5 Phone: (604)277-8096 Order by end of July for fall planting. Price list free. Catalogue $3 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown MCMILLEN'S IRIS GARDEN RR1 Norwich, ON N0J 1P0 Phone: (519)468-6508 More than 1200 irises including Siberian, 75 daylilies. $2 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown MEADOWVIEW FARMS 1234 Wedgewood Dr. Eagle Point, OR 97524 Phone: unknown Catalog $3; rare and hard to find plants. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MELLINGER'S 2310 W. South Range Rd North Lima, OH 44452-9731 (216) 549-9861 Ornamental plants and fruit trees. Also good for gardening supplies. Some compliments from Gardens members on their plants. Quality: Good Price: $$ Service: Good Variety: Good MERRY GARDENS P.O. Box 595 Camden, ME 04843 (207) 236-9064 Ornamental. Scented Geraniums, Herbs, Ivies, Fuchsias, Cactus, Oxalis, and houseplants. Free catalog with very brief descriptions. Ship mid-Mar. to mid-June and mid-Sept. to mid-Nov. Most plants $2.00 to $2.50 ea. Quality: Good Price: $ Service: Fair Variety: Fair to Good MESA GARDEN P.O. Box 72 Belen, NM 87002 Phone: unknown SASE for list; cactus, succulents, mesembryanthemum Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MESSELAAR BULB CO. PO Box 269 Ipswich, MA 01938 Phone: unknown Bulbs. Good cvs of commonly available species Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MEYER SEED CO. 600 South Caroline St. Baltimore, MD 21231 (301) 342-4224 General Seeds. Mostly vegetables, for Maryland and the Mid- Atlantic. Packets to pounds. Also supplies, bird seed. 32- page catalog with 5 pages color pictures. Free. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Fair MICHIGAN BULB CO. 1950 Waldorf NW Grand Rapids, MI 49550 Phone: unknown Mostly bulbs. Caveat emptor - most Gardens members are uncomplimentary in the extreme. However, there are a couple who are quite happy with what they've received. Quality: Fair Price: $ Service: Fair Variety: unknown MICHIGAN MINIATURE ROSES 45951 Hull Rd. Belleville, MI 48111 (313) 699-6698 Miniature Roses. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MIDWEST CACTUS P.O. Box 163A New Melle, MO 63365 Phone: unknown Catalog $1. Opuntia - winter hardy cactus Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MIDWEST WILDFLOWERS Box 64 Rockton IL 61072 Phone: unknown Wildflower seeds, books. Catalog $1.00. They list approx 120 varieties - from common milkweed to more rare species (Dutchman's Breetches) includes butterfly weed and some herbs. You can request seeds not listed and they will try to find. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MILAEGER'S GARDENS 4838 Douglas Avenue Racine, WI 53402-2498 (800) 669-9956 Ornamental. Perennials, roses, herbs, and woodland flowers. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MILLAR MOUNTAIN NURSERY c/o Kathy Millar, RR3, 5086 McLay Rd. Duncan, BC V9L 2X1 Phone: (604)748-0487 Nursery-grown bog and species iris. $2 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown J.E. MILLER NURSERIES, INC. 5060 West Lake Road Canandaigua, NY 14424 Phone: unknown Trees and shrubs, vines, and ornamentals. A couple of complimentary comments on them from Gardens members. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: Good Variety: Good MILLER'S MANOR GARDENS 3167 E. US 224 Ossian, IN 46777 Phone: unknown Ornamental. A wide variety of iris, daylilies, and hosta. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MILLER-BOWIE COUNTY FARMERS ASSN. P.O. Box 1110 Texarkana, TX 75502 Phone: unknown Misc. Unknown just what they offer though. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MINI ROSE GARDEN 1043 Mini-Rose Bldg. Cross Hill, SC 29332 Phone: unknown Miniature Roses. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MINI-ROSES P.O. Box 4255, Sta. A Dallas, TX 75208 Phone: unknown Miniature roses. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MIREE'S 70 Enfield Ave. Toronto, ON M8W 1T9 Phone: (416)251-6369 Begonias, gesneriads. $2 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown MISSION BELL GARDENS 2778 West 5600 So. Roy, UT 84067 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MISSOURI WILDFLOWERS NURSERY 9814 Pleasant Hill Rd. Jefferson City, MO 65109 (314) 496-3492 Natives - They deal only with native plants Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown GRANT MITSCH NOVELTY DAFFODILS PO Box 218 Hubbard, OR 97032 Phone: unknown Bulbs. Cat $3 refundable; Daffodil specialist/breeder; many cvs available here only Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MOLDOVAN'S GARDENS 38830 Detroit Rd. Avon, OH 44011 Phone: unknown Daylilies and some hosta listings. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MOORE WATER GARDENS Street address unknown Port Stanley, ON N5L 1J4 (519) 782-4052 Winter hardy and tropical waterlilies and bog plants, pools, pumps and fountains. Free catalog Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown MOOSEBELL FLOWER, FRUIT & TREE CO. Rt. 1, Box 240 St. Francis, ME 04774 Phone: unknown Ornamental. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MORDEN NURSERIES Box 1270 Morden, MB R0G 1J0 Phone: (204)822-3311 Fruit and shade trees, shrubs. $2 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown MORNINGSIDE FARM NURSERY Rt. 1 Box 151 Morrelton, Ar 72110 Phone: unknown Bamboo source; send $1 and SASE for cat. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown K. MORRISON Box 4291 Blaine WA 98231 Phone: unknown Ornamental. XL blossoms of aster, dahlia, marigold, poppy, pansy, sunflower. $2/package, Wildflower mix $5 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MOUNTAIN MAPLES PO Box 1329 Laytonville CA 95454 Phone: unknown Trees and shrubs. 100 cvs. Japanese Maples. Descriptive catalog $1.00. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MOUNTAIN VALLEY SEEDS & NURSERY 1798 N 1200 E. Logan, UT 84321 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MOWBRAY GARDENS 3318 Mowbray Lane Cincinnati, OH 45226 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MT. LEO NURSERY P.O. Box 135 McMinnville, TN 37110 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MULLIGAN SEEDS Box 700 Osgoode, ON K0A 2W0 Phone: unknown Seeds for wildflowers, lupines, black-eyed Susans,more. Catalog $1.50 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown MUMS BY PASCHKE 11286 East Main Rd. North East, PA 16428 Phone: unknown Chrysanthemums. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SANDY MUSH HERB NURSERY 316 Surrett Cove Rd. Leicester, NC 28748-9622 Phone: unknown Catalog $4, deductible from first order. Lots of herbs, perennials, other plants. Quality: Excellent Price: $$$ Service: Excellent Variety: Good MUSHROOMPEOPLE 560 Farm Road/PO Box 220 Summertown, TN 38483-0220 (615) 964-2200 An excellent place for mushroom growing supplies, and an informative catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown MUSSER FORESTS, INC. P.O. Box 340 Indiana, PA 15710-0340 Phone: unknown Trees and shrubs. Bareroot hardwood and evergreen stock for mass plantings, lining out, or bonsai Quality: Good to Excellent Price: $ - $$ Service: Excellent Variety: Good (changes every year) NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION 100 Arbor Ave. Nebraska City, NE 68410 Phone: unknown Misc - All kinds of trees. The National Arbor Day Foundation is a nonprofit organization which promotes the planting of trees. They run frequent membership blitzes where they offer to send you 10 free trees for joining. They're all seedlings. Quality: unknown Price: $ Service: unknown Variety: unknown NATIONAL GARDENING COMPANY 217 San Anselmo Ave. San Anselmo CA 94960 (707) 766-9303 FAX: (707) 766-9747 Organic gardening products including organically grown seedlings of vegetables, flowers, and herbs; tools, irrigation and composting equipment, beneficial insects, organic fertilizers and pest controls, greenhouses, and wildflower seed Quality: unknown Price: $$$ Service: unknown Variety: Good NATIONWIDE SEED & SUPPLY 4801 Fegenbush Lane Louisville, KY 40228 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown NATIVE GARDENS Rt. 1, Box 494 Greenback, TN 37742 Phone: unknown Natives - Specialize in cultivated native plants and seeds of the Southeast. Listings.($1) Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown NATIVE SEED FOUNDATION Star Route Moyie Springs, ID 83845 Phone: unknown Natives - Sells seeds in pounds. Also has nuts and fruits. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown NATIVE SEEDS, INC. 14590 Triadelphia Mill Rd. Dayton, MD 21306 (301) 596-9818 Native and naturalized wildflower seed, primarily for the Northeast. Packets ($1.00) or pounds. Sells 29 varieties only, plus regional seed mixes. Free 8-page catalog includes descriptions, no pictures. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Poor THE NATURAL GARDEN 38W443 Highway 64 St. Charles, IL 60175 (708) 584-0150 FAX (708) 584-0150 Native Illinois plants. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown NATURAL INSECT CONTROL RR2 Stevensville, ON L0S 1S0 Phone: (905)382-2904 Beneficial insects, live animal traps, pheremone lures, organic kelp fertilizers, organic soil nutrients, herbal pet products, purple-martin houses, books. Free Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown NATURALLY SCIENTIFIC 726 Holocomb Bridge Road Norcross, GA 30071 (800) 248-9970 Environmentally responsible gardening products. earth- friendly, reduced & zero pesticide products. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown NATURE'S GARDEN P.O. Box 574 Scio, OR 97374-0574 Phone: unknown Ornamental. Listings of woodland and rock garden plants. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown E. B. NAUMAN, NURSERYMAN 688 St. Davids Ln Schenectady NY 12309 Phone: unknown Rhododendrons, Kalmia in small sizes for the collector. Free catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown NEON PALM NURSERY 1560 Sebastopol Rd. Santa Rosa, CA 95407 Phone: unknown Catalog $1; hardy palms and other subtropicals Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown NETHERLAND BULB CO 13 McFadden Rd Easton, PA 18042 (800) 788-8547 Bulbs and plants. Color catalog. Quality: Fair Price: $$$ Service: unknown Variety: Good NEW ENGLAND BAMBOO CO. P.O. Box 358 Rockport, MA 01966 Phone: unknown Bamboo. Catalog $2.00; 21 spp hardy to zone 4-5 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown NEW HOLLAND BULB CO. P.O. Box 335 Rockport, IL 62370-0335 Phone: unknown Bulbs, and assorted perennials. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown NEW MEXICO CACTUS RESEARCH P.O. Box 787 Belen, NM 87002 Phone: unknown Seeds and plants of winter hardy cactus Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown NEW MEXICO DESERT GARDEN 10231 Belnap NW Albuquerque NM 87114 Phone: unknown Natives. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown NEW YORK STATE FRUIT TESTING COOP. ASSN P.O. Box 462 Geneva NY 14456 Phone: unknown Exact offerings are unknown. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown NEWARK NURSERIES P.O. Box 578 Hartford, MI 49057 (800) 253-2911 or (616) 621-3135 Many different varieties of fruit trees, sells in lots of 10 or more. Quality: unknown Price: $ Service: unknown Variety: Good NICHE GARDENS 1111 Dawson Rd Chapel Hill, NC 27516 (919) 967-0078 Descriptions of a wide variety of perennial plants.(Catalog is $3). Quality: Excellent Price: $$ Service: Good Variety: Good to Excellent NICHOLS GARDEN NURSERY 1190 North Pacific Hwy NE Albany, OR 97321-4598 (503) 928-9280 Specializes in vegetable and herb seeds, though has a few plants, bulbs and tubers. Features plants for northwest. Lots of oriental greens. Will ship seeds to Canada. Free catalog. Quality: Good to Excellent Price: $ to $$ Service: Good to Excellent Variety: Good NOELS GARDEN SEEDS R.D. 2-ORG Oxford NY 13830 Phone: unknown General - Seeds for the Northeast and short-season home gardeners. Catalog $2. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown NOLIN RIVER NUT TREE NURSERY 797 Port Wooden Rd. Upton KY 42784 Phone: unknown Fruit. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown NOR'EAST MINIATURE ROSES, INC. P.O. Box 473 Ontario, CA 91762 (909) 984-2223 or (800) 662-9669 Specializing in miniature roses. Also have a location in Massachusetts (see above). Quality: Excellent Price: $$$ Service: unknown Variety: unknown NOR'EAST MINIATURE ROSES, INC. 58 Hammond St. Rowley, MA 01969 (800) 426-6485 Specializing in miniature roses. Also have a location in Ontario, California (see below). Quality: Excellent Price: $$$ Service: unknown Variety: unknown NORTH AMERICAN WILDFLOWERS 38 Hillside Ave. Atlantic Highlands NJ 07716 Phone: unknown Wildflowers. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown NORTH COAST NURSERY P.O. Box 308 Bodega, CA 94922 Phone: unknown Catalog $1; specialist in Rhododendrons for warm climates Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown NORTHERN GARDENS 3328 SE Kelly Portland, Or 97202 Phone: unknown Bamboo source; Send $1 and SASE for catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown NORTHERN KIWI NURSERY RR3, 181 Niven Rd. Niagra-on-the-Lake ON L0S 1J0 (905) 468-5483 Kiwis hardy to -40. Free catalog with descriptions and growing requirements. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown NORTHRIDGE GARDENS 9821 White Oak Ave., Dept.F Northridge, CA 91325 Phone: unknown Rare & unusual succulents. Cactus and succulent category. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown NORTHWOODS RETAIL NURSERY 27635 South Oglesby Canby, OR 97013 (503) 266-5432 FAX: (503) 266-5431 Fruit trees and berries, nut trees, bamboo, roses, vines, and several unique ornamentals, from Akebia to Wisteria. Kiwis, large bare-root plants. Quality: unknown Price: $$ to $$$ Service: unknown Variety: Good to Excellent NOURSE FARMS INC. 41 River Rd South Deerfield MA 01373 (413) 665-2658, fax (413) 665-7888 Fruit - Strawberries, raspberries, asparagus, etc. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: Excellent Variety: Good NOWETTA GARDENS 900 Whitewater Ave. St. Charles, MN 55972 Phone: unknown Bulbs. Large selection of gladiolas. Many photos and descriptions. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown NUCCIO'S NURSERIES P.O. Box 6160, 3555 Chaney Trail Altadena CA 91001 (818) 794-3383 Growers of rare camellias and azaleas; hundreds of varieties. Ship January through November, recommend mid- October through March; do not ship Dec. 1 - Jan. 1. 60-page catalog. Quality: unknown Price: $$ - $$$ Service: unknown Variety: Excellent NURSERIES AT NORTH GLEN Rt. 2, Box 2700 Glen St. Mary, FL 32040 (904) 259-2754. 26 species of hardy palms and cycads for $6.00 - $15.00 plus UPS charges. Good healthy 1 gallon plants at a very fair price. Quality: Excellent Prices: $ Service: Excellent Varieties: Good OAK HILL GARDENS P.O. Box 25 Dundee IL 60118-0025 (708) 428-8500 FAX: (708) 428-8527 Orchids, Bromeliads, and tropical houseplants. Also, growing supplies and books. Free 62-page catalog has 7 pages of color pictures. Quality: unknown Price: $ to $$ Service: unknown Variety: Fair to Good OAKES DAYLILLIES Monday Road Rt. 4 Corryton TN 37721 Phone: unknown Specializing in daylilies. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown OAKWOOD DAFFODILS 2330 W Bertrand Rd Niles, MI 49120 Phone: unknown Bulbs. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown OHIO GARDENS 102 Laramie Road Marietta, OH 45750 Phone: unknown Miniature Tall Bearded Iris. Catalog $1 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown OIKOS TREE CROPS P.O. Box 19425 Kalamazoo, MI 49019-0425 (616) 342-6504 Trees and shrubs, fruit. - Chestnuts, filberts, native and exotic oaks and hybrid oaks. Unusual fruits like Saskatoon, quinces and service berry are available as well. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown OLD HOUSE GARDENS 536 Third Street Ann Arbor MI 48103 (313) 995-1486 Catalog $1. Devoted entirely to antique flower bulbs which were introduced to gardens from the 1500s through the 1920s. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown OLYMPIC COAST GARDEN 84 Eaton Lane Sequim WA 98382 Phone: unknown Perennials, incl. named Kniphofia vars. Descriptive catalog $1.00. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ONTARIO SEED CO. LTD. Box 7, 330 Phillip St Waterloo, ON N2J 3Z9 (519) 886-0557, FAX (519) 886-0605 100 yr old family business. Almost all seeds are untreated. Free catalog Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ORCHID GARDENS 2232 139th Ave NW Andover, MN 55304 Phone: unknown Listings of wildflowers, native ferns and shrubs ($.50) Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ORCHID HAVEN 900 Rossland Rd. E. Whitby, ON L1N 5R5 Phone: (905)668-8534 Orchids and how to grow them. Free Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown ORCHIDS BOUNTIFUL 828 W. 3800 South Bountiful UT 84010 Phone: unknown Orchid specialist Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ORCHIDS 'R' US 5808 SW 64th Place Miami, FL 33143-2055 (800) 862-1353 Specializing in custom orchid propagation, complete lab facility. Catalogs are available via email - Order the Orchid Flask Catalog and Orchid Planting supply catalog by sending your request to mnovo@freenet.fsu.edu Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ORCHIDS ROYALE P.O. Box 1289 Carpenteria CA 93013 Phone: unknown Orchids. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown OREGON EXOTICS INC.RARE FRUIT NURSERY 1065 Messenger Rd. Grants Pass OR 97527 (503) 846-7578. Has hardy bamboo, and many kinds of rare and exciting edibles - fruit. I haven't ordered from them, but their catalog is a fascinating read. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown OREGON MINIATURE ROSES 8285 SW 185th Ave. Beaverton OR 97007 Phone: unknown Miniature roses. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown OREGON TRAIL DAFFODILS 41905 SE Louden Rd Corbett OR 97019 Phone: unknown Bulbs - Daffodils. Free catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ORGEL'S ORCHIDS 18950 S.W. 136th St., RR 2 Miami FL 33187 Phone: unknown Orchids. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ORNAMENTAL EDIBLES 3622 Weedin Court San Jose, CA 95132 Phone: unknown Fruit, vegetables. Catalog $2 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown OUR KIDS' ORCHIDS & NURSERY 17229 Phil Peters Road Winter Garden, FL 34787 (407)877-6883 $1 for 18-page catalog. Tropical fruit trees, such as mamey, mango, custard apple, breadnut, macadamia, sugar apples, tropical black cherry, orchids, bananas, gingers, heliconias and citrus... in 1 and 3 gallon containers. Quality: unknown Price: $$$$ Service: unknown Variety: Good OWEN FARMS Rt 3, Box 158A Ripley, TN 38063 Phone: unknown Perennials, trees and shrubs. Descriptions Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown RICHARD OWEN NURSERY 2209 E. Oakland St. Bloomington IL 61701 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown OWENS ORCHIDS P.O. Box 365 Pisgah Forest NC 28768-0365 Phone: unknown Orchids. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown PACIFIC BERRY WORKS P.O. Box 54 Bow WA 98232 Phone: unknown Fruit. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown PACIFIC NORTHWEST SEED CO. INC. Box 460 Vernon, BC V1T 6M4 Phone: (604)542-5166 Flowers, vegetables, herbs. $1 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown PACIFIC TREE FARMS 4301 Lynwood Dr. Chula Vista, CA 92010 (619) 422-2400 They have more than the usual varieties [of tropical/subtropical fruit trees], including such rarities as Pinus maximartinezii, the Mexican Giant Cone Pinon, a pignola-producing, drought tolerant species, and a whole lot more Quality: unknown Price: $$$$ Service: unknown Variety: Excellent CARL PALLEK & SON NURSERIES Box 137 Virgil, ON L0S 1T0 Phone: (905)468-7262 Rose specialists, hybrid teas, floribundas, grandifloras, old garden roses, climbers, minis. Free Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown PALM NUTS 16651 Rembrandt Road Loxahatchee, FL 33470 (407) 793-9029 FAX: (407) 790-0174 Tropical. You mark the seeds you want from a list of all known species and send a deposit. They send the seeds as they collect them. Palm and Cycad seeds. Quality: Good Prices: $$ Service: Good Variety: Excellent PALMS FOR LANDSCAPING 6600 S.W. 45th St. Miami, FL 33155 Phone: unknown Palms. Large SASE for catalog Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown PALOS VERDES BEGONIA FARM 4111 242 St. Torrance CA 90505 (800) 349-9299 or (310) 373-9299, FAX: (310) 791-0856 Misc - Tuberous begonia and nerine bulbs. Take credit cards. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown PANDA PRODUCTS P.O. Box 104 Fulton CA 95434 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown PARADISE WATER GARDENS 14 May St. Whitman, MA 02382 Phone: unknown Aquatic. Extensive selection of plant and product descriptions. Some photos. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown PARK SEED CO. Cokesbury Road, PO Box 46 Greenwood, SC 29648-0001 (803) 223-7333 or (800) 845-3369 A good basic seed/plant catalog. Lots of seeds, vegetables, flowers, fruit, and ornamentals. Will ship seeds to Canada. Free catalog. Quality: Good Price: $$ Service: Good to Excellent Variety: Good PARKLAND PERENNIALS Box 3683 Spruce Grove, AB T7X 3A9 Phone and fax: (403)963-7307 Hardy Asiatic and maragon lilies, Siberian and bearded iris, daylilies, fern-leaf peony. Free Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown THEODORE PAYNE FOUNDATION 10459 Tuxford Street Sun Valley, CA 91352 (818) 768-1802 Natives. No plant mail order, but they can send seeds from their seed list which is $2. Seed list contains California native species only. Quality: unknown Price: $$ to $$$ Service: unknown Variety: Good PEACEFUL VALLEY FARM SUPPLY P.O. Box 2209 Grass Valley, CA 95945 (916) 272-4769 General. Organic, open-pollinated vegetable seeds, and bulk cover crops; wilflower, native grass and pasture seeds; bulbs, seed garlic, potatoes. Free catalog. Will ship seeds to Canada. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown PEACE SEEDS 2385 SE Thompson St Corvallis OR 97333 Phone: unknown Native plants. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown PEEKSKILL NURSERIES street address unknown Shrub Oak NY 10588 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown PEN Y BRYN NURSERY RR 1, Box 1313 Forksville PA 18616 Phone: unknown Pre-bonsai trees, 100 varieties. Free catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown PEPPER GAL 10536 119 Ave N. Largo FL 34643 Phone: unknown Vegetables. Specializes in hot peppers, over 200 varieties as well as some books. Will ship to Canada. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown THE PERENNIAL CONNECTION PO Box 3002-115 Newburyport MA 01950 Phone: unknown Perennials. Descriptive list $1.00, refundable. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown THE PERFECT SEASON PO Box 191 McMinnville TN 37110 (615) 668-3225 Perennials, herbs, and garden accessories. Catalog $2.00, refundable. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown WH PERRON CP 408 (Succ. St. Martin) Ville de Laval, PQ H7S 2A6 (514) 682-9071 Untreated flower and vegetable seeds, bulbs, plants. Free catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown PERRY'S WATER GARDENS 191 Leatherman Gap Rd Franklin NC 28734 (704)524-3264, fax (704)369-2050 Tropical water lilies and lotus, containers Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown PETER PAULS NURSERIES RD #2 Canandaigua NY 14424 (716) 394-7397 Misc - Carnivorous plants, terrarium kits. Offer plants, bulbs, and/or seeds of Drosera spp., Sarracenia (Pitcher plants), Darlingtonia, Drosophyllum, Pinguicula, Nepenthes mirabilis. 4-page color brochure, send SASE. Ship April - Nov. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Good PICCADILLY FARM 1971 Whippoorwill Rd Bishop, GA 30621 (404) 769-6516 Please call at night Misc - Helleborous and Hosta. Free list. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown PICKERING NURSERIES 670 Kingston Road Pickering, Ontario, Canada L1V 1A6 (905) 839-2111 FAX (905) 839-4807 Roses. Specializing in old and antique roses. Also carries a complete selection of David Austin Roses. $3.00 for 68- page catalog with 36 pages of color pictures, 8 to a page. Listings only, with codes for type, color, etc. Most roses $8.00 or $8.50 ea Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Excellent PICOV'S GREENHOUSES 380 Kingston Rd. E. Ajax, ON Phone: (905)686-2151 Pond liners, pumps and all accessories. Also perennials, bonsai and accessories. Free Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown PIEDMONT GARDEN NURSERY 517 Piedmont St. Waterbury, CT. 06706 Phone: unknown Misc - Specialize in hostas. Listings Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown PIEDMONT PLANT CO. P.O. Box 424 Albany GA 31703 (912) 883-7029 FAX (912) 432-2888 Vegetables - Field grown vegetable plants. Free descriptive 12-page catalog. Min. order 12 plants per variety. Plants sold by the dozen, 50, 500, 1000. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Fair PINE RIDGE GARDENS Route 1, Box 474 London, AR, 72847 (501) 293-4359 Only description available is that they offer some geranium species. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown PINETREE GARDEN SEEDS P.O. Box 300 New Gloucester, ME 04260 (207) 926-3400, FAX (207) 926-3886 General seeds and plants. Good seeds (many op) in small packets at very reasonable prices; small selection of bulbs (many row-run or smallish). Free catalog. No info on Canadian shipping. Quality: Excellent Price: $ Service: Excellent Variety: Good PLANT DELIGHTS NURSERY 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, NC 27603 (919) 772-4794; FAX: (919) 662-0370 Ornamental. $2.00 for 118-page catalog with descriptions, often humorous; no pictures. Very wide range of perennials, including many hosta, native perennials, conifers, palms, aroids, woody lilies, ornamental grasses, groundcovers, and ferns. Quality: Excellent Prices: $$ Service: Excellent Variety: Excellent PLANT IT HAWAII PO Box 388 Kurtistown, HI 96760 (808) 966-6633 Tropical. Free catalog. Lists about 8 varieties of Carambola, including Arkin, the leading commercial variety. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown THE PLANT KINGDOM P.O. Box 7273 Lincoln Acres CA 92047 (619) 267-1991 Rare and exotic tropical plants, including an extensive collection of Passiflora, both flowering and fruiting. Also papaya, tree tomato, and pepino. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown PLANTS OF THE SOUTHWEST Agua Fria, Rt. 6, Box 11A Santa Fe, NM 87501 (800) 788- SEED, (505) 471-2212 , FAX (505) 438-8800 General seeds and plants. Carry plants for a desert climate. Full range of chili peppers up to and including the Habanero. Catalog $3.50, for price list send SASE. No info on Canadian shipping. Quality: Excellent Price: $$ Service: Average Variety: Excellent PLANTS OF THE WILD PO Box 866 Tekoa WA 99033 (509)284-2848 Native plants and ornamentals. Mostly trees and shrubs, but also wildflowers and grasses. Seed catalog separate. No info on Canadian shipment. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown PLEASANT HILL AFRICAN VIOLETS Route 1, Box 73 Brenham TX 77833 Phone: unknown Houseplants. African violets; catalog $1.50 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown PLEASANT VALLEY GLADS PO Box 494 Agawam, MA 01001 Phone: unknown Bulbs - Gladiolus, dahlia specialist Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown PLUMERIA PEOPLE 910 Leander Drive Leander, TX 78641 (512) 259-0807 Tropical. Catalog $2; Plumeria, Hibiscus, Bougainvillea, and many more;books, supplies Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown PONY CREEK NURSERY (street address unknown) Tilleda WI 54978 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown PORTAGE WILDFLOWERS RR4 Box 55 Portage la Prairie, MB R1N 3A4 Phone: (204)857-8071 Seeds and plants of wilflowers and native prairie grasses, books. $2 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown PORTER & SON P.O. Box 104 Stephensville TX 76401-0104 Phone: unknown General - Vegetable and flower seeds for Texas and the Southwest. Free catalog. No info on Canadian shipping. Also supplies, incl. drip irrigation, and books. Seeds sold in packets, oz., or lb. lots. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Good PRAIRIE GROWN GARDEN SEEDS Box 118 Cochin, SK S0M 0L0 Phone: (306)386-2737 Organically grown seeds for short-season gardeners including citron, beans, corn, snap peas, quinoa, tomatoes, poppies. Send two first class stamps. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown PRAIRIE HABITATS Box 1 Argyle, MB R0C 0B0 Phone: (204)467-9371 Over 100 species of native grasses, shrubs and trees, Manitoba wildflowers, books on medicinal wild plants, wildflower identification, native plant landscaping. $2 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown PRAIRIE MOON NURSERY Route 3 Box 163 Winona, MN 55987 (507) 452-1362 FAX (507) 454-5238 Native seed and plants, in small and large quantities. 30- page catalog and cultural guide $2.00. Listings only, no descriptions, but they give cultural characteristics, etc. They grow their plants organically and collect their own seed by hand. All plant Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Excellent PRAIRIE NURSERY P.O. Box 306 Westfield, WI 53964 USA (608) 296-3679, FAX (608)296-2741 Natives. Cat. $3. It contains good information about establishing prairie and meadows. They also provide numerous native grasses. Seed and plants. Also books. 48- page catalog with more than 8 pages of color pictures.Ships to Canada Quality: Good Price: $$ to $$$ Service: Fair Variety: Good PRAIRIE SEED SOURCE P.O. Box 83 North Lake WI 53064-0083 Phone: unknown Natives. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown CHARLES E. PRASEK 15319 Vandelia Way Houston, TX 77053-2123 Phone: unknown Misc - Hybrid amaryllis, price list free. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown THE PRIMROSE PATH RD 2 Box 110 Scottdale PA 15683 (412) 887-6756 Ornamentals. Specialize in rock garden plants. Descriptions. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown PRISM PERENNIALS C45 S25 RR1 Castlegar, BC V1N 3H7 Phone: (604)365-3753 Perennials, species iris, daylilies, alpines, ornamental grasses. Free Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown PROTEA GARDENS OF MAUI R.R. 2 Box 389 Kula, Maui, HI 96790 Phone: unknown Tropical. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown QUALITREE NURSERY 11110 Harlan Rd. Eddyville OR 97343 (503) 875-4192 Offers tree seedlings in containers. Large quantities only (min.100). Ship Jan.-Feb.; SASE for list. Category trees and shrubs. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Poor QUALITY DUTCH BULBS P.O. Box 225, 50 Lake Dr. Hillsdale, NJ 07642-0225 (215) 253-9570 Orders: 1-800-755-2852 Bulbs, mostly tulips. Short descriptions and photos. ($2) Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown RAINBOW GARDENS 1444 Taylor St Vista, Ca. 92084 (619) 758-4290 Cactus. Used to be the California Epi Center. Specializing in jungle cacti. 72 page catalog $2.00. Their prices seem very reasonable, and they sell cuttings as well as potted plants. Unfortunately, it's expensive for them to ship into Canada. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown RAINFOREST FLORA 1927 W. Rosecrans Ave. Gardena, CA 90249 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown, probably tropical. Large SASE for catalog Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown RAINFOREST GARDENS 13139-224th St. RR2 Maple Ridge, BC V2X 7E7 Phone: (604)467-4218 Shade-tolerant perennials, eryngiums, campanulas, heucheras, ornamental grasses and native plants. Organically grown. More than 700 species and cultivars. $3 refundable Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown RAINFOREST MUSHROOM SPAWN Box 1793 Gibsons, BC V0N 1V0 Phone: (604)886-7799 Morels, enokitake, shaggy mane, shiitake, etc. $2 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown RAINFOREST SEED CO. Box 241 San Jose 1017, Costa Rica Phone: unknown Tropicals. Catalog $3; Coffee, Scarlet Palm (Cyrtostachys ?), Bauhinia, Purple Banana, Forest Peach, Perfume Tree, beach Palm, papaya, Pickle Tree,hundreds more Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Good RAINTREE NURSERY 391 Butts Road Morton, WA 98356 (206) 496-6400 Unusual fruit trees. Quality: Good Price: $$ Service: Excellent Variety: Good RAWLINSON GARDEN SEED 269 College Road Truro, NS, Canada B2N 2P6 (902) 893-3051 General - Vegetable, herb and flower seeds. Free catalog for Canada; $1 for U.S. refundable. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown STEVE RAY BAMBOO GARDENS 909 79th Place South Birminghgam, AL 35206 Phone: unknown Specializing in bamboo Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown RAYNER BROS. P.O. Box 1617 Salisbury MD 21801 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown REASONER'S P.O. Box 1881 Oneco FL 33558 Phone: unknown Hibiscus; perhaps other tropicals Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown REATH'S NURSERY P.O. Box 521, 100 Central Blvd Vulcan, MI 49892 Phone: unknown Peonies. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown REDBUD LANE IRIS GARDEN Route 1 Box 141 Kansas IL 61933 (217) 948-5478 Great selection of beardless and other iris. Also mention other perennials. Catalog $1 Quality: Excellent Price: $$ Service: Excellent Variety: Excellent REDWOOD CITY SEED COMPANY P.O. Box 361 Redwood City, CA 94064 (415) 325-7333 Small, b&w free catalog; carries different varieties than usual. One reader mentioned that it took a long time to receive the seeds. Will ship to Canada. Quality: Good Price: $$$ Service: Fair Variety: Good REIMER WATERSCAPES Box 34 Tillsonburg, ON N4G 4H3 Phone: (519)842-6049, Fax: (519)668-LILY Water plants grown on site, pools, pumps, liners, fountain kits. Free Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown REX BULB FARMS PO Box 774 2568 Washington St Port Townsend, WA 98368 Phone: unknown Cat $1 200+ cv hybrid and species lilies Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown RHAPIS GARDENS P.O. Box 287-H Gregory, TX 78359 Phone: unknown Tropical. Catalog $2; Rhapis palms, Cissus, Cycads, Aralias Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown RHAPIS PALM GROWERS 31350 Alta Vista Dr. Redlands, CA 92373 Phone: unknown Tropical. Catalog $2; specialist in varieties of the genus Rhapis Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown RIALTO GARDENS 1146 W. Rialto Fresno, CA 93705 Phone: unknown Reblooming Iris. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown RICE CREEK GARDENS 11506 Highway 65 Blaine, Minnesota 55434 (612) 754-8090 Ornamental. Betty Ann and Charles Addison specialize in rock garden plants, unusual perennials, dwarf conifers, rhododendrons, wildflowers, alpines. All plants tested for hardiness for Minnesota winters! A little on the pricey side. Quality: Good Price: $$$ Service: Poor to Fair Variety: Good RICHARDSON SEASIDE BANANA GARDEN 6823 Santa Barbara Ave. Ventura CA 93001 Phone: unknown Banana specialist; sells both plants and corms. Over 40 varieties of both fruiting and ornamental varieties. Quality: Good Price: $$$ Service: Good Variety: Excellent RICHTERS 357 Highway 47 Goodwood, Ontario Canada L0C 1A0 (416)640-6677 FAX (416)640-6641 Very extensive herb catalog but also sell alpine flowers, beneficial insects, supplies, etc. Ship to the US, catalog $2.50 . E-Mail: orderdesk@richters.com, custserv@richters.com, catalog@richters.com Quality: Excellent Price: $$$ Service: unknown Variety: Excellent RIDER NURSERIES Rt. 2 Box 90A Farmington IA 52626 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown RIVERBEND ORCHIDS 14220 Lorraine Rd. Biloxie, MS 39532 Phone: unknown Orchids. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown RIVERHEAD PERENNIALS 5 Riverhead Lane East Lyme, CT 06333 (203)437-7828 fax (203)437-0342 Perennials; catalogue $2 deductible Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown RIVERSIDE IRIS GARDENS Tracy Jennings , P.O. Box 524 Rockford, MN 55373 Phone: unknown Hardy dwarf and median iris listings. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ROCK SPRAY NURSERY INC. P.O. Box 693 Truro, MA 02666 (508) 349-6769 Misc - Growers of hardy Heaths and Heathers. The nursery is located in Zone 5 and all plants are hardy to at least Zone 5, with many plants hardy in lower zones. A very informative catalog and a wide selection of plants. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: Excellent Variety: Excellent ROCKNOLL NURSERY 9210 US 50 Hillsboro, OH 45133-8546 Phone: unknown Perennials, wide variety for sun and shade. Short descriptions. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown P.L. ROHRER & BRO'S INC. P.O. Box 250 Smoketown, PA 17576 Phone: unknown General. Free catalog. Variety is supposed to be comparable to Parks or Stokes. Quality: Excellent Price: Excellent Service: Good Variety: Excellent RONNIGER'S SEED POTATOES Star Route 80 Moyie Springs, ID 83845 Phone: unknown Vegetables - Potatoes, garlic, onions, some books and supplies. Catalog $1. Organic seed potatoes. They do not ship to Canada but recommend Becker's Seed Potatoes for Canadian customers. Quality: Excellent Price: $$ - $$$ Service: Good Variety: Excellent ROOZENGAARDE DISPLAY GARDENS 1587 Beaver Marsh Road Mt. Vernon WA 98273 (206) 424-8531 Bulbs. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown THE ROSE GARDEN & MINI ROSE NURSERY P.O. Box 560 Cross Hill SC 29332-0560 Phone: unknown Roses. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ROSEHILL FARM Gregg Neck Road Dalena MD 21635 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ROSES BY FRED EDMONDS 6235 S. W. Kahle Rd. Wilsonville OR 97070 Phone: unknown Roses. Mostly hybrid teas and floribundas. Photos and descriptions. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ROSES OF THOMASVILLE P.O. Box 7 Thomasville, GA. 31799 Phone: unknown Roses. Hybrid teas, floribundas and also some daylilies. Descriptions. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ROSES OF YESTERDAY AND TODAY 802 Brown's Valley Road Watsonville, CA 95076-0398 (408) 724-2755 Roses - Rare and unusual roses, over 200 varieties. $3 catalog, if you order $15 they'll send one free next year. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: unknown ROSES UNLIMITED Rt. 1 Box 587 Laurens, SC 29360 (803) 682-9112 Roses. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ROSLYN NURSERY 211 Burrs Lane Dix Hills NY, 11746 (516) 643-9347, Fax: ( 516)484-1555. Ornamentals. Deciduous and evergreen azaleas, especially those for colder climates. Rhododendrons, hardy camellias, a variety of shrubs and trees, and some interesting conifers and ferns. Quality: Good to Excellent Price: $$ to $$$ Service: Good Variety: Excellent ROSWELL SEED CO. P.O. Box 725 Roswell NM 88201 (505) 622-7701 General, wholesale. Basic list of vegetable and flower seeds, geared toward the wholesale customer though they do sell packets. Field seeds (alfalfa, oats, clover, etc) sold in bulk; some supplies. Quality: unknown Price: $$ - $$$ Service: unknown Variety: Fair ROYAL GARDENS Box 588 Farmingdale, NJ 07727 Phone: unknown Bulbs - Nicely illustrated catalog of common bulb species Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ROYALL RIVER ROSES 70 New Gloucester Road North Yarmouth, ME 04021 Phone: unknown The catalog says that they are strictly organic. Many interesting and varied roses. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Good ROYCROFT DAYLILY NURSERY RT 6, Box 70 Georgetown, SC 29440 (803)527-1533 Free list. Daylilies. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown RUPP SEEDS, INC. 17919 Co. Rd. B Wauseon, OH 43567 (419) 337-1841 FAX: (419) 337-5491 Vegetables. Large selection of vegetable seeds. Full-sized 50-page catalog with a few color pictures, but good, brief descriptions. Commercial price list available to growers. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Excellent JIM & IRENE RUSS HCR 1, Box 6450 Igo, CA 96047 Phone: unknown Misc - Specialize in sempervivums and sedum plants. Some descriptions. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown S&H ORGANIC ACRES P.O. Box 757, 12125 Red Hills Rd. Newburg, OR 97132 Phone: unknown Organic, presumably, but specialty unknown. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SALLY & CO. Box 24121, 300 Eagleson Rd. Kanata, ON K2M 2C3 Phone: (613)836-6216 More than 40 varieties of exotic tropical seeds including Japanese pine, pink orchid tree, orange jessamine. Free Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown SALT SPRING ISLAND NURSERY 355A Blackburn Rd. Salt Spring Island, BC V8K 2B8 Phone: (604) 537-9421, Fax: (604) 537-2326 Over 200 perennials and 110 herbs. $2 refundable Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown SALT SPRING SEEDS Box 33 Ganges, BC V0S 1E0 Phone: (604)537-5269 Organically grown seeds, including high-protein beans, amaranth, quinoa, 20 varieties of garlic. $2 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown SANTA BARBARA ORCHID ESTATE 1250 Orchid Drive Santa Barbara CA 93111 Phone: unknown Orchids. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SANTA BARBARA WATER GARDENS Box 4353 Santa Barbara, CA 93140 Phone: unknown Aquatic. Water garden supplies and plants. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown THE SASKATOON FARM RR1 Dewinton, AB T0L 0X0 Phone: 1-800-463-2113 Saskatoon berry seedlings. Free Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown SAVAGE FARMS NURSERY P.O. Box 125 McMinnville TN 37110 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SAVOY'S GARDENS INC. 5300 Whiting Ave. Edina, MN 55435 Phone: unknown Misc - Specialize in hostas. Descriptions and some photos.($2) Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SAXTON GARDENS 1 First St. Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 Phone: None Daylilies. Some photos and descriptions. Free 8-page catalog. Ship April to mid-June. Avg. price $5.00 ea. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Fair JOHN SCHEEPERS,INC PO Box 700 Bantam, CT 06750 (203) 567-0838 Bulbs - Nice range ; probably of more interest to specialists. Well-established firm with exhibition size bulbs Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SCHEN-DARE ORCHIDS 3225-50th Ave Lloydminster, SK S9V 0N8 Phone: (306)825-5104, Fax: (403)875-5070 Hybridizers with unique varieties, miniatures. $5 including a plant. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown S. SCHERER & SONS 104 Waterside Road Northport NY 11768 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SCHREINER'S IRIS GARDENS 3625 Quinaby Rd. NE Salem, OR 97303-9720 (503) 393-3232, Orders: (800) 525-2367 Iris - Large selection of irises with many photos and descriptions. Catalog $4.00. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SCHULZ CACTUS GARDENS 1095 Easy St. Morgan Hill CA 95037 Phone: unknown Cactus Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown F. W. SCHUMACHER CO. 36 Spring Hill Road Sandwich MA 02563-1023 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SCOTTY'S DESERT PLANTS 11588 S Academy Selma, CA 93662 Phone: unknown Catalog $1; Cactus and succulents Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SEA BREEZE ORCHIDS P.O. Box 1416 Bayville NY 11709 Phone: unknown Orchids Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SEAGULLS LANDING ORCHIDS P.O. Box 388 Glen Head NY 11545 Phone: unknown Orchids Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SEASIDE DAYLILY FARM Box 807-G West Tisbury MA 02575 Phone: unknown Daylilies, organically grown. Free catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SEAWRIGHT GARDENS 201 Bedford Rd. Carlisle, MA 01741 (508)369-2172 Daylilies; descriptions in catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SEED SAVERS EXCHANGE Rt 3 Box 239 Decorah, Iowa 52101 (319) 382-5990 Misc - This is a membership group dedicated to saving antique and heirloom varieties. Membership fees $15-$25. Free brochure. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SEED SERVICE 695 Joaquin Ave. San Leandro, CA 94577 (510) 352-4291 Palms. Seed for $4.00 - $7.00 per packet. You check the species that you want from a huge list, and pre-pay. Seeds are sent as they come in (fresher that way). Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SEED SHOP Tongue River Stage Miles City, MT 59301 Phone: unknown Catalog $2; cactus and succulent seeds Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SEEDERAMA P.O. Box 3 Charlestown, N.S.W. 2290 Australia Phone: unknown Misc - 1200 varieties of Australian & imported seeds Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SEEDS 13448 Weld County Road 4 Brighton, CO 80601 Phone: unknown Tropical. Pink Orchid, Sensitive Plant, Passiflora, more Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SEEDS AND SUCH Box 196B West Linn, OR 97068 Phone: unknown Vegetables. German Johnson tomato seeds, others? Catalog $2, SASE Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SEEDS BLUM HC 33 Idaho City Stage Boise, Idaho 83706-9725 (800) 528-3658 Gardens members said some hard things about Seeds Blum some years ago, but they seem to have recovered since several people are recommending them again Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SEEDS OF CHANGE P.O. Box 15700 Santa Fe, NM 87506-5700 (505) 438-8080; FAX (505) 438-7052 Vegetables, Heirloom. Carry many different grains such as amaranth, millet, quinoa, etc. Tomatoes (65 varieties!) and other vegetables. Unusual varieties. All organically grown. Quality: Good Price: $$ Service: Good Variety: Excellent SEEDWAY, INC. P.O. Box 250 Hall NY 14463-0250 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SELECT SEEDS 180 Stickney Hill Road Union, Connecticut 06076 Phone: unknown Seeds for antique and heritage perennials, annuals, and vines, books on same; Informative descriptions. Catalog $3. Will ship to Canada Quality: Excellent Price: $$ Service: Excellent, two weeks from ordering Varieties: Excellent SELECT PERENNIALS Box 124 RR1 Morriburg, ON K0C 1X0 Phone: unknown Hostas, daylilies. Send first class stamp Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown SELECT PLUS NURSERIES 1510 Pine Rd. Mascouche, PQ J7L 2M4 Phone: (514)477-3797 More than 400 varieties of lilacs. Catalog $2 refundable. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown SEQUOIA NURSERY- MOORE MINIATURE NURSERIES 2519 East Nobel Ave. Visalia CA 93277 (209) 732-0190 Miniature roses, anything else unknown. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SEYMOUR'S SELECTED SEEDS P.O.Box 1346 Sussex, VA 23884-0346 803 663 3084 Flower seeds, mostly. Rumour says they are connected with R.H. Shumways, an old and well-known seed company Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SHADY HILL GARDENS 821 Walnut St. Batavia, Il. 60510 Phone: unknown Misc - Large selection of geraniums with descriptions and some photos.($2) Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SHADY OAKS NURSERY 112 10th ave.SE Waseca, MN 56093 (507) 835-5033, fax (507) 835-8772. Plants for shady places. Good selection of hostas Quality: Excellent Price: unknown Service: Excellent Variety: Good SHANTI BITHI NURSERY 3047 High Ridge Road North Stamford CT 06903 (203) 329-0768 FAX: (203) 329-8872 Bonsai plants. Starter plants in 4 pots, most $7.50 ea. Mature bonsai $30.00 to $4000.00 (ouch) ea. Also, bonsai books and very expensive bonsai tools and accessories. No bargains here, except perhaps the free 8-page color catalog. Quality: unknown Price: $$$$ Service: unknown Variety: Fair SHEFFIELD'S SEED COMPANY 273 Auburn Rd., Rt 34 Locke, NY 13092 (315) 497-1058 FAX (315) 497-1059 Ornamental. Sells seed per pound. Listings. Mostly woodies. Quality: unknown Price: $$ to $$$$ Service: unknown Variety: Good SHEIN'S CACTUS 3360 Drew Marina, CA 93933 Phone: unknown Cactus. Catalog $1 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SHEPARD IRIS GARDEN 3342 W Orangewood Phoenix, AZ 85051 (602) 841-1231 Iris - Bearded, Louisiana and Spuria iris listings. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SHEPHERD GERANIUMS 13851 Christensen Rd Galt CA 95632 Phone: unknown Misc - Scented and specialty geraniums. Catalog $1.00, refundable. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SHEPHERD HILL FARM 200 Peekskill Hollow Rd Putnam Valley NY 10579 (914) 528-5917 Rhodendrons and azaleas. Postpaid shipping. Free catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SHEPHERD'S GARDEN SEEDS 30 Irene Street Torrington, Connecticut 06790 (203) 482-3638; California (408) 335-6910. Lots of exotic vegetables, edible flowers and other flowers. Catalog attractive and informative. Seeds ok, but can't ship live plants, potato sets, garlic, asparagus, or shallots to Canada. Quality: Good Price: $$ to $$$ Service: Good Variety: Excellent SHERRY'S PERENNIALS Box 39-J Cedar Springs, ON N0P 1E0 Phone: (519)676-4541 Large selection of perennial plants including many shade- tolerant and long-blooming varieties. Catalog $4, refundable. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown SHILOH GARDENS Rt 1. Box 77A Pawnee IL 62558 Phone: unknown Iris - Tall bearded. 2 stamps for catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SHOOTING STAR NURSERY 444 Bates Rd Frankfort KY 40601 (502) 223-1679 Native plants and wildflowers. Over 200 spp. of nursery- grown forest, prairie, and wetland plants and seeds. Listed as a source for Bottle Gentian. Descriptive catalog $2.00. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown R.H. SHUMWAY'S PO Box 1 Graniteville, SC 29829 Phone: unknown General - Free catalog; basic collection of vegetable seeds, some fruit, some flowers. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Good SINGER'S 17806 Plummer St., FG Northridge CA 91325 (818) 933-1903 Cactus and succulents. $1 Catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SISKIYOU RARE PLANT NURSERY 2825 Cummings Road Medford, OR 97501 (503) 772-6846 Ornamental, rare. One of the best sources for rock garden plants. Alpines and other dwarf, hardy plants for the Woodland and Rock Garden. $2.00 for 78-page catalog with brief descriptions and a (very) few pictures. Quality: Fair to Good Price: $ to $$$ Service: good Variety: Excellent SKYBLUE NURSERIES P.O. Box 18061 St. Paul MN 55118-0061 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SLOCUM WATER GARDENS 1101 Cypress Gardens Blvd Winter Haven, FL 33880-6099 Phone: unknown Aquatic. Extensive selection of water garden plants and products. Descriptions and photos ($2) Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SMIRNOW'S SON 11 Oakwood Dr W Rt. 1 Huntington, NY 11743 Phone: unknown Peonies. Specialize in tree peonies, Listings and some photos Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SMITH AND HAWKEN 25 Corte Madera Mill Valley, CA 94941 (415) 383-2000 Supplies, equipment. A few seeds and bulbs, some good tools, garden furbelows. Mostly expensive stuff for trendy gardeners, but they do have sturdy English tools. Quality: average Price: $$$$ Service: good Variety: average SMITH NURSERY CO. P.O. Box 515 Charles City IA 50616 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SOERGEL GREENHOUSES 2573 Brandt School Rd. Wexford PA 15090 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown WINN SOLDANI 1142 SW First Ave Pompano Beach FL 33060-8706 Phone: unknown 250 varieties of fancy hibiscus. Free catalog; video $15. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SOLOMON DAYLILLIES 105 County Club Rd. Newport News VA 23606 Phone: unknown Daylilies Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown KEITH SOMERS TREES 10 Tillson Ave. Tillsonburg, ON N4G 2Z6 Phone: (519)842-5148 Seeds and plants for flowering shrubs, ferns, evergreens, shade trees. Specialists in native and Carolinium trees. Aquatic and bog plants. Nut trees. $2 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown SONOMA ANTIQUE APPLE NURSERY 4395 Westside Road Healdsburg CA 95448 (707) 433-6420 fax (707) 433-6479 Many varieties of fruit trees; in partnership with Arbor & Espalier Co so offers some of these varieties already trained as espaliers. No info on shipping out of U.S. Quality: unknown Price: $$$ Service: unknown Variety: Excellent SOUTH FLORIDA SEED SUPPLY 16361 Norris Road Loxahatchee FL 33470 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SOUTHERN SEEDS P.O. Box 2091 Melbourne, FL 32902 (407) 727-3662 (Orders Only) General - $1 catalog, mostly edible spp which do well in deep South. Sell all seed in packets only; most packets $1.50 ea. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Fair SOUTHERN EXPOSURE 35 Minor-AH Beaumont, TX 77702-2414 Phone: unknown $5 cat / SASE for list. Tropicals for home & garden, Cryptanthus and other bromeliads, staghorn ferns, aroids, philodendrons, Rhipsalis cactus. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SOUTHERN EXPOSURE SEED EXCHANGE P.O. Box 170 Earlysville, VA 22936 Phone and FAX: (804) 973-4703. (FAX 10am-3pm Eastern time from Jan. thru April). Seed only, mostly vegetables. Packets only, no bulk. Very detailed descriptions, planting instructions, etc. Mostly open pollinated heirloom varieties. Many varieties are especially for the climates of the Mid-Atlantic region. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Good SOUTHERN PERENNIALS & HERBS 98 Bridges Road Tylertown MS 39667 (601) 684-1769, FAX: (601) 684-3729 Catalog $3 refundable, specialising in perennials, grasses, herbs, and more for the Southeast regions. Does not ship to Canada. Email mbridges@interserve.com Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SOUTHMEADOW FRUIT GARDENS 15310 Red Arrow Highway Lakeside MI 49116 Phone: unknown Fruit. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SOUTHWESTERN NATIVE SEEDS Box 50503 Tucson, AZ 85703 Phone: unknown Natives. Seeds are divided into desert, mountain, and tropical. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SPAULDING BULB FARM 1811 Howey Rd. Sebring, FL. 33872 Phone: unknown Houseplants. Caladium bulbs Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SPECIALTY SEEDS P.O. Box 842 Lompoc CA 93436 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SPRING HILL NURSERIES CO. 6523 North Galena Road Peoria, Illinois 61632 (800) 582-8527, Orders: (309) 689-3800, Customer Service: (309) 689-3828 Ornamental - Sells a lot of different kinds of plants - mixed reports on quality, however. Reportedly they do not provide any hardiness info, but have lots of color pictures in their catalogs. Quality: Fair Price: $$ Service: Good Variety: Good SPRINGHILL NURSERIES 110 West Elm Street Tipp City, Ohio 45371 (309) 691-4616 Ornamentals. Catalog $2.50 Quality: unknown Price: $$ - $$$ Service: unknown Variety: average SPROUT FARMS FRUIT TREE NURSERY Box 538 Bon Accord, AB T0A 0K0 Phone: (403)921-3460 Alberta-grown fruit trees and bushes. $2 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown SQUAW MOUNTAIN GARDENS 36212 S.E. Squaw Mtn. Road Estacada OR 97023 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ST. LAWRENCE NURSERIES R.D. 2, Route 345, Potsdam-Madrid Rd. Potsdam NY 13676 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown STALLINGS EXOTIC NURSERY 910 Encinitas Blvd. Encinitas, CA 92024 Specialty unknown, but catalog is $3 Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown STANEK'S East 2929- 27th St. Spokane, WA 99223 Phone: unknown Roses. Mostly hybrid teas and floribundas, some shrub, tree and old roses. Descriptions. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown STANLEY & SONS NURSERY, INC. 11740 S.E. Orient Dr. Boring OR 97009 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown STARK BROS. P.O. Box 10 Louisiana MO 63353-0010 (800) 325-4180 Orders, 800-478-2759 Customer Service Fruit. Has a lot of nice fruit trees and is highly regarded by some members. CA residents will have a hard time finding plants they can ship. Trees and shrubs in limited amounts. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Average STEFFEN'S CLEMATIS P.O. Box 184, 1259 Fairport Rd Fairport, NY 14450 Phone: unknown Clematis - Specialize in hybrid clematis with cultural information.($2) Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown STIGALL WATER GARDENS 7306 Main Kansas City MO 64114 (816) 822-1256 Aquatic. Waterlilies. Free catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown STIRLING PERENNIALS RR 1 Morpeth, ON, Canada NOP 1XO (519) 674-0571 Hardy perennials, alpines and ground covers. No U.S. shipment yet; catalog $2 for 2 years with fall supplements. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: Average STOKES SEED CO. P.O. Box 548 Buffalo NY 14240 (716) 695-6980 Wide variety of ornamentals, fruit and vegetable. mostly seeds. Bulk orders available. Free catalog, very informative but oriented to the professional grower with many acres to plant. They have a Telecommunication Device for the deaf phone number: (905) 688-2366. There is also a Canadian address. Quality: Good Price: $ Service: Excellent Variety: Good STOKES SEEDS LTD. 39 James St., Box 10, St. Catharines, Ontario Canada L2R 6R6 (905) 688-4300 FAX (905) 684-8411 (24 hours) General - Wide variety of ornamentals, fruit and vegetable. mostly seeds. Bulk orders available. Free catalog, very informative but oriented to the professional grower with many acres to plant. They have a Telecommunication Device for the deaf phone number: (905) 688-2366. There is also a U.S. address. Quality: Good Price: $ Service: Excellent Variety: Good STONE LANE GARDENS Stone Farm, Chagford, Devon, United Kingdom TQ13 8JU (+44) 64723 311 Trees and shrubs. Birch and Alder arboretum and nursery - very small concern run by an enthusiast so suspect they will only ship within UK. Quality: Excellent Price: $$$ Service: Good Variety: Excellent STRAHM'S LILIES PO Box 226 Harbor, OR 97415 Phone: unknown Lilies - Oriental lily specialist Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown STRONG'S ALPINE SUCCULENTS PO Box 2264 Flagstaff AZ 86003-2264 Phone: unknown Cactus and succulents. Sempervivums. Descriptive list $1.00, deductible. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SUCCULENTA P.O. Box 480325 Los Angeles, CA 90048 Phone: unknown Cactus and succulents. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SUNLIGHT GARDENS Rt. 1, Box 600A, Hillvale Rd. Anderson, TN 37705 Phone: unknown Wide variety of perennials and some herbs. Descriptions.($2) Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SUNNYBROOK FARM P.O. Box 6, 9448 Mayfield Rd. Chesterland, OH 44026 Phone: unknown Herbs, ivies and perennial plants. Descriptions($1) Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SUNNYSLOPE GARDENS 8638 Huntington Dr. San Gabriel CA 91775 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SUNSET NURSERY, INC. 4700 4007 Elrod Ave. Tampa, Fl 33616 (813) 839-7228 or (813) 837-3003 Bamboo source. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SUNSHINE CALADIUM FARMS P.O. Box 905 Sebring FL 33870 (813) 385-0663 or 655-3530 Caladium specialists; catalog free. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SUNSHINE FARM AND GARDENS Route 51D Renick WV 24966 (304)497-3163, FAX (304) 497-2698 Over 10,000 rare & unusual flowering plants, trees, shrubs, bulbs, many special collections. Open by appt; Barry Glick prop. & founder of the No. American Plant Preservation Council, tracks private plant collections Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: Excellent SUNSHINE FARMS P.O. Box 289 Mt. View, HI 96771 (808) 968-6312 or (800) 332-2555 FAX: (808) 968-8011 Tropical - Anthurium, orchids, Plumeria, ferns, Cordyline, Dracaena, Hibiscus, gingers, palms and much more. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SUNSWEPT LABORATORIES P.O. Box 1913 Studio City CA 91604 (818) 506-7271 FAX (818) 506-4911 Orchids. Tissue cultured, seedlings and divisions; mostly species with a few hybrids. If you're looking for a Paphiopedelum kolopakingii 'Montecito', you can get one here for only $2500, no decimal point intended. Other orchids $12 and up, way up. Quality: unknown Price: $$$ to $$$$ Service: unknown Variety: Good to excellent SURRY GARDENS P.O. Box 145, Rt 172 Surry, ME 04684 Phone: unknown Listings of perennials - plants. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown SUTTELL'S DAHLIAS 5543 Blezard Dr. Beamsville, ON L0R 1B3 Phone: unknown Exhibition dahlias of all types. Free catalog Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown SWAN ISLAND DAHLIAS P.O. Box 800 Canby, OR 97013 Phone: unknown Large selection of dahlias. Photos and descriptions.($2) Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown DEAN SWIFT SEED CO. P.O. Box B Jaroso, CO 81138 Phone: unknown Sells in pounds. Wildflower and Tree Seed, adapted to western climates. Only 21 varieties of wildflowers tho. Quality: unknown Price: $$ to $$$ Service: unknown Variety: Poor T & T SEEDS LTD. Box 1710 Winnipeg, MB R3C 3P6 Phone: (204)956-2777, Fax: (204)956-1994 Seeds, plants, bulbs, vines, nursery stock, perennials, roses, pots, fertilizers. $2 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown TALAVAYA SEEDS PO Box 707, Santa Cruz Stn. Santa Cruz, NM 87567 Phone: unknown Vegetables - Chile peppers. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown DAVE TALBOT 4038 Highway 17S Green Cove Springs, Fl 32043 Phone: unknown Many types of daylilies. Descriptions. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown TATE NURSERY RT 20, Box 436 Tyler, TX 75708 Phone: unknown Roses: hybrid teas and floribundas. Some descriptions. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown TAYLOR'S ROSES P.O. Box 11272 Chicksaw, AL 36671-0272 (205) 456-7753 Miniature roses. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown TEL-EL NURSERY P.O. Box 112 Orefield, PA 18069 Phone: unknown Perennials, ground covers, and chrysanthemums. Descriptions Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown TERAX TROPICALS P.O. Box2743 Largo, FL 34649 Phone: unknown Tropical - Hoyas, bromeliads. SASE for list Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown TERRITORIAL SEED COMPANY 20 Palmer Avenue Cottage Grove, OR 97424 (503) 942-9547 General - Vegetable, herb and flower seeds in sampler size, packet size and bulk. Produces seeds basically for the maritime northwest (though can probably be grown elsewhere). Also supplies, books, tools, insecticides. There is also a Canadian address Quality: Excellent Price: $$ Service: Excellent Variety: Excellent TERRITORIAL SEED COMPANY 206-8475 Ontario St. Vancouver, B.C. V5X 3E8 Phone: unknown Free catalog. Vegetable, herb and flower seeds in sampler size, packet size and bulk. Produces seeds basically for the maritime northwest (though can probably be grown elsewhere). Also supplies, books, tools, insecticides. There is also a U.S. address Quality: Excellent Price: $$ Service: Excellent Variety: Excellent TETRA POND Box 4858 Toms River, NJ 08754-9946 Phone: unknown Aquatic. Water garden and pond supplies Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown TEXAS MINI ROSES P.O. Box 267 Denton, TX 76202 (817) 566-3034 Miniature roses. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown THIS 'N THAT Box 51057, 234 Tyndall Ave. Winnipeg, MB R2R 2S6 Phone: unknown Tropical house plant seeds. $2 with sample seed package. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown THOMAS JEFFERSON CTR FOR HISTORIC PLANTS Monticello, P.O. Box 316 Charlottesville VA 22902 Phone: unknown A few plants, some fruit trees, and seeds collected from the gardens of Monticello. Other Jeffersonian gardening related items. Catalog $1 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown THOMASVILLE NURSERIES P.O. Box 7 Thomasville GA 31799-0007 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown THOMPSON & MORGAN INC P.O. Box 1308 Jackson, NJ 08525-0308 (908) 363-2225 (800) 274-7333 for orders Basic as well as unusual seeds and plants. Highly regarded by many. Will ship to Canada Quality: Excellent Price: $$ - $$$ Service: Good Variety: Excellent THON'S GARDEN MUMS P.O. Box 146 Crystal Lake, Il. 60014 Phone: unknown Chrysanthemums. Mum descriptions and some photos. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown THE THYME GARDEN 20456-R Alsea Hwy Alsea OR 97324 Phone: unknown 250+ varieties herb seeds, plants, hops. 40-page catalog $1.50, refundable. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown TILLINGHAST SEED CO. P.O. Box 738 La Conner WA 98257 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown TINARI GREENHOUSES 2325 Valley Rd. Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006 Phone: unknown Houseplants - Specialize in African Violets. Some descriptions. Catalog .50 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown TINY PETALS NURSERY 489 Minot Ave Chula Vista CA 92010 (619) 422-0385 Miniature roses. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown TISCHLER PEONY GARDENS 1021 E Division St. Faribault, MN 55021 Phone: unknown Peonies - Single, double and Japanese peony descriptions Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown TOMATO GROWERS SUPPLY CO. P.O. Box 2237 Fort Myers FL 33902 (813) 768-1119 Vegetables - Tomato specialist; a good number of peppers as well. Catalog says they will not ship supplies outside the 48 states except by UPS air. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Excellent TOMATO SEED COMPANY P.O. Box 1400 Tryon, NC 28782 Phone: unknown Tomato seeds. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown THE TOMATO SEED COMPANY, INC. P.O. Box 323 Metuchen NJ 08840 Phone: unknown Vegetables - Specializing in tomato seed. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown TOTALLY TOMATOES P.O. Box 1626 Augusta, GA 30903 (803) 663-0016 Vegetables - Specialize in (surprise!) tomatoes. (This is a spin-off catalog from the Vermont Bean Seed Company.) No info on Canadian ordering. Quality: Good Price: $$ Service: Average Variety: Excellent TRADEWINDS BAMBOO NURSERY 28446 Hunter Creek Loop Gold Beach, OR 97444 (503) 247-0835 (Phone and FAX) Many many bamboo species. Catalog $2 refundable, $40 minimum. E-mail owner Gib Cooper at gibcoop@cerf.net Quality: Excellent Prices: $$ Service: Good Variety: Excellent TRANQUIL LAKE NURSERY 45 River St. Rehoboth, Mass. (508) 252-4002 They have acres of wonderful siberian and Japanese iris, and loads of daylilies. They have a catalog, but not too many illustrations. Quality: Good Price: $$ Service: Good Variety: Excellent TRANSPACIFIC NURSERY 16065 Oldsville Rd. McMinnville, OR 97128 Phone: unknown $2 catalog or may be downloaded from 1-503-843-4214; interesting online catalog is part of a BBS. Trees and shrubs, rare, ornamental. Many varieties. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown TREGUNNO SEEDS 126 Catharine St. N. Hamilton, ON L8R 1J4 Phone: (905)528-5984, Fax: (905) 528-1635 Herb, flower, vegetable seeds. Bulbs, lawn seed, bird seed, special-interest books. Free Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown WILLIAM TRICKLER INC 7125 Tanglewood Dr. Independence, OH 44131 (800) 524-3492 Aquatic. Large selection of water plants and products. Descriptions some photos Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown TRINIDAD BAY BULB CO. PO Box 974 Trinidad, CA 95570 Phone: unknown Lilies. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown TRIPPLE BROOK FARM 37 Middle Road Southampton MA 01073 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown TROPHY ROSES, LTD 1308 N. Kennicott Ave. Arlington Heights, IL 60004 (708) 253-0998 Orders/Catalogs; 708) 253-0738 Fax Roses. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown TROPICAL IMPORTS 43714 Road 415 Coarsegold CA 93614 Phone: unknown Tropicals. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown TROPICALS P.O. Box 233 Oregon, WI 53575 Phone: unknown Seeds of tropical plants. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown TROPIFLORA 3530H Tallevast Road Sarasota, FL 34243 (813) 351-2267 Tillandsia (bromeliad) Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown TSANG & MA P.O. Box 294 Belmont CA 94002 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown TSOLUM RIVER FRUIT TREES Box 1271 Ganges, BC V0S 1E0 Phone: (604)537-4191 Specialists in organically grown heirloom fruit trees. More than 300 varieties. $3.75 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown OTIS S. TWILLEY SEED COMPANY P.O. Box 65 Trevose, PA 19053 (215) 639-8800 General. Flower and vegetable seeds. Quality: Good Price: $ Service: Excellent Variety: Good TWOMBLY NURSERY 163 Barn Hill Rd. Monroe, CT 06468 (203)261-2133 fax (203)261-9230 Rare and unusual plants and trees, they claim over 1,000 varieties. $4 for reference guide. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown UPPER BANK NURSERIES P.O. Box 486 Media, PA 19063 Phone: unknown Bamboo Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown VALLEY CREEK NURSERY P.O. Box 364 Three Oaks MI 49128 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown VALLEY ORCHID PARTNERS 12621 Woolridge Rd. Pitt Meadows, BC V3Y 1Z1 Phone: (604)465-8664 Orchid hybrids and species. Free Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown VAN BOURGONDIEN & SONS INC PO Box A245 Farmingdale Rd Babylon, NY 11702 (800) 622-9959 Cust. service (800) 622-9997 for orders Bulbs. They say, Specialize in rare and unusual imported and domestic flowering bulbs and plants. Mixed reports on quality, however. Quality: Fair Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Good VAN DYEK'S FLOWER FARM PO Box 430 Brightwaters, NY 11718-0430 Phone: unknown. Bulbs. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown VAN DYKE ZINNIAS 5910 Corey Rd Perry MI 48872 Phone: unknown Flowers. Presumably they specialize in zinnias. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown VAN ENGELEN, INC 313 Naaple Street Litchfield, CT 06759 (202) 567-8734 or -5662. Bulbs. The catch in buying from them is that one must purchase in bulk. The more unusual tulips and other bulbs can be purchased in lots of 50's (Green Tulips and tulip novelties). Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: Fair Variety: unknown VAN NESS WATER GARDENS 2460 North Euclid Ave. Upland, CA 91786-1199 Phone: unknown Aquatics. Large selection of plants and products for water gardens. Descriptions and some photos ($6). Their prices on non-plant supplies are pretty high, plants are medium to pricey. They'll give you plenty of help over the phone, too. Quality: Excellent Price: $$$ Service: Excellent Variety: Excellent (plants) MARY MATTISON VAN SCHALK Box 181 Cavendish, VT 05142 Phone: unknown Cat $1 established importer of Dutch bulbs Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown VANWELL NURSERY INC. P.O. Box 1339 Wenatchee WA 98801 (509) 663-8189. (800) 572-1553 in WA only. FAX: (509) 662- 9336 Fruit trees. Good selection of apples and cherries. Quality: unknown Price: unknown (received wholesale list only) Service: unknown Variety: Good VARGA'S NURSERY 2631 Pickertown Rd. Warrington, PA 18976 (215) 343-0646 ($1 cat) Ferns, tropical and hardy Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown VELDHEER TULIP GARDENS 12755 Quincy St Holland, MI 49424 Phone: unknown Bulb specialists. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown VENGER'S ORCHIDS 1220 Pando Ave Colorado Springs, C0 80906 (719) 576-7686 A variety of orchids with special orders available. Advice, listings, and cultural booklet available via e-mail: venger@earth.usa.net Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: unknown VERMONT BEAN SEED CO. Garden Lane Fair Haven, Vermont 05743 (802) 273-3400 Vegetables - I beleive they have other things besides beans; but lots of those. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown THE VERMONT WILDFLOWER FARM Rt.7 Charlotte, VT 05455 (802) 425-3500 Wildflowers. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown VESEY'S SEEDS York Box 9000 Charlottetown PEI C1A 8K6 (902) 368-7333, FAX: (902) 566-1620 Island Sunshine potatoes - blight resistant yellow flesh will be available in 1995. There is also a U.S. address. Free catalog Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown VESEY'S SEEDS Box 9000 Calais, ME 04619 Phone: unknown Vegetables - Island Sunshine potatoes - blight resistant yellow flesh will be available in 1995. There is also a Canadian address. Free catalog Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown ANDRE VIETTE FARM & NURSERY Rt. 1, Box 16 Fishersville, VA 22939 (703) 943-2315 Extensive listing of perennials, grasses, iris, some shrubs. Some descriptions($2) Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown VILLAGE ORCHIDS 567 McMillan Ave. Winnipeg, MB R3L 0N7 Phone: (204)477-0905 Orchids and orchid supplies. $2 refundable Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown VINTAGE GARDENS 3003 Pleasant Hill Road Sebastopol CA 95472 (707) 829-5342 Roses - Lots of unusual old roses, like strange old Hybrid Teas. Free availability list. 1994 Catalog $4.00, offers 800 roses, to be published October 1994. All roses $8.00 to $10.00 ea. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Excellent THE VIOLET HOUSE Box 1274 Gainesville, FL 32602 Phone: unknown Houseplants - African Violets, plants and seeds, accessories. Free catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown VIVACES NORDIQUES 2400 Ch. Principal St-Mathieu du Parc, PQ G0X 1N0 Phone: (819)532-3275 Daylilies. $2 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown VOLKMANN BROS. GREENHOUSES 2714 Minert St Dallas TX 75219 Phone: unknown Houseplants - African Violets. Supplies, equipment, lighted plant stands. Color catalog $1.00 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown WASHINGTON EVERGREEN NURSERY Box 388 Leicester NC 28748 Phone: unknown Trees and shrubs. Over 220 dwarf conifers and laurels. Plants available in 1-3 gallon sizes. Free catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown WATER ARTS INC. 4158A Dundas St. W. Etobicoke, ON M8X 1X3 Phone: unknown Everything for your pond. Free Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown WATERFORD GARDENS 74 East Allendale Road Saddle River NJ 07458 (201) 327-0721 Aquatics. Water lilies, lotus, bog plants, pools, fish, accessories. Catalog $5.00. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown THE WAUSHARA GARDENS N5491 5th Drive Plainfield, WI 54966 (715) 335-4462 Bulbs, flowers. Gladiolus specialist; also, lilies, summer bulbs and cutflowers. 16-page catalog with no pictures. Quality: unknown Prices: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Good WAVECREST NURSERY & LANDSCAPING CO. 2509 Lakeshore Dr. Fennville MI 49408 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown WAYNESBORO NURSERIES P.O. Box 987, Route 664 Waynesboro VA 22980 Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown WAYSIDE GARDENS 1 Garden Lane Hodges, SC 29695-0001 (800) 845-1124 Ornamentals, perennials, trees and shrubs. Rose catalog contains many selections from 20 different classifications of roses with excellent descriptions and care instructions. Shipment to 48 contiguous states and by air to Alaska only. Quality: good Price: $$ Service: good Variety: good WE'RE IN THE HAYFIELD NOW, DAYLILY GARDENS 4704 Pollard Road, RR1 Orono, Ontario, Canada L0B 1M0 (905) 983-5097 Fax (905) 983-6271 Daylilies. Price range: $45. to $5. Catalog $2 refundable Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: unknown WE-DU NURSERIES Route 5, Box 724 Marion, NC 28752 (704) 738-8300 Southeast natives and other perennials; some rare plants. Quality: Excellent Price: $$ - $$$ Service: Good Variety: Good WEASDALE NURSERIES Newbiggin-on-Lune, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, UK CA17 4LX (+44) 5396 23246 fax : (+44) 5396 23277 Forest/Hedge/Specimen trees and shrubs. British natives, common forestry and ornamental varieties. Can ship thoughout EU. Quality: Good to Excellent Price: $$ Service: Excellent Variety: Good CHRIS WEEKS PEPPERS P.O. Box 3207 Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948 Phone: unknown Vegetables. Catalog $1, $2 outside U.S. 62 hot pepper varieties with a brief description of each.. Cost is US$1.50 per pkt (25-40 seeds, but Rocoto pkts are 15 seeds) or $12.50 in groups of 10 pkts. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown WEISS BROS. NURSERY 11690 Colfax Hwy Grass Valley CA 95945 (916) 272-7657 Over 350 vars. perennials and herbs, container grown and shipped. Free catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown WILLIAM R.P. WELCH P.O. Box 1736 Carmel Valley, CA 93924-1736 Phone: unknown Grower of Narcissus and other drought resistant bulbs. Deer- proof and gopher-proof. High quality, reasonaby priced. Quality: Excellent Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: unknown WELL-SWEEP HERB FARM 317 Mt. Bethel Rd. Port Murray, NJ 07865 (908) 852-5390 Herbs. Catalog $2.00. Listing of herb plants; a few herb seeds. Quality: unknown Price: $ Service: unknown Variety: Excellent KEN WEST ORCHIDS P.O. Box 1332 Pahoa HI 96778 Phone: unknown Orchids Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown WESTERN BIOLOGICALS LTD. Box 283 Aldergrove, BC V4W 2T8 Phone: (604)856-3339 Wide variety of mushroom spawn for home gardeners. $3 refundable. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown WESTSIDE EXOTICS PALM NURSERY P.O. Box 156, 6030 River Rd. Westley, CA 95387 Phone: unknown Tropical. Large SASE for catalog Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown WHEELER FARM GARDENS 171 Bartlett Portland CT 06480 (203) 432-2374 Misc - Tissue-cultured, disease-free ivy and zonal geraniums. Free brochure. Ship spring, UPS, ppd. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown WHITE FLOWER FARM Rt 63 Litchfield, CT 06759-0050 (203) 496-9600 Ornamentals, perennials, trees and shrubs, bulbs. Informative catalogs. Carries several strains of long-lived tulips (their perennial tulips). They will ship to Canada. Quality: unknown Price: $$ - $$$ Service: unknown Variety: Average WHITEHOUSE PERENNIALS RR2 Almonte, ON K0A 1A0 Phone: (613)256-3406 Daylilies, Siberian iris, peonies and the top hostas. Will locate particular varieties for you. Also carries Ladbrooke soil blocks. $2 refundable Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown WICKLEIN'S WATER GARDENS PO Box 440037 Brentwood MO 63144-0437 Phone: unknown Aquatics. Waterlilies. $1.00 for list. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown GILBERT H WILD AND SON, INC. P.O. Box 338 Sarcoxie, Mo. 64862-0338 (417) 548-3514 Daylilies and peonies Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown WILD EARTH NURSERY 49 Mead Ave Freehold NJ 07728 Phone: unknown Propagated wildflowers, ferns, grasses. Descriptive catalog $2.00, refundable. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown WILDGINGER WOODLANDS P.O. Box 1091 Webster, NY 14580 Phone: unknown Specialize in wildflowers and woodland plants and shrubs. Some descriptions. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown WILDSEED INC. 1101 Campo Rosa Rd, P.O. Box 308 Eagle Lake,Texas 77434 (409) 234-7353, fax: (409) 234-7407 Catalog $2. Wildflowers, exotic garden varieties, herbs. Extremely informative catalog which includes info about when and where to plant, average success rate, bloom period, history and pictures of both seedlings and adult plants. Quality: unknown Price: $-$$ Service: excellent Variety: good WILDWOOD, INC. Rt. 3, Box 165 Pittsboro, NC 27312 (919) 542-4344 SASE for catalog. Sells their own cultivars and hybrids of Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis). Ship mid-March to mid- June only. Catalog sales only. Quality: unknown Price: $$ Service: unknown Variety: Good, for Lobelia WILK ORCHID SPECIALISTS P.O. Box 1177 45-212 Nohonani Pl. Kaneohe HI 96744 Phone: unknown Specialty orchids Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown WILLAMETTE VALLEY GARDENS Box 285-A Lake Oswego OR 97034 Phone: unknown Perennials. Stamp for catalog. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown WILLHITE SEED CO. P.O. Box 23 Poolville TX 76076 (817) 599-8656 General and vegetable seeds. One problem that some people may not like is that there are no instructions on how to plant, seed depth, days to sprout, etc. on their packages. It does have some of that info. in their catalogue. Quality: Excellent Price: unknown Service: Excellent Variety: unknown NANCY WILSON SPECIES & MINIATURE NARCISSUS 6525 Briceland-Thorn Rd. Garberville Ca 95440 Phone: unknown Presumably a narcissus bulb specialist. Catalog $1.00. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown WILTON'S ORGANIC SEED POTATOES P.O. Box 28 Aspen CO 81612 Phone: unknown Vegetables - Specializing in organically grown seed potatoes. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown WINDROSE LTD 1093 Ackermanville Rd Pen Argyl PA 18072-9670 Phone: unknown Rare trees and shrubs Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown WINTERFELD RANCH SEED Box 97 Swan Valley, ID 83449 Phone: unknown Natives - Specialize in prairie grasses seed. listing Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown WOMACK NURSERY CO. Rt. 1, Box 80 DeLeon TX 76444-9649 (817) 893-6497 FAX: (817) 893-3400 Nut and fruit trees, esp. pecans, peaches. Good selection of pruning shears and knives, and budding knives. $25 min. order. Ship nursery stock mid-Dec. through March. 34-page catalog with b/w pics and brief descriptions, free. Quality: unknown Price: $$ to $$$ Service: unknown Variety: Fair to Good TOM WOOD NURSERY P.O. Box 100 Archer, FL 32618 Phone: unknown Tropical - Ginger and ginger relatives specialist Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown WOODLANDERS INC 1128 Colleton Ave. Aiken, SC 29801 (803) 648-7522 Specializing in native plants for zones 7-9. Also has many exotic plants, bamboo, ferns, yuccas, tea. (Cat $3) . Quality: Good Prices: $$ Service: Average Variety: Excellent WOODWINDS NURSERY RR1 Bluevale, ON N0G 1G0 Phone: (519)335-3749 Rare fruit trees, old-fashioned, connoisseur and hardy. Custom grafting service, native trees and shrubs. $2 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown WORM'S WAY 3151 South Highway 446 Bloomington IN47401 (800) 274-9676 Supplies, equipment. Everything for the hydroponic and greenhouse gardener. Beneficial insects, organic supplies. Call for the Urban Farmer's Sourcebook. Quality: unknown Price: $$$ Service: unknown Variety: Good THE WORM FACTORY 129G Sherbrook St. E. Perth, ON K7H 1B1 Phone: (613)267-5540 Vermiculture kits, bulk redworms, earthworm book titles, replacement bedding and worm castings. Live delivery across Canada year round. Free. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown WRENWOOD OF BERKELEY SPRINGS Route 4, Box 361 Berkeley Springs, WV 25411 (304) 258-3071 Misc - Catalog $2. Mentioned as a source for tanacetum niveum, but unknown what else they carry. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown WRIGHTMAN ALPINES RR3 Kerwood, ON N0M 2B0 Phone: (519)247-3751 Specialist growers of alpine plants from central Asia and western NA. $2 Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown WYATT-QUARLES SEED CO. P.O. Box 739 Garner NC Phone: unknown Specialty unknown Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown YO RANCH CACTUS COMPANY P.O. Box 1443 Ingram TX. 78025 Phone: unknown Native cactus. Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Variety: unknown YUCCA DO NURSERY P.O. Box 655 Waller, TX 77484 (409) 826-6363 Natives. Catalog $3.00 John Fairley & Carl Schoenfeld go on plant collecting expeditions into Mexico looking desirable and climate appropriate material for Texas and other parts of the U.S. Hardy palms, high altitude Mexican species. Quality: Good Price: $$$ Service: Fair Variety: Excellent STANLEY ZUBROWSKI Box 26 Prairie River, SK S0E 1J0 Phone: (306)889-4227 Seeds for variety of tomatoes, hardy clematis, some perennials. Free with SASE Quality: unknown Price: unknown Service: unknown Varieties: unknown . .. alt.agriculture.fruit net-resources resources mail-order general varieties organizations'faqsSAP-NewsSAP.News apple.trees$apple.trees.m-o.nurseriesapples.mail-orderapples.moreinfoberry-varietiesberry.varieties blueberries.rabbiteye $dancy.tangerines.tribute fruit $ fruit-growers fruit-growing-orgs fruit-nut.cat$fruit-plant-material.m-opeach.leaf.curl grape.cultkiwipaw-paw.moreinfo mulberries serviceberry Home.Orchard.Society.1 Orchard.Almanac-bookoranges.varietiesnavel.oranges.faqncc-crfg.meetingfruit.tree.catalog$jonagold.apple.m-o.sourceCRFG-1994meeting raspberries Mccoun-apple TIRA!filelist"HOS.fruit-show#fruit-nut.importing$,#The.Mighty.LingonBerry.by-R.E.Gough%jujube&wild-berry-plants' ftp-site.tangerine-info($USDA-NCGR.fruit-gene-bank)(SPUDCO.Orhard-Heaters.Mfg.Net*$CRFG-international-email-ID+(thornless-boysenberries-sources, citrus-update- Ubileen.pear. scion-eXchange.var-list/ scion-eXchange-program0(rare-fruit-grwng1exotic-fruit.1-952 apples.1-953$shade-tolerant-fruit.1-954 medlars.1-955tropical-fruit.1-956$shade-tolerant-fruit-2.1-957strawberries-1.1-958medlars-2.1-959 pawpaw-1.1-95: allfieldberry-1.1-95; pawpaw.feedback.3.1-95< Subject-Index=,!Organic-Grape-and-Wine-Conference>Tropical.Fruit.News?apples-and-vitamib@apples-and-vitaminsA0nutrients-in-high-yield-hybridsB8.NCGR-strawberry-germplasm-collection-expansionC$wild-blueberries.www-pageD$Strawberry.Facts.www-pageBishops.OrchardsFrom billg@yrkpa.kias.com Thu May 18 00:10:29 EDT 1995 Article: 69953 of rec.gardens Path: bigblue.oit.unc.edu!concert!news-server.ncren.net!taco.cc.ncsu.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!uunet!yrkpa.kias.com!usenet From: billg@yrkpa.kias.com (bill griffith) Newsgroups: rec.gardens Subject: Gardening Resources on the Interent - gardfaq.txt [1/1] Date: 15 May 1995 02:47:00 GMT Organization: kias Lines: 333 Message-ID: <3p6fb4$mnu@yrkpa.kias.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip18.kias.com Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.14 Updated 5/14/95 Well this is the second posting of this list. I have made a few corrections and added a few sites. I wish to keep this list up to date with corrections and new info as it becomes available. I could not have gathered all this info myself. I would like to thank Karen Fletcher, Georgina Brown, Adam Finkelstein, Graeme Roberts, David Wallis, Shelly Johnson, Mike Tyler, Gary Lipe, Mitchell Owen, Don Harper and Craig Lowery. I hope I didn't miss anyone. I would like to send a special thanks to Cheryl Trine for proofing this document and for posting it on her Web page (GardenNet, under GardenNet's Guide to Internet Garden Resources). She also informed me that this list should be available via anonymous ftp in mid May. I will repost this list when that is established with the appropriate directory info. This list is also available via email at GardenNet@olympus.net, Subject:Gardening FAQ with no message. Thanx a whole heap Cheryl! And may your plants bring you joy and perpetual happiness! Many of the sites listed have links to other sites listed and not listed. I have done my best to check the accuracy of the whole thing and will look forward to being corrected on my mistakes. I would like to keep the list updated with new sites so please send any new site info or info not included in this list to me at billg@yrkpa. kias.com. I will re-post this list on rec.gardens every month as I get the chance. No guarantees. mailing lists: hort-l@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu (send sub info to listserv@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu) (ed. note: This is a one way mailing list. You will receive several messages at the beginning of each month after subscribing. The list covers many subjects but concentrates on the state of Virginia. You can receive one message combining all the smaller messages into one but using the digest command.) gardens@ukcc.uky.edu (send sub info to listserv@ukcc.uky.edu) (ed. note: I subscribed to this list for about a year. It was not unusual to receive 50+ messages each day.) Daffodil discussion list- send the message subscribe daffodil your name to listserv@mc.edu. Note about mailing lists; you should send a message with the command help in the body to the listserve at the site which maintains the mailing list to get a complete list of commands (including how to unsubscribe). You should save that message in a safe place for future reference. WWW: http://www.prairienet.org/ag/garden/maillist.htm (ed. note: list of gardening lists) databases: Penpages- telnet to psupen.psu.edu login as the abbreviation of your state (i.e. PA, WA etc....) (ed. note: Has entries about gardening as well as family, health, parenting and many other subjects. Has keyword searches and "items added this week selections".) Virginia Cooperative Extension Service- gopher to gopher.ext.vt..edu | VCE Subject Matter | (ed. note: There are many subdirectories below this one. My advice is to look around and if you don't find what you looking for on your first look, try another route. I found 2 files about fruit in one section and 1 about fruit in another seemingly unrelated section. The keyword search appears to be fairly unreliable. I searched for "tomato" and got "Gloxinia". Virginia Cooperative Extension gopher. Includes environmental issues, pest management, plant fact sheets." Any other opinions would be appreciated.) Sunsite- ftpmail: ftpmail@sunsite.unc.edu (ed. note: unconfirmed) WWW: http://sunsite.unc.edu:80/garden-gate/ Many archives of various newsgroups and mailing lists. FAQ's for many newsgroups related to gardens (rec.gardens!) as well as documents on varied subjects from biological pest control and food preservation etc... As well as guides to Internet resources. (ed. note: I had to summarize the info offered at this site and looking over the list it is hard to imagine a hard drive which can hold all this info!) North Carolina State University- WWW: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/subjects.html Garden Tours: University of Delaware- http://bluehen.ags.udel.edu/udgarden.html (ed. note: limited info) Insects: WWW: http://ipm_www.ncsu.edu/insect_notes/insect_notes.html (NCSU Department of Entymology) Diseases: WWW: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/pp/catalog.html (NCSU Plant Pathogens) Bonsai: anonymous ftp: bonsai.pass.wayne.edu cd pub/GIFS/* bonsai.pass.wayne.edu cd pub/Information/* rtfm.mit.edu cd pub/usenet/news.answers/bonsai-faq/* mailing lists: bonsai@waynest1.bitnet (sub to listserv@waynest1.bitnet) bonsai@cms.cc.wayne.edu (sub to listserv@...) Usenet: alt.bonsai rec.arts.bonsai Chia pets: Usenet: alt.pets.chia Children's Gardening: Gopher: gopher.ext.vt.edu | VCE Subject Matter | Horticulture | Consumer Horticulture | General Horticulture Information | Children's Gardening Flowers: Usenet: rec.gardens.orchids rec.gardens.roses Wildflowers: http://rampages.onramp.net/~garylipe/ (Wildflower courses, walks, events and resources.) Software reviews: WWW: http://www.tcp.ca/Jan95/Gardening.html http://sunsite.unc.edu/garden_gate/ereview.htm Fruit Growing: Gopher: gopher.ext.vt.edu | VCE Subject Matter | Horticulture | Consumer Horticulture | The Virginia Gardener Extension Publications | Miscellaneous (ed. note: 2 articles) gopher.ext.vt.edu | VCE Subject Matter | Horticulture | Consumer Horticulture | General Horticulture Information | Hort Articles | Fruits and Nuts (ed. note: 1 articles) WWW: http://www.biddeford.com/~dtaylor/ww/ww14a.html (Raspberry faq) (ed. note: Obviously I need more sites for Fruit Growing.) Garden Encyclopedia: WWW: http://www.btw.com/garden_archive/toc.html (A searchable index of many garden subjects including tools, pest control, seed starting etc...) http://www.timeinc.com/vg (ed.note: boriss@ix.netcom.com says...Time Life's Virtual Garden. It includes a searchable plant encyclopedia with about 1200 plants. The encyclopedia allows you to select certain criteria you have available and suggests the plants that meet it. It also has list of foliage plants and flowering plants and what conditions each requires. There are also other things there including articles from recent issues of Southern Living and Sunset Magazines. Takes a little patience to download things because there are generous graphics sprinkled throughout.) (ed. note: You have to sign up to access the Gardening Library. I don't know what that entails (i.e. maybe another snail mailing list?)) Software: ftp: rigel.acs.oakland.edu /Simtel/msdos/database/gardener.zip and seed11.zip Herbs: Gopher: extsparc.agsci.usu.edu | Selected Documents (Utah State Extension) | Fact Sheets | Agriculture | Gardens | Herbs calypso-2.oit.unc.edu | Worlds of SunSITE-by Subject | Sustainable Agriculture Information | Gardening | Miscellaneous Information on Herbs gopher.ext.vt.edu | VCE Subject Matter | Horticulture | Consumer Horticulture | General Horticulture Information | Children's Gardening | 4-H Horticulture Publications at Va Tech | Herb Garden (ed. note: the Internet Yellow Pages notes this particular directory deals with "Herbal Variations... play games with and make gifts out of" herbs...) mailing list: herb@trearn.bitnet (subscription address listserv@trearn. bitnet) Vegetables: Gopher: gopher.udel.edu | UD Department | AGINFO:College of Agricultural Sciences | Information by Type of Publication | Fact Sheets | Vegetables Hydroponics: mailing list: hydro@hawg.stanford.edu (subscription info to majordomo@ hawg.stanford.edu) Indoor Plants: Gopher: gopher.ext.vt.edu | VCE Subject Matter | Horticulture | Consumer Horticulture | Hort Articles | Indoor Plants (ed. note: 2 articles) gopher.ext.vt.edu | VCE Subject Matter | Horticulture | Consumer Horticulture | Plant Fact Sheets (ed. note: many more articles) Master Gardener: Gopher: leviathan.tamu.edu | Master Gardener Information (ed. note: boriss@ix.netcom.com says...Internet Master Gardener. For problem solving. Categories such as fruits and nuts, flowering plants, ornamental trees and shrubs.) WWW: http://leviathan.tamu.edu:70 Pest Management: Gopher: gopher.ext.vt.edu | VCE Subject Matter | Entomology Trees: Gopher: gopher.udel.edu | UD Department, Program & College Information Services | AGINFO:College of Agricultural Sciences | AGINFO Plant Database gopher.ext.vt.edu | VCE Subject Matter | Horticulture | Consumer Horticulture | General Horticulture Information | Hort Articles | Woody Ornamentals Chiles: mailing list: listserv@chile.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu WWW: http://chile.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu:8000/www/chile.html general info and miscellaneous: WWW: http://www.iquest.net/~plantone/ (ed. note: Plantasia Garden Co., hydroponics, under construction) http://arts.uwaterloo.ca/~camoock (a visual history of one persons gardens) http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~gwr.gwrpage.html (a very good pointer for all sorts of gardening and other info) http://is.rice.edu/~shel/ http://www.prairienet.org/ag/garden/homepage.htm (The Garden Gate) http://mirror.wwa.com/mirror/garden/spdrsweb.htm (The Garden Spiders Web, Internet Resources for Gardeners) http://seidel.ncsa.uiuc.edu/PBM-FAQ/Default.html (Plants by Mail FAQ) (ed. note: Other gardening stuff at Peter and Carla's home page.) http://www.rain.org/~sals.my.html (Organic Farmers home page) http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/others.html (Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew England) http://155.187.10.12/index.html (Australian National Botanical Gardens) http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/tpws.html (Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service) http://life.anu.edu.au:80/biodiversity/iopi/iopi.html (International Organization for Plant Information, Australian National University) http://pluto.taranaki.ac.nz/pukeiti/welcome.html (Pukeiti Rhodedendron Trust, New Zealand) http://www.olympus.net/gardens/welcome.html (GardenNet) (also the home of this list!) http://www.goshen.edu:80/~kevin/garden/garden.html (The Artist's Garden Exhibit) http://www.cog.brown.edu:80/gardening (Cyndi's Garden catalog list) http://gopher.ag.uiuc.edu/hort/sourcesp.html (Sources) http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort.hil/index.html (North Carolina Coopeative Extension Service) http://mirror.wwa.com/mirror/garden/cyberplt.html (The Cyber Plantsman) gopher: gopher://life.anu.edu.au:70/11/biodiversity/ Usenet news: rec.gardens  From troutman@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu Fri Oct 13 01:04:12 EDT 1995 Article: 73959 of rec.gardens Path: bigblue.oit.unc.edu!concert!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!troutman From: Leslie Troutman Newsgroups: rec.gardens Subject: *** PERIODIC POSTING OF KEYWORDS *** Date: Sun, 4 Jun 1995 12:20:51 -0500 Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 30 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: ux1.cso.uiuc.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Periodic posting of keywords. Revised 5/11/95 The following keywords may be used at the beginning of your subject line when posting to rec.gardens. CHAT for "how's your garden doing, what's happening in your part of the world," and discussions like this. EDIB for edible plants GH for greenhouses and indoor gardening HERB for herbs (ornamental & edible!) LAWN for lawn and pasture questions MISC ACK! I can't figure out which keyword to use! NEWS for announcements ORN for ornamentals ORG for organic issues (composting, etc.) PEST for pest control, including weeds, bugs, and other pests SEED for propagation techniques, including seeds TOOL for equipment and techniques TREE for arboriculture ZONE for questions on zones and hardiness Use of these keywords will make reading this large (and wonderful) list a bit easier. Thanks! Leslie Troutman TROUTMAN@UIUC.EDU From p-leppi@uiuc.edu Tue Apr 18 01:39:45 EDT 1995 Article: 63458 of rec.gardens Path: bigblue.oit.unc.edu!concert!rutgers!hookup!news.mathworks.com!udel!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!leppik From: p-leppi@uiuc.edu (Peter Leppik) Newsgroups: rec.gardens,rec.gardens.roses,rec.answers,news.answers Subject: Plants By Mail FAQ Supersedes: Followup-To: rec.gardens Date: 12 Apr 1995 02:18:58 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 1063 Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU Message-ID: Reply-To: p-leppi@uiuc.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu Summary: This FAQ contains information about buying plants and garden supplies through the mail. It includes suggestions, information about what to expect, and a lengthy list of mail-order companies. Opionions about some companies (derived from experiences with those companies) are included. Originator: leppik@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu Xref: bigblue.oit.unc.edu rec.gardens:63458 rec.gardens.roses:5206 rec.answers:10978 news.answers:40130 Archive-name: plants-by-mail Posting-Frequency: bimonthly (sporadic) The Plants By Mail FAQ by Peter Leppik p-leppi@uiuc.edu This document is intended to introduce readers to the world of buying plants by mail order; and also to serve as a central clearinghouse for information about contacting various mail order plant houses. I make no claims about being more informed on this topic than your average Joe, but I saw the need, and I'm willing to put forth the effort to compile and maintain this. The version of this FAQ posted to USENET used to include a complete list of catalogs, with addresses and comments. This is no longer done, because the list was outgrowing the rest of the FAQ. Instead, the catalog list can be accessed at http://seidel.ncsa.uiuc.edu/PBM-FAQ/Default.html. If you don't have WWW access, you can send E-mail to p-leppi@uiuc.edu, telling me which catalogs you want the full listing for, and I'll send you those entries. History: * Updated: 4/11/95 * Minor revisions. Some list entries added, oters expanded. With this revision, I've started noting the time when changes to list entries were made, to better track potentially obsolete comments. * Updated: 2/22/95 * Updated: 1/22/95 * Updated: 7/12/94 * Updated: 4/30/94 * Originally Created: 3/17/94 (late at night) Contents: 1. Introduction 2. But First, A Word From Our Lawyers 3. How To Tell a Good Company from a Bad One (or: Things To Look For Before Taking the Plunge) 4. What To Do When Your Order Arrives (or: OhMyGawd! There's No DIRT With These Plants!) 5. Which Catalog To Order From 6. Mail Order Houses, How to Contact Them, and My Opinions Thereof 7. But Before We Go.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction It seems that one of the most common article titles in rec.gardens is, "How can I reach XYZZY?" or, "The Plugh company sent me a catalog. Are they any good?" I hope to be able to answer some of these questions in a reasonably definitive manner (the first is easy, the second harder), and provide the neophyte with some introduction to buying plants by mail. My experience in this area has been short, but intense. After finally moving from a small condo into a real house (with a YARD and a GARDEN even!) in 1993, one of my first projects was to begin widespread replanting of the yard (which is mostly boring grass, or very ugly hybrid poplars). To do that, I began ordering large numbers of bulbs and plants from a number of mail-order houses. Some were good, some were bad, and I learned a lot about what to look for and what to avoid. I welcome any and all comments. Send them to p-leppi@uiuc.edu. If there is some catalog not covered here which you think should be, by all means let me know. If you do send me comments, PLEASE please respect my poor, overworked mailer. I've had people resend me the entire FAQ just for a few lines of comments, and I even had one person send me a bunch of UUencoded binary pictures! Needless to say, this doesn't help me much, and it wastes my disk space. That said....do send comments, because they do help! I assume that, if you send me comments, you don't mind if they find their way into a future edition. I'll try to verify this, but sometimes I forget. Thus, if you DON'T want you name in a future edition of the FAQ, be sure to say so. For the full version of the catalog list, you need to go to the WWW version of this FAQ, at http://seidel.ncsa.uiuc.edu/PBM-FAQ.html. If you don't have WWW access, send E-mail to me listing which companies you want more information about, and I'll send you the full listings. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer All opinions in this document are the opinions of the author, unless otherwise noted. The author is well-known for his arbitrary and capricious judgments, and cannot be held liable for anything he says herein. Besides, the author is a poor grad student, and suing him is like trying to squeeze blood from a rock. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- How To Tell a Good Company from a Bad One (or: Things To Look For Before Taking the Plunge) If you are like me, you probably have a dozen or two catalogs from various places, some fancy, others plain, and you're wondering who to order from and how to tell the difference between a place that really cares, and a place that is just trying to unload some poor, pathetic bits of green stuff on The Gullible Majority. In this section, I will outline what I think a good mail order company should do, and what you should consider before buying a plant sight-unseen. Keep in mind that this is aimed at the relative neophyte, who needs a little more service than the extremely experienced gardener....there are plenty of companies which provide good plants, but don't offer the level of service than many gardeners need. What a Good Mail-Order Company Will Do 1. Every perennial in the catalog should have a clearly indicated hardiness range. That is, for every perennial (anything you expect to last more than one year) should have indicated which USDA hardiness zones it will survive in. Simple adjectives like "hardy," or "tender," are NOT sufficient. Perhaps I am biased, being a Minnesota native currently living in Illinois, but I have seen too many catalogs which do not include this crucial information. Without knowing this, it is too easy to buy plants that won't survive in your climate. This also includes those of you who live in places like Southern California, where it never gets cold, since some plants require a period of cold temperatures every year in order to survive/bloom/etc. 2. Every plant should have its botanical (scientific) name listed. Of course, this doesn't count for things like roses or tomatoes, which everybody knows what that are. This may sound picky, but think about it: if you ever want to get information on this plant from some other source, and they use their own name, you might have a devil of a time figuring out how to get information. A plant's botanical name is unique. I have seen places that will take a standard variety of some plant, come up with a flashy (trademarked) name, and sell it as something special. Needless to say, this is dishonest. 3. Information on the habitat requirements should be easy to find. By this, I mean answers to questions like, how much sun does it need, how much water, and so forth. Nearly every catalog has this, but if you see one that doesn't, stay away. 4. A good company will be able to answer questions about their products. Really, this is basic. If you call them, and ask about something, they should be able to answer your question. If they can only take orders, this is a Bad Sign. (By the way, in many places, you can call your local County Extension office to get information about plants, too.) Finally, something that you should probably ignore: 5. Every mail order catalog that I've seen offers some sort of guarantee. This should NOT be a factor in deciding where to buy from. After all, what good does it do if they replace a plant that died because you can't grow oranges in Alaska? The replacement will just die, too, and you'll spend twice as much time on a plant that was Never Meant To Be. Some people have even noted an inverse relation between the quality of the guarantee and the quality of the plants: the louder the company proclaims its "FOOLPROOF 100% MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE," the worse the plants are when they arrive. What To Consider Before Taking the Plunge Okay, so you've got your heart set on the beautiful Creeping Green Stuff. Before plunking your money and time on it (usually more time than money), you should stop and ask yourself a few questions: 1. Will it grow in my area? If they don't make it CLEAR (i.e. by telling you the hardiness zone), then avoid that plant, or buy it from somebody who will tell you. 2. Do I have a place to put it? It is very easy to get spring fever when all the catalogs start arriving midwinter, and wind up buying enough plants to cover every square inch of your yard two or three times over. Make sure you have a specific place for each and every plant you order, and make sure you will have the time to plant it when it arrives. Keep in mind that you will probably have to plant them soon after they arrive, and you might not be able to control the exact day they arrive. Thus, ordering 150 bushes for a new hedge from one place, all of which will arrive via UPS on the same day and need to be planted immediately, is probably not a good idea. Believe me. I've done it. 3. Will it really look the way I want it to? Keep in mind that the pictures in the catalogs are designed to sell plants, and the plants in your garden will generally not look quite as nice. I have seen a lot of comments from people in rec.gardens about the rose Blue Girl as a particular offender in this respect. Also keep in mind that illustrations (and photographs) can be very deceptive. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- What To Do When Your Order Arrives (or: OhMyGawd! There's No DIRT With These Plants!) The most important thing to do when your order arrives is DON'T PANIC! Good. Take a few deep breaths. The reason your roses/trees/whatever arrived without any dirt is not because the company sent you dead plants. Shipping woody plants without dirt ("bare-root") is standard. First, it does not harm the plants much, as long as the company has taken steps to ensure that the roots don't dry out. Usually, this involves dipping the roots in some sort of stuff that helps retain moisture. Second, shipping plants bare-root helps keep shipping costs down. Shipping with dirt could easily double or triple the weight of the plant when shipped, and make it that much more expensive to buy. Finally, shipping plants bare-root helps prevent the spread of pests that live in the soil (like the Japanese beetle). Needless to say, unless you're buying small seedlings, it would be expensive for a company to grow all their stock in greenhouses. There are a few places which ship plants in pots. Shipping a plant with the dirt will be less traumatic to the plants, and, as a rule, you can expect these plants to be healthier, but, because of shipping expenses, they will often also be much smaller than bare-root plants--and more expensive. Given the option, I will usually buy the plant shipped in a pot, since the quality is often much higher. In addition, there are some plants which have to be shipped in pots, simply because they're too fragile otherwise. Generally, you will get a little booklet with your order explaining how to plant your new plants. Usually, the first thing to do (with bare root plants) is to stick them in a bucket of water for some time. You should do this as soon as they arrive. Then, dig a hole according to the booklet instructions, and plant those buggers. It may take some time for your new plants to leaf out, especially if they're dormant when shipped. Again, don't panic. If you planted in the spring, don't call the company to complain that the plants are dead until midsummer. They'll just tell you to wait, because sometimes the plants take a while to adjust to their new surroundings. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Which Catalog To Order From If you are buying roses, you should certainly order from a catalog which specializes in roses. There are quite a few of these catalogs, and you will generally get better selection, quality, and price than you would from buying from a catalog which doesn't specialize in roses. For some reason, this rule of thumb seems to be the other way around when buying bulbs. I have had the best experiences buying bulbs from White Flower Farms, which is generally an outstanding catalog, but they aren't even remotely limited to bulbs. My worst experiences, on the other hand, were with places that sell only, or mainly bulbs. Go figure. Not everybody will agree with my judgments. After much consideration (and several long discussions on the order of "Company X isn't really THAT bad!"), I've decided that the main consideration has to be consistency. That means that I can count on large plants, of a uniformly high quality, every time I order. Note, too, that I haven't yet had anyone take issue with my list of "Good" companies, just the "Bad" ones. Having said that, here is my list of best and worst companies, based primarily on my personal experiences: Really Good Companies: * White Flower Farms * Nor'East Miniature Roses * Heirloom Old Garden Roses (but see below) * Gardener's Supply Company * Shepherd's Garden Seeds * Stark Brothers Companies To Avoid: * Spring Hill * Michigan Bulb Co. * Breck's Bulbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- White Flower Farm Litchfield, CT 06759-0050 Orders: (203) 496-9600 White Flower Farm sells just about every kind of ornamental plant that one might reasonably want to grow in North America. OPINION: I will state my bias right up front: White Flower Farm is far and away my favorite catalog. They have a reputation for being "upscale," but their prices are only slightly above average. Their catalog offers a wealth of useful horticultural information, along with interesting commentary about each and every plant. All the information you need to know (hardiness, planting requirements, light requirements, etc.) is compiled in a single useful index, as well as being stated with the description of each plant. The catalog is organized alphabetically by genus name, so in addition to being fun to read (and look at the pictures), it makes a very useful reference. Of course, the catalog is only secondary to the merchandise. Fortunately, their produce more than lives up to the high standards set by the catalog: it is absolutely first rate. When I was buying daylillies, crocuses, and daffodils from White Flower Farm and other catalogs, the bulbs or roots from White Flower were often more than twice the size of the ones from other vendors, and at a comparable price. Even if you never buy anything from White Flower Farm, you should get their catalog as a reference, since it is almost as good as buying a book on ornamental plants, but a whole lot cheaper. Sean A. O'Hara (saouc@uccmvsa.bitnet) disagrees with some of my tone: Not really a flame, but please! I have a few of White Flower Farm's catalogues, and I do value them for their reference quality and nice photographs. But their plants and garden information is distinctively East Coast in character. I would very much enjoy growing a number of plants they list, but no longer attempt such folly as they are definitely inappropriate for my arid western climate (as would many of the plants I cherish in my garden be inappropriate for yours). Please, let us not forget those 'less fortunate' souls who garden elsewhere! North America is a big place, and I do not expect my garden to look like your any more that I expect your to look like mine. This reminds me of the search for a "North American gardening style". I can think of nothing more ridiculous to search for - as if it could ever be defined for a continent like ours - or that you'd want to try! This has always been a way to 'one up' the 'English style'. Well, England is a relatively small place, and even then it contains diversity more than we imagine. I must plead guilty here. Perhaps I should have said that they sell "just about any ornamental plant one might reasonably want to grow East of the Rockies...." lori@phantom.com reports: I ordered fuscia (vodoo and swarthy gem) which aren't doing so well. Tristar Strawberry plants satisfactory. Begonia tubers mediocre. I also liked the catalog ;-) Spring 1995: Marie Wilson (Marie.Wilson@atlantaga.attgis.com) reports: As a newbie bulb grower and reader of rec.Gardens, I ordered my bulbs from White Flower Farm. All the bulbs I planted (100%) have bloomed and a full rich and lovely(hyacinths)(sp?) Angeligue Tulips and about 100 windflowers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nor'East Miniature Roses, Inc. P.O. Box 307 Rowley, MA 01969 Phone: (508) 948-7964 Orders: 1-800-426-6485 On the West Coast: Nor'East Miniature Roses, Inc. P.O. Box 473 Ontario, CA 91762 Phone: (909) 984-2223 Orders: 1-800-662-9669 A large selection of miniature roses, and some supplies for those who like to grow them (like miniature vases) OPINION: This company is also on my "Good-Guys" list. Their prices are quite reasonable, and their stock is high quality. Their catalog has photos of many of their offerings. If you are into miniature roses (or would like to be), this is the catalog to get. lori@phantom.com reports: cheap cute lil'roses. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Heirloom Old Garden Roses 24062 NE Riverside Dr. St. Paul, OR 91737 Orders: (503) 538-1576 This is a catalog of "old" roses: not a hybrid tea to be found. If you're looking for english or unusual roses, this is the place to go. OPINION: If you are a rose grower, and you are still growing hybrid teas, this catalog will convert you. Many of the old roses offered here are just as good, if not better than, the more common modern roses. The catalog offers a lot of information about a zillion different roses, including hardiness, and (my favorite) lists of roses well-suited for particular uses (i.e. roses for growing over trellises, roses for scent, etc.). Their stock is first-rate, and all grown on its own roots, so there are no bud unions to worry about. There is no separate phone number for questions, but I found the people answering the phone to be knowledgeable and helpful. Two thumbs up. Note that they charge $5 for the catalog, but once you're on their mailing list (i.e. after you buy something), they'll send it free. Kristin Bruneau reports a different story: About a month or so ago on rec.gardens.rose people started to discuss their experiences with the company. Over all it was very negative. Some of the major complaints were that the plants were too young (9 months or less), you never knew when they would get around to shipping your plant (some waited over a year), and the owners were very nasty when you had a problem (and basically said that's too bad). The only reason I am passing this along is that the responses were consistently bad and many people's stories were extreme (no roots on the rose, horribly nasty experiences with the staff). I too had a bad experience with them. I ordered from them last year for the first time. Even though the rose was in stock when I called in May, I had still not received it in July. I had to call up and raise a fuss before they finally agreed to send it out. Gosh only knows when I would have received it if I left it up to them. When it arrived it only had two canes, one completely stripped off and dangling from the plant. It only had two leaves on it and came with the worlds biggest slug that was the size of a nickle and covered in yellow fringe (Yuck!). I called them to complain and their response was basically "Oh". They only guarantee for the plants to arrive in good condition so I called. I did not want it replaced at that time because it would be too late in the season to plant another one (if they finally got around to sending it to me). I told them that I expected them to replace it if it died. They finally agreed. Well, at first it dropped the only two leaves that it had and I thought it would die. After a while it did come back though. It is doing ok, not great. The rose was Rosa Rugosa, basically a weed. Maybe that explains why I was so lucky it made it. Anyway, since Heirloom Old Garden Roses was on the highly recommended list I thought I'd pass these experiences along. I know that different people have different experiences and that we must weigh that in our minds when we order. Just my 2 cents worth. I don't know if this is due to temporary management problems, or something deeper. I'm going to keep this company on my "good guys" list for the time being, because of my good experiences, but I would appreciate any comments. >From the Rose FAQ, maintained by klbaldwi@ren.edaco.ingr.com (Karen Baldwin): Catalog: $5 (a beautiful catalog -- well worth it as a reference guide) Service: One of two companies licensed as U.S. agents by Austin. "courageous enough to invest marketing $$$ in what was really sort of arisky project [Austin roses]" apparently no satisfaction guarantee; reports of many ignored complaints by phone and letter Plants: most complete offering of Austin roses of U.S. suppliers. own-root old roses and Austins Maturity: plants are extremely small and young, "very tiny plants," but most often they will survive if coddled (they say their plants are 6-9 mo old., which is arguably too young, yet recipients guess the roses they got were much younger than that. Many references to "twigs without roots") This problem may be due in part to availability issue (below), and HOGR attempt to make them available sooner. Delivery: Does NOT ship to Canada (would not say why). Availability of newly released Austins will lag behind Canada because of U.S. quarantine period. Many reports of broken canes. Unasked-for switching of plants from what was ordered, when ordered plant is unavailable ... or else up to year-long delays in shipment! to avoid, confirm during telephone order that plant is *in stock* and *ready to ship immediately* and specify *no substitutes*! However: will ship at any time of year (except when it is too cold for the plants to survive shipment.) James Roush (ROUSHJK@vet.ksu.edu) reports: Read with interest your FAQ on rec.gardens.roses today, especially the stuff about problems with Heirloom Roses. I started orders with Heirloom 2 or 3 years ago, and although I think their catalogue is great, after 2 years of ordering from them I'm going to try to avoid it in the future. I love old garden roses, but..... I haven't had the problems you mentioned with grouchy consumer relations, but I, like you, had to beg to get my plants (came one year two months after they were promised), and I found the quality to be less than great. In fact, the second year I was doing some of my own cuttings and I found that my cuttings started in late April were bigger and better rooted than the plants I received from Heirloom in June. So much for 1 year old plants! The first year their excuse for being late was a computer crash, but the second year they had only the excuse of being too busy. Also, I used to belong to Compuserve and the garden group there ran a long string of responses 2 years ago with people who had bad experiences with them. Even people who supported them (on the basis that they are the only source for many roses) had had bad plants and experiences with them. On the plus side, most of the plants they sent (except a "Hunter" rugosa) survived with a little coddling--they're just a little behind. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gardener's Supply Co. 128 Intervale Rd. Burlington, VT 05401 Orders/Customer Service: (802) 863-1700 TDD: (802) 660-3530 Fax: (802) 660-4600 E-mail: gardener@cybermalls.com WWW: http://www.cybermalls.com/cymont/gardener/index.htm All kinds of gardening supplies, and a few plants. OPINION: I have had good experiences with this company. Their products appear to be of a uniformly high quality, and a lot of people in rec.gardens swear by them. At least one of their employees reads this newsgroup, so you may be able to get answers "from the horse's mouth," if you know who to ask. If anybody can supply me with his E-mail address, I would appreciate it. kolling@adobe.com reports: The Gardener's Supply people are great folks. I ordered a humongeous light fixture from them and UPS apparently dropped it in shipping, slightly denting inwards one end so I couldn't install the bulbs. GS took it back without a peep. I have placed at least five orders for various things over the past 2-3 years and been very pleased. Their order takers all seem to be gardeners. Also, they credited my charge account twice for the return, (due to a disk crash, as it turned out), and when I called to let them know, they said thanks, and a few days later a freebie thank you package of maple syrup from one of their employee's subbusinesses showed up. Spring 1995: Gary Ross (bkoch@together.net), who seems to be connected to Gardener's Supply (though he doesn't say how), passed this along: Thanks for the listing for Gardener's Supply! We are not actually directly on-line yet on the WWW - we are using a third party for our cybershop and a shared connection here at the office. But, we should be on-line directly within a few weeks and will send along our e-mail address and contact names at that time. In the meantime, we can also be reached on Compuserve at 73324.1302@compuserve.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shepherd's Garden Seeds 30 Irene St. Torrington, CT 06790 Orders: East (203) 482-3638, West (408) 335-6910 Customer Service: (203) 482-3638 Horticultural Help: (408) 335-6910 Shepherd's sells mostly seeds, but also a few plants, and some kitchen and garden supplies. OPINION: The stylish illustrations in this catalog give it a distinctly yuppie feel, but this is a good catalog nevertheless. They have a number of varieties that are hard to find elsewhere (a whole PAGE of ornamental sunflowers!), and a wealth of useful horticultural information. My order arrived promptly, in good order, and appears to be high quality (it is still a little soon for things to be sprouting around here, though). Prices are a little above average, but seeds are cheap no matter how you slice it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stark Brothers P.O. Box 10 Louisiana, MO 63353-0010 Orders: 1-800-325-4180 Customer Service: 1-800-478-2759 Stark Brothers sells almost exclusively fruit trees, and a few ornamentals. Eric Reed (ericr@corgi.sps.mot.com) reports: Stark Brothers have been around for a long time. Many of their fruit trees are their own hybrids. I have order from them twice, both times the orders were very well packed and the trees were healthy and in general good shape. I planted a local nursery apple tree and a Stark tree the same weekend. The Stark tree has done much better. It has grown faster and produce fruit earlier than the local nursery tree. The catalog is well written and gives a lot of information on each tree. Spring 1995: I ordered an apricot tree and a bunch of lilac bushes from Strk Brothers this spring, and they all came at the right time for planting, in excellent shape. Given the size and quality of the stock they sent me, and the prices they charged, they are an excellent value. I'll know better in a year or so how well the plants did (they are just breaking dormancy now), but early signs are all good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spring Hill Mail Order Reservation Center 6523 North Galena Rd. P.O. Box 1758 Peoria, IL 61656-1758 Orders: (309) 689-3800 Customer Service: (309) 689-3849 Spring Hill sells just about any kind of plant that catches their fancy. OPINION: Spring Hill is one of these places that is in the business of dumping cheap, inappropriate merchandise on unsuspecting customers. The quality of their merchandise is mediocre, even though the prices are about average. The provide little or no hardiness information, which is especially troublesome considering that they sell some plants (like carnations) for outdoor planting, even though they will not survive the winter in large portions of the U.S. Furthermore, if you ever buy anything from Spring Hill, you will be on their mailing list but good. I have received no less than four different catalogs from them in the last two months (not even counting the large number of "special offers" which seem to arrive about once a week, and at least one telemarketing call). Avoid this company like the plague. Note that Spring Hill appears to be the same company, or closely associated with, Breck's Bulbs, another company on my "Avoid" list. Al Harrington [alh@hprnd.rose.hp.com] says: I think you are being way to hard on Spring Hill. I realize that they do not supply hardiness information, and that some of their plants are not in the best shape - their customer service is very good. I purchased the carnation collection (15 plants) and 2 of them died. I got credited for all 15 as it was a collection. I ordered a lot of stuff from them (over 100 plants) and just about all are doing just fine - what isn't I get credit for. If nothing else seeing color pictures of *everything* they sell is nice. :-) >From the Rose FAQ, maintained by klbaldwi@ren.edaco.ingr.com (Karen Baldwin): Service: superlative customer service w/satisfaction guarantee Plants: "Usually grown by the Weaks Farm" Maturity: very good plants (some argument here: some claim their SH bushes are equivalent to or even better/more mature than J&P; but two indicated lesser quality stock evidenced by taking longer to root, not flourishing as well, lower survival rate) Delivery: Good packing in re-usable bedding material. "If rose unavailable, will be sent following year," (so no "surprise" deliveries of roses not ordered). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michigan Bulb Co. 1950 Waldorf NW Grad Rapids, MI 49550-0500 Michigan Bulb Company sells bulbs, perennials, and other assorted plants. OPINION: This catalog is filled with the kind of BREATHLESS PROSE and AMAZING BARGAINS designed to stampede the gardener into making impulse purchases. Their prices are cheap, but selection is limited, and quality was very mediocre. In addition, I was unable to find a phone number anywhere in the catalog--this could be a real problem, if you have problems with your order. To their credit, they generally include hardiness information. On the other hand, they also sell the "Blue Girl" rose, which is an automatic two demerits in my book. Go elsewhere. jsr@geneab.b23a.ingr.com (Jeff Reifsteck) reports: I've had nothing but bad news from Michigan Bulb. The plants were poor and didn't survive. They did replace them without question but my 40 creeping myrtle (6" evergreen ground cover) became 40 crape myrtle (a big bush and a lot more expensive). I needed ground cover not bushes. Except for the replacement of a "Blue Girl" rose all the other replacements were not plantable. apilote@wtcd.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Angela Pilote) reports: Last year I ordered some things from them -- NEVER AGAIN! I even told my husband to remind me of the poor quality of there plants and bulbs if he even SEES me *looking* at one of their catalogs. None of the plants survived and only about half (maybe less) of the bulbs came up. The bulbs also seemed very small and I think I read somewhere that this is a sign that the bulbs have not matured enough to bloom. The prices seem to be good, but if you factor in the survival rate and time invested -- it's not a deal. I'm better off paying premium prices at my nursery for good quality plants and bulbs. Evelyn Walker reports: I have ordered perinnals from Michigan Bulb company, the first year the blooms are not so big, but usually the second year it is bigger, If you plant them in a fertilized area the plants do a lot better. I have shasta daisies, carnations, guardinalla or whatever. I was really pleased with it. I plan on getting a few more for some bare spots in my yard Spring 1995: Lorraine Venner (lorraine@brt.com) reports: Plants look really bad when you get them/. Both my sister & I have had good luck w/ them though. They are really inexpensive compared to other mail order places I have seen - so as long as they grow well.. looks aren't as important. They were hardy enough to make it through the unexpected hail storm we had (First time we had *any* hail/snow/ice in the last 8 years (before that I lived elsewhere). You do get *lots* of mail from them. Home depot can be cheaper for some plants ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Breck's Bulbs U.S. Reservation Center 6523 North Galena Rd. Peoria, IL 61632 Orders: (309) 689-3870 Breck's sells bulbs imported from Holland: tulips, crocuses, daffodils, etc. OPINION: Overall, I am not terribly impressed with Breck's. Their merchandise (contrary to the catalog hype) is not particularly premium, but their prices are higher than most places, even some places which have superior stock. They do not list hardiness for anything, though most of what they sell should do fine most places in the U.S. (they don't sell any of the really tender bulbs, like glads). You can do better elsewhere. Note that Breck's Bulbs appears to be the same company, or closely associated with, Spring Hill, another company on my "Avoid" list. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mail Order Catalogs How to Contact Them And Opinions Thereof If you have had experience with any mail-order company, good or bad, I want to hear about it! Your experiences will help other gardeners. Please, send any comments you have to me, at the above E-mail address. I'll include them in the on-line database, unless you don't want me to. Send comments, corrections, and additions to p-leppi@uiuc.edu. I know of only a few companies with E-mail addresses. If you know of others, please let me know. It would be really nice to have a list of places to buy plants via E-mail (or get information, for that matter). In the USENET version of the FAQ, I'll give only names, to save space. You can E-mail me for more information on any listed company. For each company, I will list their name, mailing address, phone number, a general description of what they sell, and my opinions. Opinions are strictly mine, unless otherwise noted. I will not indicate an opinion unless I have actually ordered something from a company, unless the opinion is someone else's. [Comments] means that comments exist for this company, [+] means that this company is recommended, based on my personal experience, [-] means that this company is NOT recommended, based on my personal experience, and [Order] means I have personally ordered from this company. For a more extensive list of catalogs, see Cyndi Johnson's catalog list. Over 700 catalogs, but beware....not all browsers can load the whole list (250K).... * Abby Rose Gardens o Roses * Aitken's Salmon Creek Garden o Irises o Orchids * Antique Rose Emporium [Comments] o Old Garden Roses * Arena's Rose Company [Comments] o Roses * The Aril Patch o Aril Irises * B & D Lilies [Comments] o Lilies * The Banana Tree, Inc. [Comments] o Rare Seeds * Bear Creek Nursery * John and Janet Benz [Comments] o Daylilies * Bluestone Perennials [Comments] o Perennials o Shrubs * Breck's Bulbs [Comments] [-] [Order] o Bulbs * Bridges Roses o Mini Roses * Burpee o Seeds o Plants o Supplies * Busse Gardens [Comments] o Daylilies * Caprice Farm Nursery o Peonies o Daylilies o Irises * Carlton Rose Nurseries o Roses * Cascade Forestry Nursery * Chamblee's Rose Nursery o Mini Roses o Old Garden Roses * Charlotte's Gardens [Comments] o Heirloom Seeds * Clean Shaven Iris o Siberian Irises * Cook's Garden [Comments] o Seeds * Cooley's o Tall Bearded Irises * Cordon Bleu Farms [Comments] o Daylilies * Corn Hill Nurseries [Comments] o Roses * Corner Oaks Garden [Comments] o Daylilies * Country Bloomers Nursery [Comments] o Roses * The Crownsville Nursery [Comments] * C.W.S. Roses o Mini Roses * David Austin Roses Limited o Roses * Daylily Discounters [Comments] o Daylilies * Daylily World [Comments] o Daylilies * Georges Delbard o Roses * Draycott Gardens o Siberian Irises * Dutch Gardens, Inc. [Comments] o Bulbs * Edmund's Roses [Comments] o Roses * Ensata Gardens o Japanese Irises * Filaree Farm [Comments] * The Flowery Branch [Comments] * Flowers 'n Friends Miniature Roses o Mini Roses * Floyd Cove Nursery [Comments] o Daylilies * Forestfarm * Four Seasons Nursery o Nursery Stock o Supplies * Fungi Perfecti o Fungus * Gardens Alive o Organic Gardening Supplies * Gardener's Eden o Supplies * Gardener's Supply Co. [Comments] [+] [Order] o Supplies * Gilbert H Wild and Son, Inc. [Comments] o Daylilies o Peonies * Giles Ramblin' Roses o Roses * Girard Nurseries [Comments] o Azaleas * Gurney's [Comments] [Order] o Seeds o Plants o Supplies * Hall's Flower Garden [Comments] o Irises * Hardy Roses for the North [Comments] o Own-Root Roses * Heirloom Old Garden Roses [Comments] [+] [Order] o Old Roses * Henry Field's [Comments] o Seeds o Plants o Bulbs * Heritage Rosarium [Comments] o Roses * Heritage Rose Gardens [Comments] o Roses * Hidden Garden Nursery o Mini Roses * Holland Bulb Farms o Bulbs * Hortico [Comments] o Roses * J.L. Hudson, Seedsman [Comments] o Seeds * Hydrofarm [Comments] o Hydroponics * Clause Jardin o Roses * Jackson & Perkins [Comments] o Roses o Plants * Johnny's Selected Seeds * J. W. Jung Seed & Nursery [Comments] o Seeds o Nursery Stock o Supplies * Justice Miniature Roses o Mini Roses * Klehm Nursery o Peonies * Kordes [Comments] o Roses * Ladybug Beautiful [Comments] o Daylilies * Langenbach o Tools * Lee Valley Tools Ltd. o Supplies * Lenington Gardens [Comments] o Plants * Lilypons Water Gardens o Pond Supplies * Logee's Greenhouses [Comments] o Plants * Louisiana Nursery o Louisiana Irises * Lowe's Own-Root Roses [Comments] o Roses * Martha S. Davies Antique Roses [Comments] o Roses * McDaniel's Miniature Roses o Mini Roses * Mendocino Heirloom Roses [Comments] o Bulbs * Michigan Bulb Co. [Comments] [-] [Order] o Bulbs o Perennials * Michigan Miniature Roses o Mini Roses * Milaeger's Gardens [Comments] o Perennials o Daylilies o Grasses * J.E. Miller Nurseries, Inc [Comments] o Fruit Trees * Miller's Manor Gardens o Irises o Daylilies o Hosta * Bryant Millikan [Comments] o Daylilies * Mini Rose Garden o Mini Roses * Monarch Daylily Garden [Comments] o Daylilies * National Arbor Day Foundation [Comments] [Order] o Trees * Netherland Bulb Co. [Comments] o Bulbs * New Holland Bulb Co. o Bulbs o Perennials * Nor'East Miniature Roses, Inc. [Comments] [+] [Order] o Mini Roses * Northern Grown Perennials [Comments] o Perennials * Northwoods Retail Nursery o Nursery Stock * Oakes Daylilies [Comments] o Daylilies * Ohio Gardens o Mini Tall Bearded Irises * Olallie Daylily Gardens [Comments] o Daylilies * Oregon Miniature Roses o Mini Roses * Paradise Water Gardens o Pond Supplies * Park Seed Co. [Comments] o Seeds o Supplies * Pepinieres Louis Lens s.a. [Comments] o Roses * Perpetual Perennials [Comments] * Perry's Water Gardens o Pond Supplies * Peter Beales Roses o Roses * Pickering Nurseries, Inc. [Comments] o Roses * Pinetree Garden Seeds o Books o Seeds o Supplies * Quality Dutch Bulbs o Bulbs * Raintree Nursery [Comments] o Perennials * Rialto Gardens [Comments] o Reblooming Irises * Richters [Comments] o Herbs * Rock Bottom Farms [Comments] o Daylilies * Rosengaertnerei Kalbus [Comments] o Roses * Roses Of Yesterday And Today [Comments] o Roses * Roses Unlimited o Roses * The Rosseraie At Bayfields [Comments] o Roses * Royall River Roses [Comments] o Roses * Santa Barbara Water Gardens o Pond Supplies * John Scheepers, Inc [Comments] o Bulbs * Schreiner's o Tall Bearded Irises * R. Seawright [Comments] o Daylilies * Seeds of Change [Comments] o Seeds * Seed Savers Exchange [Comments] o Seed Exchange * Sequoia Nursery/Moore Miniature Roses [Comments] o Mini Roses * Shady Oaks Nursery [Comments] * Shepherd's Garden Seeds [Comments] [+] [Order] o Seeds * Siskiyou Rare Plant Nursery * Slocum Water Gardens o Pond Supplies * Smith & Hawken o Supplies * Soules Gardens [Comments] o Daylilies * Spring Hill [Comments] [-] [Order] o Plants * Stark Brothers [Comments] [+] [Order] o Fruit Trees * Stephens Lane Gardens [Comments] o Daylilies * Sunshine Farm & Garden [Comments] o 10,000 Hardy Plants * Taylor's Roses [Comments] o Mini Roses * Territorial Seed Co. o Seeds o Supplies * Tetra Pond o Pond Supplies * Texas Mini Roses o Mini Roses * Tiny Petals Miniature Rose Nursery [Comments] o Mini Roses * Trans-Pacific Nursery Collectors * Trophy Roses, LTD o Roses * Van Bourgondien Bros [Comments] o Bulbs * Van Dyek's Flower Farm o Bulbs * Van Engelen [Comments] o Wholesale Bulbs * Van Ness Water Gardens o Pond Supplies * The Vermont Wildflower Farm [Comments] o Wildflowers * Vintage Gardens [Comments] o Roses * Waterford Gardens o Pond Supplies * Wayside Gardens [Comments] * Weiss Brothers Nursery [Comments] * Whatley Gardens [Comments] o Daylilies * White Flower Farm [Comments] [+] [Order] o Ornamental Perennials o Bulbs o Supplies * Wildseed Farms, Inc. o Wildflower Seeds * Wimberlyway Gardens [Comments] o Daylilies * Woodlanders, Inc. o Native Plants * Woodside - a private garden [Comments] o Daylilies ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- But Before We Go.... I hope this FAQ has been useful. I also hope it has been accurate. If you find any mistakes, or have any comments, please send me E-mail at the address listed at the top of the file. Any suggestions for improving future editions will be happily accepted, and possibly even acted upon. Please send all suggestions, comments, corrections, and so forth to p-leppi@uiuc.edu For the full listing of catalogs, with comments, see the WWW version of this FAQ at http://seidel.ncsa.uiuc.edu/PBM-FAQ/Default.html. 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In each Zone you can have Dry-Normal-Wet moisture patterns, wind patterns, and sun/shade patterns. It is entirely possible for your garden to be in one zone and your neighbors garden in another. Likewise in severe weather years your Zone may vary from the normal pattern. Approximate range of Average Annual MINIMUM Temperatures. (Based on 10 deg.F increments) C=Centigrade/ F=Farenheit Zone 1 = below -45C/ -50F Zone 2 = -45C/-40C -50F/-40F Zone 3 = -40C/-34C -40F/-30F Zone 4 = -34C/-29C -30F/-20F Zone 5 = -29C/-23C -20F/-10F Zone 6 = -23C/-18C -10F/ 0F Zone 7 = -18C/-12C 0 F/+10F Zone 8 = -12C/- 7C +10F/+20F Zone 9 = - 7C/- 1C +20F/+30F Zone 10 = - 1C/+ 4C +30F/+40F Zone 11 = above+4C/ +40F ...............=======ooo=======....................... REVISED HARDINESS-ZONE CHART Annual Average MINIMUM Terperature (Based on 5 deg.F increments) Zone 1 = below -45.6/c -50F Zone 2a = -42.8/-45.5c -50/-45F Zone 2b = -42.7/-40.0c -45/-40F Zone 3a = -40.0/-37.3c -40/-35F Zone 3b = -37.2/-34.5c -35/-30F Zone 4a = -34.4/-31.7c -30/-25F Zone 4b = -31.6/-28.9c -25/-20F Zone 5a = -28.8/-26.2c -20/-15F Zone 5b = -26.1/-23.4c -15/-10F Zone 6a = -23.3/-20.6c -10/- 5F Zone 6b = -20.5/-17.8c - 5/ 0F Zone 7a = -17.7/-15.0c 0/+ 5F Zone 7b = -15.0/-12.3c + 5/+10F Zone 8a = -12.2/- 9.5c +10/+15F Zone 8b = - 9.4/- 6.7c +15/+20F Zone 9a = - 6.6/- 3.9c +20/+25F Zone 9b = - 3.8/- 1.2c +25/+30F Zone 10a = - 1.1/+ 1.6c +30/+35F Zone 10b = + 1.7/+ 4.4c +35/+40F Zone 11 = above+4.5c/ +40F .................=======ooo=======..................... AVERAGE DATES OF FIRST AND LAST FROST NOTE: The dates below are for the Northern Hemisphere (Adjust appropriately for Southern Hemisphere) Zone 1 = Average dates Last Frost = 1 Jun / 30 Jun Average dates First Frost= 1 Jul / 31 Jul Note: vulnerable to frost 365 days per year. Zone 2 = Average dates Last Frost = 1 May / 31 May Average dates First Frost= 1 Aug / 31 Aug Zone 3 = Average dates Last Frost = 1 May / 31 May Average dates First Frost= 1 Sep / 30 Sep Zone 4 = Average dates Last Frost = 1 May / 30 May Average dates Frist Frost= 1 Sep / 30 Sep Zone 5 = Average dates Last Frost = 30 Mar / 30 Apr Average dates First Frost= 30 Sep / 30 Oct Zone 6 = Average dates Last Frost = 30 Mar / 30 Apr Average dates First Frost= 30 Sep / 30 Oct Zone 7 = Average dates Last Frost = 30 Mar / 30 Apr Average dates First Frost= 30 Sep / 30 Oct Zone 8 = Average dates Last Frost = 28 Feb / 30 Mar Average dates First Frost= 30 Oct / 30 Nov Zone 9 = Average dates Last Frost = 30 Jan / 28 Feb Average dates First Frost= 30 Nov / 30 Dec Zone 10 = Average dates Last Frost = 30 Jan or before Average dates First Frost= 30 Nov / 30 Dec Zone 11 = Free of Frost throughout the year. .................=======ooo=======..................... STANDARD DEFINITIONS Frost: Light Freeze. damage depends upon length of frost duration. Light Freeze: -2C/-0C <> 29F/32F - tender plants killed with little destructive effect on other vegetation. Moderate Freeze:-8C/-2C <> 25F/28F - wide destruction on most vegetation with heavy damage to fruit blossoms and tender semi-hardy plants. Severe Freeze: -9C <> 24F and colder, heavy damage to most plants. ..................=======ooo=======.................... Shade: Usually an area under a closed tree canopy that receives no direct sun at all. Partial Usually an area under a lone or limited Shade: number of trees receiving only a 1 to 5 hours of dappled sun during the day. Partial Usually refers to an area that receives Sun: approximately 3 - 5 hours of full sun per day. Full Sun: Refers to an area receiving 6 or more hours of full sun per day. .................========ooo========................... Comments/Suggestions are welcome lionhert@ix.netcom.com The Internet = CyberKudzu From lionhert@ix.netcom.com Sun Apr 9 12:34:00 EDT 1995 Article: 62771 of rec.gardens Path: bigblue.oit.unc.edu!concert!news-server.ncren.net!taco.cc.ncsu.edu!gatech!asuvax!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: lionhert@ix.netcom.com (Richard & Marsha) Newsgroups: rec.gardens Subject: Periodic Post FAQ US Plant Hardiness-Zones Rev 01 Date: 4 Apr 1995 02:43:52 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 132 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3lqbp8$1vk@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-sc1-03.ix.netcom.com FAQ: US PLANT HARDINESS-ZONE CHART: Remember there are extremes in each of the zones described below. In each Zone you can have Dry-Normal-Wet moisture patterns, wind patterns, and sun/shade patterns. It is entirely possible for your garden to be in one zone and your neighbor's garden in another. Likewise in severe weather years your Zone may vary from the normal pattern. Approximate range of Average Annual MINIMUM Temperatures. (Based on 10 deg.F increments) C=Centigrade/ F=Farenheit Zone 1 = below -45C/ -50F Zone 2 = -45C/-40C -50F/-40F Zone 3 = -40C/-34C -40F/-30F Zone 4 = -34C/-29C -30F/-20F Zone 5 = -29C/-23C -20F/-10F Zone 6 = -23C/-18C -10F/ 0F Zone 7 = -18C/-12C 0 F/+10F Zone 8 = -12C/- 7C +10F/+20F Zone 9 = - 7C/- 1C +20F/+30F Zone 10 = - 1C/+ 4C +30F/+40F Zone 11 = above+4C/ +40F ...............=======ooo=======................. REVISED HARDINESS-ZONE CHART Annual Average MINIMUM Terperature (Based on 5 deg.F increments) Zone 1 = below -45.6/c -50F Zone 2a = -42.8/-45.5c -50/-45F Zone 2b = -42.7/-40.0c -45/-40F Zone 3a = -40.0/-37.3c -40/-35F Zone 3b = -37.2/-34.5c -35/-30F Zone 4a = -34.4/-31.7c -30/-25F Zone 4b = -31.6/-28.9c -25/-20F Zone 5a = -28.8/-26.2c -20/-15F Zone 5b = -26.1/-23.4c -15/-10F Zone 6a = -23.3/-20.6c -10/- 5F Zone 6b = -20.5/-17.8c - 5/ 0F Zone 7a = -17.7/-15.0c 0/+ 5F Zone 7b = -15.0/-12.3c + 5/+10F Zone 8a = -12.2/- 9.5c +10/+15F Zone 8b = - 9.4/- 6.7c +15/+20F Zone 9a = - 6.6/- 3.9c +20/+25F Zone 9b = - 3.8/- 1.2c +25/+30F Zone 10a = - 1.1/+ 1.6c +30/+35F Zone 10b = + 1.7/+ 4.4c +35/+40F Zone 11 = above+4.5c/ +40F ...............=======ooo=======................. NOTE: The dates below are for the Northern Hemisphere Zone 1 = Average dates Last Frost = 1 Jun / 30 Jun Average dates First Frost= 1 Jul / 31 Jul Note: vulnerable to frost 365 days per year. Zone 2 = Average dates Last Frost = 1 May / 31 May Average dates First Frost= 1 Aug / 31 Aug Zone 3 = Average dates Last Frost = 1 May / 31 May Average dates First Frost= 1 Sep / 30 Sep Zone 4 = Average dates Last Frost = 1 May / 30 May Average dates Frist Frost= 1 Sep / 30 Sep Zone 5 = Average dates Last Frost = 30 Mar / 30 Apr Average dates First Frost= 30 Sep / 30 Oct Zone 6 = Average dates Last Frost = 30 Mar / 30 Apr Average dates First Frost= 30 Sep / 30 Oct Zone 7 = Average dates Last Frost = 30 Mar / 30 Apr Average dates First Frost= 30 Sep / 30 Oct Zone 8 = Average dates Last Frost = 28 Feb / 30 Mar Average dates First Frost= 30 Oct / 30 Nov Zone 9 = Average dates Last Frost = 30 Jan / 28 Feb Average dates First Frost= 30 Nov / 30 Dec Zone 10 = Average dates Last Frost = 30 Jan or before Average dates Last Frost = 30 Nov / 30 Dec Zone 11 = Free of Frost throughout the year. .............=======ooo=======.................. Frost: Light Freeze. damage depends upon length of frost duration. Light Freeze: -2C/-0C <> 29F/32F - tender plants killed with little destructive effect on other vegetation. Moderate Freeze:-8C/-2C <> 25F/28F - wide destruction on most vegetation with heavy damage to fruit blossoms and tender semi-hardy plants. Severe Freeze: -9C <> 24F and colder, heavy damage to most plants. ...............=======ooo=======................... Shade: Usually an area under a closed tree canopy that receives no direct sun at all. Partial Usually an area under a lone or limited Shade: number of trees receiving only a 1 to 5 hours of dappled sun during the day. Partial Usually refers to an area that receives Sun: approximately 3 - 5 hours of full sun per day. Full Sun: Refers to an area receiving 6 or more hours of full sun per day. ...............========ooo========................. Comments/Suggestions are welcome lionhert@ix.netcom.com The Internet = CyberKudzu -%- From hlm@phx.mcd.mot.com Thu Jul 7 10:53:02 EDT 1994 Article: 37136 of rec.gardens Newsgroups: rec.gardens Path: bigblue.oit.unc.edu!concert!gatech!asuvax!pitstop.mcd.mot.com!binford.chg.mcd.mot.com!courier.urbana.mcd.mot.com!mcdphx!hlm From: hlm@phx.mcd.mot.com (Heather Magill) Subject: Rough Ant FAQ Message-ID: <1994Jun30.154332.16090@phx.mcd.mot.com> Summary: Rough Draft of Ant FAQ Sender: news@phx.mcd.mot.com Nntp-Posting-Host: cretan.phx.mcd.mot.com Organization: Motorola Computer Group, Tempe, Az. Date: Thu, 30 Jun 1994 15:43:32 GMT Lines: 112 This is slowly becoming an ant FAQ for rec.gardens. All of this is from my own tests and experimentation with some methods being suggested by other "net" gardeners. Someday soon (when I have the time) I plan on making this available at the FTP server. The planned changes for this are * discuss different types of ants * make it general (not specific to phoenix) * make it third person If you have had experience with these methods your comments would be appreciated. If anyone has a new method to suggest I have lots of anthills to experiment with ;-) Regards, Heather. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Living in Phoenix AZ we have a variety of different kind of ants. The major ones around are: red/black have single hills and are predominately sugar eaters they are typically the ones that farm aphids and flies. large red ants have very large anthills and have a tendency to clear large areas around the anthill large black I think these eat mold that is grown off of plant material carried down in the anthill. Never found them to be obnoxious but like the large red ants they clear large areas around a large ant hill. small black These are the worst. They build a large mound with many entrances (kind of like an ant condo). There bite is also extremely painful to me. Anyways, I have dozens of anthills and have tried a variety of methods. boiling water no effect digging up the anthill suggested by my dad. He said did down in the anthill really far (avoid getting bitten) then put a jar filled with water in the hole and cover it up to the rim with soil. The ants will be very upset (no kidding) and will be trying to find there hole and they will fall in the jar and drown. It didn't work and luckily I didn't get bit. cayenne pepper the ants like to eat it! specially ground diatomaceous earth some effect not sure why it worked sometimes and not others. Have to keep reapplying it. It seems to be most effective on the very small anthills. boric acid & carrier somewhat effective. For sugar eating ants boric acid needs to be mixed with a sweet carrier. Sugar water and strawberry jam have both been suggested. I have tried the strawberry jam method but it just seemed to reduce the ant population not kill the anthill but then I am only 2 weeks into the test. Need to wait a while an maybe reapply for a true result. ground up orange peels Not grapefruit, not lemon and not lime but orange. This was suggested by one of the local master gardeners who said there is a very volatile chemical called d-limone in the orange peels that fumigates the ant hill. Having tried this on three anthills (the black/red type), two anthills showed no affect and the third moved their's 6 inches away. Perhaps this was due to improper application (eg didn't use enough per hill). Further experimentation is required because a lot of people swear by this method. Amdro Ant Bait Works good in non-food production areas and protected from animals and children. NOT ORGANIC! but also not a general purpose poison like diazanon. chickens While they eat bugs (especially cockroaches) they seem to find ants to dry to eat. However, they seem to like juicy beetles, maggots and worms. Which is pretty nice. ;-) repeated disturbing of the anthill people have posted that repeated disturbings of the anthill will convince the ants to move elsewhere. Personally, I would rather limit the population rather than move them around on my property or convince them to move to my neighbors. household cleaner. 409 If the ants are in the house (especially the kitchen) 409 can be used to kill the ants coming in and clean at the same time. Then put a bait poison type int the ant trail when it enters the house. ------------------- Me speaking for me and only me --------------------------- Motorola MCG AZ43 MD DW278 (o) 602-438-3343 Realtime Networking 2900 S. Diablo Way (f) 602-438-3836 hlm@phx.mcd.mot.com Tempe, AZ 85282 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Motorola MCG AZ43 MD DW278 (o) 602-438-3343 Realtime Networking 2900 S. Diablo Way (f) 602-438-3836 hlm@phx.mcd.mot.com Tempe, AZ 85282 From hlm@phx.mcd.mot.com Thu Jun 16 22:45:02 EDT 1994 Article: 34959 of rec.gardens Newsgroups: rec.gardens Path: bigblue.oit.unc.edu!concert!gatech!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!noao!asuvax!pitstop.mcd.mot.com!mcdphx!hlm From: hlm@phx.mcd.mot.com (Heather Magill) Subject: Ant population controls - FAQ suggestions Message-ID: <1994Jun9.162409.5508@phx.mcd.mot.com> Sender: news@phx.mcd.mot.com Nntp-Posting-Host: cretan.phx.mcd.mot.com Organization: Motorola Computer Group, Tempe, Az. Date: Thu, 9 Jun 1994 16:24:09 GMT Lines: 83 It appears I am building up an informal Ant FAQ. Since we have seen a lot of requests on ant control is seems reasonable to make this into a formal FAQ. As I have never done this before suggestions and comments would be extremely helpful. Also, I am not sure how to get his on the FAQ server for rec.gardens I realize the phoenix specific information should be changed to a general discussion on ant types. Other comments/suggestions? Should this be a FAQ? Thanks, Heather. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Living in Phoenix AZ we have a variety of differnt kind of ants. The major ones around are: red/black have single hills and are predominately sugar eaters they are typically the ones that farm aphids and flies. large red ants have very large anthills and have a tendency to clear large areas around the anthill large black I think these eat mold that is grown off of plant material carried down in the anthill. Never found them to be obnoxious but like the large red ants they clear large areas around a large ant hill. small black These are the worst. They build a large mound with many entrances (kind of like an ant condo). There bite is also extremely painful to me. Anyways, I have dozens of anthills and have tried a variety of methods. boiling water no effect digging up the anthill suggested by my dad. He said did down in the anthill really far (avoid getting bitten) then put a jar filled with water in the hole and cover it up to the rim with soil. The ants will be very upset (no kidding) and will be trying to find there hole and they will fall in the jar and drown. It didn't work and luckily I didn't get bit. cayenne pepper the ants like to eat it! specially ground diotomaceous earth some effect not sure why it worked sometimes and not others. Have to keep reapplying it. boric acid no effect plant to try this method again this time mixing the boric acid with sugar. ground up orange peels suggested on the local radio, no effect (Although I have been told its the molding of the orange peels that drive the ants away. Unfortunately, just doesn't mold in Phoenix during the summer, just dehyrates :-) Amdro Ant Bait Works good in non-food production areas and protected from animals and children. NOT ORGANIC! but also not a general purpose poison like diazanon. chickens While the eat bugs (especially cockroaches) they seem to find ants to dry to eat. However, they seem to like juciy beetles, maggots and worms. Which is pretty nice. repeated disturbing of the anthill people have posted that repeated disturbings of the anthill will convince the ants to move elsewhere. Personally, I would rather limit the population rather than move them around on my property or convince them to move to my neighbors. -- ------------------- Me speaking for me and only me --------------------------- Motorola MCG AZ43 MD DW278 (o) 602-438-3343 Realtime Networking 2900 S. Diablo Way (f) 602-438-3836 hlm@phx.mcd.mot.com Tempe, AZ 85282 Article 1331 of rec.food.historic: Path: samba.oit.unc.edu!concert!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!iscsvax.uni.edu!klier From: klier@iscsvax.uni.edu Newsgroups: rec.food.historic Subject: Beans, beans for every meal... Message-ID: <1993Jun15.191648.13790@iscsvax.uni.edu> Date: 15 Jun 93 19:16:48 -0600 Organization: University of Northern Iowa Lines: 123 The species of legumes listed below are from the USDA list of economically important plants. Common names and origin and remarks are largely from >>Mabberly, D.J. 1990 [corrected edition]. The Plant-Book. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.<< A "?" by itself means I have no information, not necessarily that origins are unknown. --Kay Scientific name Common name Origin & remarks ------------------- ------------------------------- -------------------- Apios americana potato bean, groundnut North America Arachis hypogaea peanut, groundnut, goober, mani S. America, maybe E Andes? Bauhinia esculenta marama ? Cajanus cajan pigeon pea, congo pea, dhal, red gram, ambrevade Africa? S. Asia? Canavalia ensiformis Jamaican horsebean, jackbean, horsebean, swordbean, sabre bean tropical Americas Canavalia gladiata swordbean old world Canavalia plagiosperma oblique-seeded jackbean Canavalia rosea beach bean pantropical Castanospermum australe Moreton bay chestnut, Australian chestnut NE Australia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu. Poisonous raw. Ceratonia siliqua carob, St. John's Bread Oman? Arabia & Somalia Cicer arietinum chickpea, garabanzo, Bengal gram, yellow gram, spanish pea Turkey? (3rd lrgst pulse crop; "salted provender" of Isaiah Cordeauxia edulis ye'eb, jeheb nut Somalia, Ethiopia; endangered species Cyamopsis tetragonoloba guar, clusterbean Africa & Arabia; cultigen Dolichos biflorus = Vigna unguiculata subsp. cylindrica Dolichos lablab = Lablab purpureus Entada gigas sea bean, Mackeybean, nickerbean tropical Africa & Americas Glycine max soybean probably selected N China 11th century BC; known to Europeans since 16th century AD; first cult. US 1924. Glycyrrhiza glabra licorice (as opposed to anise) Mediterranean to central Asia Inga edulis icecream bean tropical Americas Inga vera guaba, guama tropical Americas Inocarpus fagifer Polynesian chestnut, Tahitian chestnut, O'taheite chestnut Pacific Lablab purpureus hyacinth bean, lablab bean, bonavist bean probably tropical Africa Lathyrus aphaca yellow pea Europe & Mediterranean to Afghanistan Lathyrus hirsutus rough pea, Caley pea ? Lathyrus montanus [edible tubers] European Lathyrus sativus chickling pea, chickling vetch, dogtooth pea, grass pea, Indian pea, Riga pea, kheshari cultigen, Europe? Lathyrus tuberosus [edible tubers] E. Mediterranean Lens culinaris lentil, masur, E. Mediterranean to Iraq Leucaena esculenta guaje Mexico Leucaena leucocephala leucaena, leadtree, jumbie bean, ipil-ipil Mexico Macroptilium atropurpureum siratro, purple bean, conchito tropical Americas Macrotyloma geocarpum geocarpa groundnut, Kersting's groundnut West Africa Macrotyloma uniflorum horsegram Old world tropics Pachyrhizus ahipa yam bean ? Pachyrhizus erosus jicama, yam bean central America Pachyrhizus tuberosus ajipo, yam bean ? Phaseolus acutifolius var. latifolius tepary bean southern N America Phaseolus coccineus scarlet runner bean Central America Phaseolus lunatus lima bean, butter bean, Burma bean, duffin, Rangoon bean tropical S America Phaseolus vulgaris garden bean, green bean, kidney bean, haricot bean, frijoles, navy bean, pinto bean, canellini bean, etc. tropical America Pisum sativum pea, garden pea, field pea Mediterranean to Iran Pisum sativum var arvense dun pea, grey pea, mutter pea, partridge pea, peluskins Mediterranean to Iran Pisum sativum var. macrocarpon sugar pea. mangetout Mediterranean Pithecellobium dulce Manila tamarind, Madras thorn, guaymochil central America Pithecellobium unguis-cati Black Jessie Florida to northern S America Psophocarpus tetragonolobus winged pea, winged bean, Goa bean, asparagus pea, princes pea, dambala tropical Asia Psoralea bituminosa Arabian scurfpea Psoralea esculenta prairie turnip, prairie potato N. America Senna occidentalis coffee senna, negro coffee subtropical America Sphenostylis stenocarpa African yam bean Africa Tamarindus indica tamarind tropical Africa? Trigonella foenum-graecum fenugreek S Europe, W Asia Vicia faba broad bean, horsebean, fava bean, windsor bean S. Europe? Central Asia? Vicia narbonensis Narbonne vetch possible ancestor of V. faba S. Europe Vigna aconitifolia mat bean, moth bean S. Asia Vigna angularis adzuki bean Asia Vigna mungo black gram, urd tropical Asia Vigna radiata var radiata mung bean, green gram Indonesia? Seedlings are commercial "bean sprouts" Vigna subterranea Bambarra groundnut, groundbean W. Africa Vigna umbellata rice bean S. Asia Vigna unguiculata ssp. cylindrica catjang ? Vigna unguiculata ssp. sesquipedalis yard-long bean, asparagus bean Vigna unguiculata ssp. unguiculata yawa, southern pea, cowpea, black-eyed pea, crowder pea Old World Vigna vexillata zombi pea tropical old world Additions welcome! Kay Klier Biology Dept UNI in%"klier@iscsvax.uni.edu" Article 20019 of rec.gardens: Path: samba.oit.unc.edu!concert!news-feed-2.peachnet.edu!darwin.sura.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!iscsvax.uni.edu!klier From: klier@iscsvax.uni.edu Newsgroups: rec.gardens Subject: Revised bulb catalog list Message-ID: <1993Jul19.125838.14911@iscsvax.uni.edu> Date: 19 Jul 93 12:58:38 -0600 Organization: University of Northern Iowa Lines: 399 BULB CATALOGS FOR NORTH AMERICAN GROWERS revision of 19 July, 1993 "One makes a mental note, or even a written note, and then the season changes and one forgets what one meant at the time. One has written 'Plant something yellow near the yellow tulips' or "Plant something tall behind the lupins," and then autumn comes and plants have died down, and one scratches one's head trying to remember what on earth one meant by that." --- Vita Sackville-West BULBS: Included in this list are purveyors of bulbs, corms and tubers, excluding Dahlia and Iris specialists. Among the most immediately rewarding, these "sure-fire flowers" are ordered in late summer or early fall for spring bloom, in early spring for summer and fall bloom. There are often significant discounts for ordering by mid-August for fall delivery. If you have someone with an absolutely brown thumb, give them a bulb of _Colchicum autumnale_, a fall-flowering species that will bloom sitting on a bookshelf, producing a number of lavender-pink trumpet flowers from a naked bulb. Planted outdoors after bloom, it will produce flowers autumn after autumn. Another welcome gift from a gardener to almost any poor soul in the [in]temperate zone winter is a pot of bulbs for forcing. Most catalogs list cultivars especially suitable for forcing. ABBREVIATIONS: Cat -- catalog cv -- cultivar (=variety) ? -- item of which I am unsure. "refundable" means catalog price is at least partially credited to first order (may be a minimum order for such credit) CONSERVATION NOTE Dutch bulb growers/importers have agreed to label all *wild-collected* bulbs, corms and tubers by 1993 (most will do it this year). US growers have NOT agreed to do this, and in 1991 imported more than a million bulbs and corms (mostly snowdrops and cyclamens) stripped from their native habitat in Turkey. US growers also sell wild-collected native plants (esp. pink ladyslipper orchid, _Cypripedium acaule_, and many native ferns). In general, if there is a cultivar name ('President Kennedy' tulip or 'Blue Pearl' hyacinth), you can assume these are grown in cultivation. Those who enjoy growing "unimproved" species have to trust the source if they care about population destruction. Some unscrupulous "growers" strip wild populations, park them in beds over the winter and then sell these "cultivated" plants in the spring. CAVEAT EMPTOR. _Herbertia_ is an international bulb journal on bulb identification and culture. PO Bos 5355 Pasadena, CA 91107- 0355 Should you decide to plant several hundred bulbs, you may wish to invest in a long-handled bulb planter (also useful for perennials), or an auger bit for an electric drill. One such auger is the Daffodrill, PO Box 248, Salt Point, NY 127578 Bob Batson and Jim Bishop contributed most of the addresses and remarks; others from Kay Klier. Compilers of this list make no warranties about the firms listed herein. ***** Please send all new addresses, changes, ***** ****** remarks and corrections to Kay Klier ***** ***** (in%"klier@iscsvax.uni.edu") ***** ---------------------- CANADIAN FIRMS CA Cruickshank,Inc 1015 Mount Pleasant Road Toronto, Ontario Canada M4P 2M1 Cat $2 One of the largest lists in N Am. Strongest in tulips, scilla, iris, crocus, hyacinth, narcissus; fall catalog features much stuff from Van Tubergen of Holland (nice stuff!) Gardenimport,Inc PO Box 760 Thornhill, Ontario, Canada L3T 4A5 Cat $4 English perennials, lilacs, bulbs, seeds; N. Am. agents of Suttons Seeds of Great Britain; some European cvs WH Perron 515 Labelle Boulevard Chomeday laval Quebec H7V 2T3 Canada Cat $? US FIRMS Bakker of Holland US Reservation Center Louisiana, MO 63353-0050 Cat $0? Dutch bulbs The Banana Tree 715 Northampton St Easton, PA 18042 Cat $3 tropical bulbs and seeds B & D Lilies 330 P Street Port Townsend, WA 98368 Cat $? Lily specialist? BioQuest International PO Box 5752 Santa Barbara, CA 93108. (805) 969-4072 (Dr. Richard Doutt); Cat $2 South African bulbs especially. bulbs native to South Africa Bluebell Lilies 1432 Manor Lane Blue Bell, PA 19422 Cat $? Lily specialist Bonnie Brae Gardens 1105 SE Christensen Road Corbett, OR 97019 Cat $0 daffodil specialist Breck's 6523 N Galena Rd Peoria, IL 61632 Cat $0 basic range of species W. Atlee Burpee & Co. 300 Park Ave Warminster, PA 18974 Cat $0 good general catalog for beginners; one of the oldest and best known US seed companies Caladium World PO Drawer 629 Sebring, FL 33871 Cat $0 caladium specialist Cascade Daffodils 1790 Richard Circle St Paul, MN 55118 Cat $1 daffodil specialist Daffodil Mart The Heaths Rt 3, Box 794 Gloucester, VA 23061 Cat $1; Van Tubergen of Holland wholesale cat $5 Hundreds of daffodil cvs; minimum order from Van Tubergen catalog is 100 bullbs, but VT is said to have one of the broadest lists of Dutch grown bulbs. Peter De Jager Bulb Co. PO Box 2010 South Hamilton, MA 01982 Cat $? Dutch Gardens,Inc PO Box 200 Adelphia, NJ 07710 908 780-2713; fax 908 708-7720 Cat $0 Good selection of basic Holland bulbs; good prices, esp in quantity (group order program esp.). Excellent color catalog with pictures of all cvs. Fairyland Begonia and Lily Garden 1100 Griffith Road McKinleyville, CA 95521 Cat $0.50, refundable hybrid oriental and asiatic lilies Gaybird Nurseries PO Box 42 Wawanesa, Manitoba Canada R0K 2GO Cat $? Lily specialist Gladside Gardens 61 Main St Northfield, MA 01360. List $1 gladiolas, dahlias, cannas, unusual bulbs Holland Bulb Farms PO Box 127 Westwood, NJ 07676 Cat $0 Dutch bulb importer Kelly's Plant World 10266 E Princeton Sanger, CA 93657. Price list $1, refundable cannas and other summer bulbs Kent Lilies 2009 Edgewood Rd NE Grand Rapids, MI 49505 Cat $? lily specialist Kester's Wild Game Food Nurseries PO Box 516 Omro, WI 54963 Cat $2 Specialist in species favored for food and cover by game animals Louisiana Nursery Route 7, Box 43 Opelousas, LA 70570 Cat $3 (daylilies, LA irises); $5 (magnolias, trees, shrubs, vines); $3 (crinums & bulbs); refundable McClure & Zimmerman 108 W Winnebago PO Box 368 Friesland, WI 53935 Cat $0 Excellent list of bulbs, esp. species and uncommon cultivars; also uncommon species. McFayden Seed Co. 30 9th St, Box 1800 Brandon, MB Canada R7A 6N4 Cat $? Messelaar Bulb Co. PO Box 269 Ipswich, MA 01938 Cat $0 good cvs of commonly available species Michigan Bulb Co. 1950 Waldorf NW; Grand Rapids, MI 49550 Cat $0 Quoth a rec.gardener: "Everybody buys from here ONCE". Cheap prices, cheap plants. Caveat emptor. Mileager's Gardens 4838 Douglas Avenue Racine, WI 53402-2498 800 669-9956 Cat $? Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils PO Box 218 Hubbard, OR 97032 Cat $3 refundable daffodil specialist/breeder; many cvs available here only Oakwood Daffodils 2330 W Bertrand Rd Niles, MI 49120 Cat $? Pinetree Garden Seeds RR 1, Box 397 New Gloucester, ME 04260 Cat $0 Good seeds (many op) in small packets at very reasonable prices; small selection of bulbs (many row-run or smallish); pretty good book and tool selection. Pleasant Valley Glads PO Box 494 Agawam, MA 01001 Cat $0 gladiolus, dahlia specialist Quality Dutch Bulbs PO Box 225 Hillsdale, NJ 07642 Cat $? Rex Bulb Farms PO Box 774 2568 Washington St Port Townsend, WA 98368 Cat $1 200+ cv hybrid and species lilies Royal Gardens Box 588 Farmingdale, NJ 07727 Cat $0 Nicely illustrated catalog of common species John Scheepers,Inc PO Box 700 Bantam, CT 06750 203 567-0838 Cat $0 Nice range of bulbs; probably of more interest to specialists. Well-established firm with exhibition size bulbs Smith and Hawken Bulb Book 25 Corte Madera Mill Valley, CA 94941 415 383-2000 Cat $0 Ask for "Wilma Kay" for advice. No seeds, but bulbs, good tools, garden furbelows. Mostly expensive stuff for trendy gardeners, but they do have sturdy English tools. Strahm's Lilies PO Box 226 Harbor, OR 97415 Cat $0.50 Oriental lily specialist Trinidad Bay Bulb Co. (1992): PO Box 974 Trinidad, CA 95570 Cat $? Lily specialist TyTy Plantation Box 159 TyTy, GA 31795 Cat $0 Cannas, crinums and other bulbs esp. for S US gardens Van Bourgondien & Sons Inc PO Box A245 Farmingdale Rd Babylon, NY 11702 Cat $0 Mixed reports on quality Mary Mattison Van Schalk Box 181 Cavendish, VT 05142 Cat $1 established importer of Dutch bulbs Van Tubergen of Holland See CA Cruickshank and Daffodil Mart for N Am distributors. Veldheer Tulip Gardens 12755 Quincy St Holland, MI 49424 Cat $? Mary Walker Bulb Co. Box 256 Omega, GA 31775 Cat $? specialist in southern US adapted bulbs Wayside Gardens Co. 1 Garden Lane Hodges, SC 29695 Cat $0 Pricy, but interesting and well illustrated color catalogs. White Flower Farm Rt 63 Litchfield, CT 06759-0050 800 888-7756 Cat $0 Informative catalogs you may wish to keep for reference. Carries several strains of long-lived tulips (their "perennial tulips") Kay Klier in%"klier@iscsvax.uni.edu" From dragon@csulb.eduSun Apr 9 21:47:25 1995 Date: Wed, 8 Mar 1995 13:42:47 -0800 From: Brian Lo Newsgroups: rec.gardens Subject: FAQ: Cabbages CABBAGE Brassica oleracea (Capitata Group) VARIETIES (approximately 75 days for early varieties, 90 days for mid-season, to over 120 days for late large-headed varieties). A wide range of excellent cabbage varieties are available that are resistant to heat, cold, and a number of important diseases and physiological disorders. Choose test varieties carefully. The following is only a repre sentative listing. Fresh Market: Early - Heads Up, Market Victor, Earliana, Stonehead, Princess, Golden Acre. For Trial: Cheers, Green Cup (both Fusarium Yellows resistant and Black Rot tolerant) Mid-season - Applause, Bravo, Market Topper, Market Prize, Tastee, Protector. For trial: Pacifica, Quisto. K-K cross and O-S Cross (heat tolerant, large). Late - Zerlina, S-D Cross, Excel, Bartolo, Winter Star, Danish Ballhead strains, Houston Evergreen. Savoy Cabbage: Savoy Ace. Processing: Processor specifies varieties. The following have been grown successfully: Bravo, King Cole, Sanibel, Roundup, Superette, Titan 90, Danish Ballhead, Late Flat Dutch. For trial: Atria (very late); Carlton (mid-season); Ergon (very late); Krautking (late, large); Krautpacker (mid- season); Marvellon (early); Orbit (late); Rodolfo (mid-season); Sagitta (late). Those for trial are suggested on the basis of New York data. Red Cabbage: Ruby Perfection, Red Acre, Ruby, Ruby Ball, Red Head. For Trial: Cardinal. Note: Black Rot resistance is reported for the varieties Cheers, Green Cup, Zerlina, Bravo, Genesis, Protector and the red types Ruby Perfection and Red Head. Also, Rio Verde, Bravo, King Cole, Little Rock, Falcon, Titanic 90, and Ruby Perfection (red) may be less susseptible to thrip injury (New York data). Overwintering Cabbage, for trial only: Green Glow, Spring Time, Spring Hero, Spring Queen 2nd, F-S Cross. Varieties are listed by order of maturity. Intended for planting in September for spring and early summer harvest (approximately 220 days) in mild winter areas. Do not plant too early to avoid bolting. Ornamental Cabbages, also known as flowering kales: Sekito, Red Pigeon, White Pigeon, Rose Bouquet, White Lady. These may be marketed as garnishes for salad bars. Novelty: Walking Stick Cabbage. Used to make walking sticks with character! Thompson and Morgan Seed Co. provides seed and instructions. SEED COMPANIES Abbott & Cobb Inc. POB F307, Feasterville, PA 19047 Asgrow Seed Company, POB 5038, Salinas CA 93915 American Takii Inc., 301 Natividad Rd. Salinas, CA 93906 Bejo Seeds, 1323 E. Fir St. Mount Vernon WA 98273 Brinker Orsetti Seed Co., 2339 A Technology Parkway, Hollister CA 95023-2513. 408/636-4822 Daehnfeldt Inc. POB 947, Albany, OR 97321 Elsoms Seeds Ltd. Spalding, Lincolnshire, England PE11 1QG Ferry-Morse Seed Co. POB 4938, 555 Codoni Ave. Modesto, CA 95352 Gleckler's Seedmen, Unusual Seed Specialties. Metamora OH 43540 Harris Moran Seed Co. 3670 Buffalo Rd. Rochester, NY 14624 Reed's Seeds, 3343 NYS Route 215, Cortland, NY 13045 Rogers NK Seed Co. PO Box 4727 Boise, ID 83711-4727 Nunhems Zaden, Canners Seed Corp. 221 E. Main St. Lewisville, ID 83431 Royal Sluis Inc. 1293 Harkins Rd. Salinas, CA 93901 Sakata Seed America Inc. P.O. Box 877, Morgan Hill, CA 97037 Stokes Seeds Inc. POB 548, Buffalo, NY 14240 Sunseeds Genetics, Inc. P O Box 1438, Hollister, CA 95023 Thompson and Morgan. POB 1308 Jackson, NJ 08527 ph: 201/363-2225 W. Osborne Seed Co. Int'l. 1679 Highway 99 South, Mount Vernon, WA 98273 Zenner Bros. Seed Co., Inc. 1311 S.E. Gideon St. Portland, OR 97202 IMPORTANT Before planting this Crucifer crop, consider the following important factors: 1. No crucifer crop, or related weed has been present in the field for at least 2 years, 4 years preferable. Crucifer crops include cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, kohlrabi, Brussels sprouts, Chinese cabbage, all mustards, turnips, rutabagas, radishes etc. Cruciferous weeds include wild radish, wild mustards etc. Also, crucifer plant waste should not have been dumped on these fields. 2. Soil pH should be 6.5 or higher. Soil pH over 6.8 is necessary to manage club root. The application of 1500 lbs/acre of hydrated lime, 6 weeks prior to planting is recommended for soils with pH less than 7.5 for club root control (see Disease Control section for more details). 3. Arrange to keep transplanted and direct-seeded fields separate to minimize spread of certain diseases that are more prevalent in transplanted fields. SOIL Cabbage may be grown on a variety of soils but it does best on a well- drained, loam soil well supplied with organic matter. Sandy loams are preferred for early crops. Adjust soil pH to 6.0 - 6.8 for maximum yields. SEED AND SEED-BED TREATMENTS Cabbage seed numbers approximately 144,000 per pound. Pelletizing is not necessary but primed and coated seed is becoming popular. Consult your seed dealer about the availability of primed seed. Cabbage is most commonly direct seeded. Some early production is transplanted. Use certified, or hot-water treated seed and fungicide treat seed to protect against several serious seed borne diseases. Hot water seed treat ments are very specific (122 F exactly, for 25 to 30 minutes; the wet seed must then be quickly cooled and dried). The seed treatments are best done by the seed company, and can usually be provided upon request. TRANSPLANT PRODUCTION Seed Beds for transplants: Locate these in an open, well drained area, free of club-root. Lime if necessary, and fertilize with 10-30-10 at 625 lb/acre or its equivalent. When seedlings are to be grown in a seed-bed for production of trans plants, choose a site where cole crops have not been grown before, or fumigate prior to seeding with an approved fumigant following lable and manufacturer's recommendations. Always use certified or hot water treated seed for transplant produc tion. Seed in a greenhouse for an early crop, in a cold frame for a less early crop, and in outdoor seed-beds when the weather is warm enough for germination and growth (above 50 F). In each case seed 5-6 weeks ahead of when the plants are wanted for transplanting. Four to 6 ounces of high quality, sized and density graded seed will provide enough transplants to plant 1 acre. In the seed-bed use a drill with a scatter shoe to drop 15 to 20 seeds per foot in rows 10 inches apart. Greenhouse transplant production Precision seed into modular flats, styrofoam trays or blocks of a peat- lite (peat vermiculite) mix or other suitable growing medium. Crowding should be avoided. Provide 1.5-2.5 square inches per plant in modular trays. Temperatures should be maintained above 45 F at night and below 85 F during the day. Seven days before transplanting start the hardening off process. Follow the same process in a cold frame, or seed directly into the covered soil after it has been limed, fertilized and fumigated as for outdoor seed-beds. FIELD SEEDING In western Oregon fresh market cabbage may be field seeded from mid March to August 10. Cabbage for processing is generally seeded from mid April to the end of July. Preparation for direct seeding needs the same attention a seed-bed area would be given A fine-textured soil, free of rocks, clods and trash, firm and very level, is required for precision seeding. Use a precision seeder such as a Stanhay, or Gaspardo vacuum planter, to drop 2 seeds 2 inches apart every 15 inches. After the first true leaves have formed, thin to one plant per location. In continuous seeding, thin the plants so as to leave 15 to 18 inches between them. SOIL Cabbage may be grown on a variety of soils but it does best on a well- drained, loam soil well supplied with organic matter. Sandy loams are preferred for early crops. Adjust soil pH to 6.5 - 7.0 for maximum yields. FERTILIZER A soil test is the most accurate guide to fertilizer requirements. The following recommendations are general guidelines for western Oregon: Good management practices are essential if optimum fertilizer responses are to be realized in the production of cabbage. These practices include use of recommended varieties, selection of adapted soils, weed control, disease and insect control, good seedbed preparation, proper seeding methods, and timely harvest. Because of the influence of soil type, climatic conditions, and other cultural practices, crop responses from fertilizer may not always be accu rately predicted. Soil test results, field experience, and knowledge of specific crop requirements help determine the nutrients needed and the rate of application. The fertilizer application for cabbage should insure adequate levels of all nutrients. Optimum fertilization is intended to produce top quality and yields in keeping with maximum returns. The suggested fertilizer applications are based on a 36" row spacing. With decreased row spacings, increased fertilizer rates are suggested. Recommended soil sampling procedures should be followed in order to estimate fertilizer needs. The Oregon State University Extension Service agent in your county can provide you with soil sampling instructions, soil sample bags, and information sheets. Where cabbage is direst seeded, see "field fertilization section below. If transplants are to be used, and if transplants are to be field grown, fertilize transplant productions beds as follows: TRANSPLANT BED FERTILIZATION Broadcast and work into the transplant bed: 1. 40 to 70 lbs Nitrogen/A. 2. Apply phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, magnesium, boron, molybdenum, and lime up to the maximum rates suggested below for field applications. TRANSPLANTING SOLUTIONS Dilute solutions of complete fertilizers high in phosphorus promote quick recovery and early growth of transplants. One-half pint of trans planting solution should be injected into the furrow at the roots of each plant at time of transplanting. A transplanting solution may be prepared by dissolving 3 lbs. of 11-48-0 or similar monoammonium phosphate fertilizer in a 55 gallon drum of water. FIELD FERTILIZATION NITROGEN (N): A total application of 80-100 lbs. N/A is suggested. Broadcast about half of the N just prior to direct seeding or trans planting or band 60-90 lbs N/A with the phosphorus. Broadcast the remaining nitrogen at the time of last cultivation, or 1 to 2 weeks before the first cutting. At the higher rates, two applications should be made 2 to 3 weeks apart. Nitrogen liquid fertilizer formulations having herbicidal effects: AN-20, Ammonium Thiosulfate and mixtures of these two materials can be used successfully in a number of Brassica crops such as broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower. The amount of nitrogen per gallon of material, the rate at which it is applied, and the phyto-toxicity of the material determines what crops these can be used on. All of these materials, when applied at the proper time and manner have the added benefit of ancillary control of many small (less than 3 inches) broadleaf weeds such as groundsell, pineapple weed, shepherdspurse, mallow, pigweed, hairy nightshade chickweed and many others. Poor, or no control is obtained on lambs quarters, purslane, henbit, black nightshade, knotweed, sow thistle, malva goosefoot and grasses. When using these nitrogen sources in foliar applications, follow cau tions listed. Severe crop injury may occur if cautions are not observed. General cautions for the use of nitrogen liquid fertilizer formulations are: * Apply only after the crop has at least two true leaves. Application at between the 3rd and 6th true leaf stages is least likely to cause crop injury. * Do not apply within 4 days of a period of cool, cloudy or rainy weather, or if free water is present on the leaves. * Discontinue application if spray droplets do not roll off or "bead- up" on the leaves. This indicates a deficiency of adequate waxy cuticle, and may be a temporary condition due to rapid growth, cloudy or rainy weather, or more seriously, the lack of adaptability of the variety. * Do not apply within 4 days after a foliar pesticide has been applied, or with any wetting agent. * Use large nozzles to minimize misting and possible injury to the crop growing point. * Direct the spray to the base of the crop with wide, low nozzles, or use crop shields whenever this can be done while still obtaining complete coverage of the weeds. AN-20 fertilizer formulation: This is a manufactured 20-0-0 formulation (containing 20% N) that may be applied at 50 to 70 gallons of product per acre as a foliar spray. This formulation weighs 10.55 lbs per gallon and contains 2.11 lbs N/gallon of product and would provide approximately 100 to 140 lbs N/acre (but some N is lost through volatilization). Do not irrigate for 48 hours after application, but irrigate then to move the fertilizer into the root zone. When this treatment is used, subsequent nitrogen side dressings may be reduced by a portion of the amount of N applied in the treatment. Note: Mixtures of An-20 and Ammonium thiosulfate (usually 1:1) can be made which will reduce the amount of nitrogen applied, provide some sulfur (if AN-20 only would have been applied, and reducing the sulfur if only Ammonium thiosulfate were to be used), and be as effective as either material alone. Application rates are still held at 50 to 70 gallons of the mixture per acre. Note: This formulation is different from a solution that could be prepared by dissolving ammonium nitrate in water. Such a solution would not have the same concentration or herbicidal effect. Also, To prevent crop injury, follow the cautions listed above. ***** Ammonium thiosulfate: This is a manufactured 12-0-0-26 formulation (containing 12% N and 26% sulfur) and weighs 9.33 lbs per gallon. It may be applied at 50 to 70 gallons of product per acre as a foliar spray. This solution contains 1.12 lbs nitrogen and 2.4 lbs sulfur per gallon of product and would provide approxi mately 55 to 75 lbs N/acre (some N may be lost through volatilization). At the application gallonage mentioned, about 150 to 168 lbs of S are also applied. Do not irrigate for 48 hours after application, but irrigate then to move the fertilizer into the root zone. When this treatment is used, subsequent nitrogen side dressings may be reduced by a portion of the amount of N applied in the treatment. Note: Mixtures of An-20 and Ammonium thiosulfate (usually 1:1) can be made which will reduce the amount of nitrogen applied, provide some sulfur (if AN-20 only would have been applied, and reducing the sulfur if only Ammonium thiosulfate were to be used), and be as effective as either material alone. Application rates are still held at 50 to 70 gallons of the mixture per acre. Also, To prevent crop injury, follow the cautions listed above. ***** PHOSPHORUS (P): Phosphorus fertilizer should be banded at the time of seeding or trans planting. Bands should be located 2-3" to the side of the seeds or plants and 3-4" deep. If the OSU soil test Apply this amount of for P reads (ppm): phosphate (P2 O5) (lb/A): 0 - 30 150 - 200 30 - 50 100 - 150 Over 25 80 - 100 POTASSIUM (K): Limit band applications of K to 90 lbs K2 O/A. Broadcast remainder of K and work into seedbed prior to planting. The total of N plus K2 O in the band should not exceed 90 lbs./A. Apply K as follows: If the OSU soil test Apply this amount of for K reads (ppm): potash (K2 O lb/A): 0 - 150 150 - 200 150 - 200 90 - 150 200 - 250 60 - 90 Over 250 None SULFUR (S): Include 25-40 lbs/A of S in the fertilizer pro gram. S is sometimes contained in fertilizers used to supply other nutrients such as N, P, and K, but may not be present in sufficient quantity. Plants absorb S in the form of sulfate. Fertilizer materials supply S in the form of sulfate and elemental S. Elemental S must convert to sulfate in the soil before the S becomes avail able to plants. The conversion of elemental S to sulfate is usually rapid for fine ground (less than 40 mesh) material in warm moist soil). Sulfur in the sulfate form can be applied at planting time. Some S fertilizer materials such as elemental S and ammonium sulfate have an acidify ing effect on soil. The S requirements of crucifers can be provided by: 1. The application of 25-40 lbs S/A in the form of sulfate at or prior to seeding or planting. 2. Applying 40-50 lbs S/A as fine ground (finer than 40 mesh) elemental S the preceding year. 3. Applying coarser ground elemental S at higher rates and less fre quently. MAGNESIUM (Mg): When the OSU soil test value for Mg is below 2 meq/100g soil, band 15- 20 lbs Mg/A at transplanting or seeding time. If Mg deficiency symptoms develop, spray with 10 lbs of Epsom salts in 100 gals of water/A. Magnesium can also be supplied in dolomite, which is a liming material and reduces soil acidity to about the same degree as ground limestone. Dolomite should be mixed into the seedbed at least several weeks in advance of seeding and preferably the preceding year. It can also be supplied by the application of Epsom salts or Sul-Po-Mag fertilizer prior to seeding or transplanting as follows: * Sul-Po-Mag at 150 to 200 lb./acre. * OR Epsom salts at 150 to 200 lb./acre. * OR Dolomitic Limestone at 225 to 275 lb./acre. BORON (B): Cabbage is sensitive to boron deficiency. Apply boron as follows: If the OSU soil test Apply this amount for B reads (ppm): of B (lbs/A): 0 - 1 3 - 4 broadcast 1 - 3 1 - 2 broadcast Over 3 1/2 - 1 foliar spray A satisfactory foliar spray contains 1 lb B/100 gals of water. Fertilizers containing B should not be banded. Fields East of the Cascades or where winter rainfall is low, and to which the higher rates of boron has been applied should not normally be planted to beans or cucumbers the following year, as both these crops are extremely sensitive to boron. LIME: If a mineral soil is below pH 6.3 or an organic soil is below 5.5 and/or the calcium (Ca) level is below 8 meq/100g soil lime should be applied. Compared to other vegetables cabbage has a fairly high lime requirement. The application of lime is suggested when the soil pH is below 6.3 If the OSU SMP Buffer Apply this amount test for lime reads: of lime (T/A): Below 5.6 5 - 7 5.7 - 5.9 4 - 5 5.9 - 6.1 3 - 4 6.1 - 6.3 2 - 3 6.3 - 6.6 1 - 2 Over 6.6 None The liming rate is based on 100-score lime. Lime should be mixed into the seedbed at least several weeks before seeding and preferably the preceding year. A lime application is effective over several years. Some soils may have a fairly high OSU SMP buffer value (over 6.6) and a low pH (below 6.0). This condition can be caused by the ap plication of acidifying fertilizer. In this case the low pH value is temporary and the pH of the soil will increase as the fertilizer completes its reaction with the soil. This temporary "active" acidity from fertilizer is encountered follow ing recent applications of most nitrogen fertilizer materials. Acidifying fertilizers also have a long term acidifying effect on soil which is cumula tive and leads to lower OSU SMP buffer readings. Sandy soils to which fertilizers have not been recently applied some times record low pH and high SMP buffer values. In such cases, a light application of lime (1 to 2 ton/A) should suffice to neutralize soil acidity. For acid soils low in Mg (less than 0.5 meq Mg/100g soil) one T/A of dolomite lime can be used as a Mg source. Dolomite and ground limestone have about the same ability to neutralize soil acidity. The P, K, Mg, B and lime recommendations are based on soil test values from the Soil Testing Laboratory, OSU, Corvallis, Oregon. These recommendations are largely based on the results of experiments conducted by Oregon State University Agricultural Experiment Station Hort iculture and Soils Department research faculty. These recommendations are quoted from OSU Fertilizer Guide FG 27. IRRIGATION In soil suspected of having club root, care should be taken in not over-watering transplants after setting them out. A total of 10-14" of water may be needed for direct seeded fields and 10-12" for transplanted ones in western Oregon. Approximate summer irrigation needs for the Hermiston area have been found to be: 3.5 inches in May, 5.0 in June, 7.5 in July, and 7.0 in August. Soil type does not affect the amount of total water needed, but does dictate frequency of water application. Lighter soils need more frequent water applications, but less water applied per application. HARVESTING, HANDLING AND STORAGE In western Oregon fresh market cabbage may be harvested from mid July to the end of December. The main harvest period is between the first of August and mid November. Cabbage for processing is generally harvested from about mid July to mid November. Average yields of processed cabbage in the Pacific Northwest are approximately 30 tons/acre with good yields about 40 tons/acre. Average fresh market yield is reported at 235 cwt./acre with good yields about 300 cwt./a cre. Processed cabbage can be machine harvested, but is ususally hand harvested in the Pacific Northwest. All fresh market cabbage is hand harves ted. Heads should be harvested when firm and before they split or burst. In harvesting for fresh market, leave 4-6 wrapper leaves attached to the head. The wrapper leaves are usually removed when harvesting for kraut. STORAGE (Quoted from USDA Ag. Handbook #66): Store cabbage at 32 F. and a relative humidity of 98 to 100%. A large percentage of the late crop of cabbage is stored and sold during the winter and early spring, or until the new crop from the southern states appears on the market. If stored under proper conditions late cabbage should keep for 5 to 6 months. The longest keeping cultivars belong to the Danish class. Early-crop cabbage, especially southern grown, has a storage life of 3 to 6 weeks. Cabbage is successfully held in common storage in the northern states, where a fairly uniform inside air temperature of 32 to 35 F. can be maintai ned. Many such storage houses are to be found, principally in New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. Storage houses should be insulated sufficiently to prevent freezing of the cabbage; for although slight freezing does little harm, hard freezing may cause considerable loss. Heaters are sometimes needed to prevent freezing of cabbage in common storage during severe cold weather. Cabbage wilts quickly if held under too dry storage conditions; hence, the humidity should be high enough to keep the leaves fresh and turgid. Use of polyethylene liners or pallet covers to prevent desiccation can prove desirable under some storage conditions. Cabbage stored at 32 F. has less decay when the relative humidity is maintained at or near saturation (98 to 100 %) than at 90 to 95 %. Many growers now use pallet boxes as both field and storage containers so that there is no handling of the cabbage from the time of harvest until preparation for shipment or processing. Some of the larger storages stack these pallet boxes five high. An increasing quantity of cabbage is now held in mechanically refrige rated storages. The storage life of late cabbage can be extended for several months if it is held in an atmosphere with 2.5 to 5 % oxygen and 2.5 to 5 % carbon dioxide. Cabbage should be handled carefully from field to storage, and only solid heads with no yellowing , decay, or mechanical injuries should be stored. Before the heads are stored, all loose leaves should be trimmed away; only three to six tight wrapper leaves should be left on the head. left on the head. Loose leaves interfere with ventilation between heads, and ventilation is essential for successful storage. Upon removal from storage, the heads should be trimmed again to remove loose and damaged leaves. Cabbage should not be stored with fruits emitting ethylene. Concentrations of 10 to 100 ppm of ethylene cause leaf abscission and loss of green color within 5 weeks. The most common decays found in stored cabbage are watery soft rot, bacterial soft rot, gray mold rot, alternaria leaf spot, and black leaf speck. PACKAGING Containers and weights commonly used for cabbage are crates (l 3/4 bushels) 53-60 pounds, 50 pound mesh sacks, or 53 pound cartons. PEST CONTROL FOR CABBAGE THE PESTICIDES LISTED BELOW, TAKEN FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST PEST CONTROL HANDBOOKS, ARE FOR INFORMATION ONLY, AND ARE REVISED ONLY ANNUALLY. BECAUSE OF CONSTANTLY CHANGING LABELS, LAWS, AND REGULATIONS, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY CAN ASSUME NO LIABILITY FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF USE OF CHEMICALS SUGGESTED HERE. IN ALL CASES, READ AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS AND PRECAUTION ARY STATEMENTS ON THE SPECIFIC PESTICIDE PRODUCT LABEL. USE PESTICIDES SAFELY! Wear protective clothing and safety devices as recommended on the label. Bathe or shower after each use. Read the pesticide label--even if you've used the pesticide before. Follow closely the instructions on the label (and any other directions you have). Be cautious when you apply pesticides. Know your legal responsibility as a pesticide applicator. You may be liable for injury or damage resulting from pesticide use. WEED CONTROL Cultivate as often as necessary when weeds are small. Proper cultiva tion, field selection and rotations can reduce or eliminate the need for chemical weed control. THE WEED TREATMENTS LISTED BELOW ARE TAKEN FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WEED CONTROL HANDBOOK, AND ARE FOR INFORMATION ONLY. CONSULT PRODUCT LABELS FOR CURRENTLY LEGAL REGISTRATIONS, RATES, AND COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS. WEED MANAGEMENT GENERAL STRATEGY Weed suppression in crucifers begins by rotating crops that involve different weed control practices or herbicides to disrupt weed life cycles. Row spacings and plant densities vary to achieve head size depending on the market and to suppress weeds. Early season weed control comprises application of an herbicide and/or cultivation(s). ______________________________________________________________________________ STALE SEEDBEDS FOR VEGETABLE PRODUCTION Stale seedbeds are sometimes used for vegetable production when other selec tive weed control practices are limited or unavailable. The concept depends on controlling the first flush of emerged weeds before planting or emergence of the crop followed by minimal soil disturbance which reduces subsequent weed flushes during establishment of the crop. Following establishment, other weed control practices including cultivation or use of other herbicides can be used. 1. Prepare a seedbed, preferably 2 to 3 weeks before planting to achieve maximum weed seed germination near the soil surface. Soil temperatures and moisture must be reasonable or results will be erratic. 2. Plant the crop with minimum soil disturbance. Otherwise, new weed seed will be exposed to favorable germinating conditions. 3. Just before or after planting but before crop emergence, treat the field by flaming or with herbicide to kill all germinated or exposed weeds. Weed Treatment Active Ingredient Per Acre and Application Comments ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Flaming Use liquid propane or similar fuel-burning equipment to quickly sear the weeds, but not consume them with flame. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ paraquat 0.625 to 0.94 lb ai/A Gramoxone Extra Restricted-use pesticide. Do not ingest or inhale spray mist. Wearing protective face shields, respirators, and clothing is advised. Apply during or after planting, but before crop emergence. Add a nonionic surfactant or oil concentrate according to label specifications, taking care to avoid anionic formulations that react in the tank to form insoluble precipitates. Exposed crop plants will be killed. Do not apply preplant or preemergence to soils lacking clay minerals, such as peat, muck, pure sand, or artificial planting media. (Acts as contact; absorbs energy produced by photosynthesis forming peroxides that disrupt living cells.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ glyphosate Consult Labels Roundup Roundup RT (E. Washington and Idaho only) or Honcho + nonionic surfactant Apply to actively growing weeds either preplant in conjunction with site preparatioon or preemergence crops listed on the label. Consult label for specific rates, times of application, and perennial species control- led. Generally 1 to 1.5 lbs ai/A should be used for annual weeds, while perennial weeds require higher rates. Addition of a surfactant or ammonium sulfate improves activity when weeds are stressed. Do not apply more than 8 lbs. ai/A per year, nor plant non-labeled crops within 12 months following application. (Inhibits production of 3 amino acids and protein synthesis.) ______________________________________________________________________________ PREPLANT INCORPORATED Direct Seeded or Transplanted Weed Treatment Active Ingredient Per Acre or Application Comments ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ trifluralin 0.5 to 1.0 lb ai/A Treflan Apply before planting and incorporate 2 to 3 inches deep by cross-disk ing or using a PTO rotary tiller. Do not exceed 0.75 lb ai/A for direct seeded crops. Spray only once and avoid overlapping. Consult label for planting sensitive crops within 12 months. (Inhibits mitosis, primarily in shoots). ______________________________________________________________________________ PREEMERGENCE Weed Treatment Active Ingredient Per Acre and Application Comments ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ napropamide 1 to 2 lb ai/A Devrinol Selectivity is based on Devrinol placement above the seed or transplant depth. For direct seeded crops, apply to soil surface immediately after planting and sprinker irrigate within 24 hours to wet soil 1 to 2 inches deep, or mechanically incorporate not exceeding the seed depth. Transplants can be treated preplant with shallow incorporation or postplant with sprinkler irrigation. Rotational crops listed on the label require deep moldboard plowing while other crops should not be planted sooner than 12 months following application. (Inhibits root growth). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DCPA 4.5 to 9 lb ai/A Dacthal Performs erratically west of Cascades. Elsewhere, apply immediately after seeding or transplanting. Results can be improved if rainfall or overhead irrigation occurs immediately after application. Consult label for planting sensitive crops within 8 months. (Inhibits mitosis). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ oxyfluorfen 0.25 to 0.5 lb. ai/A Goal (transplanted broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower) Apply soon after final soil preparation and before transplanting through the treated layer with minimal soil disturbance. Select the lower rate for coarse textured soils with less than 1% organic matter. Temporary injury may occur when leaves contact treated soil. Severe injury may result when transplants are under stress due to temperature, disease, fertilizer salts, nematodes, insects, pesticides, and storage conditions or when small transplants grown in 1 inch cells are planted. Following transplanting, apply at least 0.25 inches overhead moisture. Plant only crops listed on the label within 10 months following treatment. Grazing of crop residue or treated fields is prohibited. (Acts as a selective contact that disrupts cell membranes.) ______________________________________________________________________________ POSTEMERGENCE Weed Treatment Active Ingredient Per Acre and Application Comments ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ sethoxydim 0.19 to 0.28 lb ai/A Poast Identify susceptible grasses and apply at optimum growth stage listed on the label. Add 2 pints/A nonphytotoxic crop oil concentrate to improve leaf absorption. Erratic control often occurs when grasses are stunted or stressed from drought, high temperatures, or low fertility. Resis tant grasses include annual bluegrass and all fine fescues, whereas quackgrass can be suppressed. Do not apply within 30 days of harvest, nor exceed 3 pints/A per season. (Inhibits fatty acid production, cell membranes, and new growth. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ INSECT CONTROL Proper rotations and field selection can minimize problems with insects. THE PESTICIDES LISTED BELOW ARE TAKEN FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST INSECT CONTROL HANDBOOK, AND ARE FOR INFORMATION ONLY. CONSULT PRODUCT LABELS FOR CURRENTLY LEGAL REGISTRATIONS, RATES AND COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS. Insect and Description Control, Active Ingredient Per Acre --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aphids, including Monitor - 0.5 to 1 lb Cabbage aphid Brevicoryne brassicae malathion - 1.25 lb Turnip aphid Hyadaphis erysimi Phosdrin - 0.25 lb Green peach aphid Myzus persicae Dibrom - 1 to 2 lb Both species gray, mealy plant diazinon - 0.5 lb lice forming colonies on foliage, on or in heads or in buds. Weak- Metasystox-R - 0.375 to 0.75 lb en plants and constitute an adulterant in processed foods. endosulfan - 0.75 to 1.0 lb For effective aphid control, Di-Syston - 1 lb application of insecticides should start with first appearance Apply granules as a band on of aphids and be continued at reg- each side of seed furrow or ular intervals as aphids appear. transplanted row at planting, This is particularly true of or as a side dressing after broccoli and cauliflower to prevent plants become established. aphids from concealing themselves in heads. Liquid injections can be made in similar manner. Do not apply NOTE: directly to seed. See label for To be effective Di-Syston application complete details. should be followed by sprinkler or furrow irrigation. Di-Syston is dimethoate - 0.25 to 0.5 lb relatively insoluble and requires high soil moisture to give best results. Lorsban 50W - 1 lb Pyrellin - 1 to 2 pt Diatect - 1 to 3 lb formulation --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cabbage maggot Transplantings Delia brassicae diazinon - 0.125 to 0.25 lb/50 gal of water White maggots that feed on roots and underground stems Preplant and transplant and weaken, lodge, and kill Lorsban 4E - 0.05 to 0.086 lb plants. Adult is a small gray fly ai/1000 row ft. that lays white, oblong eggs at plant bases. Preplant Lorsban 15G - 0.04 to 0.09 lb diazinon - 2 to 3 lb --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cutworms and Asana - 0.03 to 0.05 lb Armyworms endosulfan - 1 lb Several species. Do not feed treated plants. Treat when worms are small. carbaryl - 1 to 2 lb permethrin - 0.05 to 0.2 lb Bacillus thuringiensis - 1 to 2 qt. Add an appropriate spreader-sticker to enhance control. Most effective on small larvae. Lorsban 50W - 1 lb Larvin - 0.4 to 0.8 lb --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Diamondback moth endosulfan - 1 lb Plutella maculipennis diazinon - 0.5 lb Small, pale yellowish-green larvae with erect black hairs. Eats holes in foliage. Adults are small gray or grown moths with white marks on forewings that form a diamond when wings are folded. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Flea beetles endosulfan - 0.75 to 1.0 lb including cabbage flea beetle carbaryl - 1 lb Phyllotreta cruciferae methoxychlor - 2.25 lb Small, shiny, steel-blue, jump- ing beetle. Eats round holes in Di-Syston - 1 lb leaves of wild and cultivated crucifers. Particularly serious permethrin 0.05 to 0.2 lb on seedlings. Asana - 0.03 to 0.05 lb NOTE: Carbaryl and endosulfan combined together have given most Lorsban 50W - 1 lb effective control. Larvin - 0.4 to 0.8 lb Pyrellin - 1.5 to 2 pt --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Garden symphylan Dyfonate - 2 lb Scutigerella immaculata diazinon - 10 lb Small, white, centipede-like an- imals in the soil. Telone II - preplant Telone C-17 - preplant Mocap - 2 to 3 lb. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grasshoppers Asana - 0.03 to 0.05 lb Various species Nosema locustae - Use as May reach damaging levels on field manufacturer directs margins during years of grasshopper abundance. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Imported cabbage worm Phosdrin - 0.5 lb (ICW only) Pieris rapae OR, (depending on pre-harvest interval - see label) Phosdrin - 1 lb (ICW only) Caterpillars are soft, velvety green with faint yellow stripes. Larvin - 0.6 to 1 lb Adult is a white butterfly with black spots. diatect - 1 to 3 lb Monitor - 0.5 to 1 lb Lannate - 0.45 to 0.9 lb Bacillus thuringiensis - 1 to 2 qt. Add appropri- ate spreader-sticker. Dibrom - 1 to 2 lb methoxychlor - 2 to 2.25 lb Asana - 0.03 to 0.05 lb permethrin - 0.05 to 0.1 lb Lorsban 50W - 1 lb Larvan - 0.4 to 0.8 lb Pyrellin - 1 to 2 pt --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Loopers, including Monitor - 0.5 to 1.0 lb Cabbage looper Trichoplusia ni WARNING: If methamidophos (Monitor) is allowed to drift Alfalfa looper onto adjacent legume or vege- Autographa californica table seed crops, it is highly hazardous to pollinating bees. Larvae of both species pale Alternate materials should be green with white lines on back used under such conditions. and sides. Move in looping manner. Moth gray-brown with Lannate - 0.45 to 0.9 lb characteristic silvery spot on forewings. Bacillus thuringiensis - 1 to 2 qt. Add a spreader-sticker to NOTE: enhance persistence on foliage. The cabbage looper and alfalfa looper Dibrom - 2 lb are not serious pests every year but are more difficult to control than methoxychlor - 2.25 lb other cabbage "worms". Start insecti- cide applications when the worms are endosulfan - 0.75 to 1.0 lb still small. Inspect the plants a day or so after each treatment for success permethrin - 0.05 to 0.2 lb of control. Examine plants often in late summer and fall for new infestations. Asana - 0.03 to 0.05 lb Be sure insecticides reach both sides of leaves. Choice of insecticide is de- Phosdrin - 0.5 lb pendent in part on nearness to harvest. Phosdrin gives better control of loppers carbaryl - 2 lb when temperatures are below 70 F. pyrellin - 1 to 2 pt NOTE: Larvin - 0.6 to 1 lb Suitable registered wetting agents should be added to most of the spray solutions of diatect - 1 to 3 lb the mentioned insecticides. The wetting agent will aid in spreading and sticking of the sprays to the waxy leaves and plant surfaces. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slugs metaldehyde baits --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thrips methyl parathion - 0.3 to Frankliniella sp. 1.5 lb Adults about 1/25 inch in length. Yellow- ish to black in color. An occasional problem in fresh market cabbage. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wireworms diazinon - 3 to 4 lb active Ctenicera and ingredient per acre. Broadcast Limonius spp. granules or emulsifiable formu- lation evenly on the soil Brown, jointed larvae of click surface and incorporate into beetles. the top 4-8 inches of soil. Other controls and fumigants may be available. Telone II or C-17 - preplant ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ DISEASE CONTROL Proper rotations, field selection, sanitation, spacings, fertilizer and irrigation practices can reduce the risk of many diseases. Fields can be tested for presence of harmful nematodes. Using seed from reputable seed sources reduces risk from seed born diseases. THE PESTICIDES LISTED BELOW ARE TAKEN FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST DISEASE CONTROL HANDBOOK, AND ARE FOR INFORMATION ONLY. CONSULT PRODUCT LABELS FOR CURRENTLY LEGAL REGISTRATIONS, RATES AND COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS. CABBAGE -- BLACK BLIGHT (RING SPOT) IN SEED PRODUCTION Cause: Mycosphaerella brassicicola, a fungus that attacks cabbage, cauliflower, brussels sprouts and broccoli. Symptoms: Individual spots most often are black with dense fruiting bodies in tight concentric rings. Under severe attack, the spots coalesce and the entire plant may be affected and blackened. When seed stalks are attacked, the fungus causes distortion similar to 2,4-D symptoms. The infectious spore stage matures slowly over a period of months. Control: 1. Locate plant beds 1 mile or more from diseased fields. 2. Burn straw stacks and plow under diseased refuse of cabbage, turnip, and rutabaga seed fields immediately after harvest and before transplanting the new crop. 3. Hot water seed treatment at 122oF for 30 minutes eliminates seedborne inoculum. 4. Bravo and Benlate provide control of this disease when applied for downy mildew and white blight, respectively. 5. Bravo may be applied to cabbage, broccoli, and brussels sprouts. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CABBAGE -- BACTERIAL SOFT ROT Cause: Erwinia sp., a bacteria. Entrance to the plant tissue is usually through wounds caused by insects, disease organisms, or mechanical means. Under warm, humid conditions, uninjured tissue may become infected. The bacteria may be spread by insects, tools, rain, clothing, or affected plant tissue. Symptoms: Small, water-soaked areas which rapidly increase in size. The tissue becomes soft and mushy, and within a few days the affected plant part may collapse. An offensive odor is usually present. Control: 1. Set out plants in rows to allow for good air drainage. 2. Use care in cultivating to keep injuries to leaves and other parts ofplants to a minimum. 3. Overhead irrigation may encourage infection. Well water contains less bacteria than surface water. 4. Clean and spray storage walls and floors with copper sulfate solution (1 lb/5 gal water). Bactericides such as Roccal, Chlorox, and Lysol are also effective. 5. In storage, use a buffering material such as straw, paper, etc., to prevent injury to the heads. 6. Keep storage house dry and the temperature below 39 F. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CABBAGE -- BLACK LEG Cause: Phoma lingam (Leptosphaeria maculans), a fungus which is carried on the seed and overwinters on plant debris and on alternate host plants. Symptoms: Pale spots on leaves, stems, and silques (pods) which later become ashy gray with scattered black pycnidia on the surface. Stem lesions near the soil line extend below the soil surface causing a black rot of the lower stem and roots. As plants mature they fall sideways from lack of root anchorage. Many plants wilt and die. Seed crop symptoms: This disease generally does not cause reduction in seed yields. Occasionally cankers are observed on stem bases and spots appear on overwintered leaves. Symptoms on seed pods are rare and inconspicuous. Low levels of seed infection coupled with weather favorable for disease spread in eastern seedbeds has caused extremely severe losses. Control--Seed Production Fields 1. Plant only stock seed assayed and found to be free of P. lingam. Treat infected stock seed with benomyl as Benlate at 8 oz 50 WP plus thiram as Arasan at 8 oz 50 WP (Washington and Oregon only) or hot water treated at 50 C for 25 to 30 minutes. Treated stock seed should be reassayed and found free from infection before planting. 2. Seedbeds should not have crucifer crops on or near them for at least 5 years. 3. Inspect seedbeds for obvious foliar infections. 4. When lifted, transplants should not be dipped into water before transplan ting. 5. Inspect seed fields for presence of the disease. 6. Seed samples (10,000 seeds) from each lot should be assayed for the presence of P. lingam. 7. Treat infected lots with benomyl as Benlate and thiram as Arasan (see above) or hot water. Seed assays are available from the Washington State University Seed Technology Laboratory, Pullman, Washington. Control--Crop Fields: Use disease-free seed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CABBAGE -- BLACK ROT Cause: Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris, a bacterium which overwinters in plant refuse and is carried internally and externally on seed. Symptoms: When spread by water, bacteria enter water pores at the margins of leaves or occasionally through insect or other mechanical injuries. The tissue in these areas becomes yellow and the chlorosis progresses toward the center of the leaf. This creates a V-shaped area with the base of the V at the midrib of the leaf. The veins in these areas become dark brown or black, and when the leaf is held up to a strong light source they show up as a black net. From the leaf, the infection proceeds up and down the main stem causing blackening of the vascular tissue. The infection goes systemic at this point, and symptoms the same as those found from direct infection may appear anywhere on the plant. Unilateral stunting of some leaves occurs. When seed is infected, the first symptoms appear on the cotyledons. The cotyledons rapidly wilt and drop off usually however, the infection has reached the stem and proceeds upward. Development of the disease may stop in unfavorable weather only to begin when conditions are favorable. Optimum temperatures for development are 80o to 86o F. Water in the form of dew, rain, or sprinkler irrigation is necessary for spread. Control: 1. Use clean seed. Seed from west coast sources is almost always free from this disease. 2. Use a 2-year rotation out of crucifers in production fields. 3. Use a 3-year rotation on the transplant bed. This is most important since most infection spread occurs in the seed bed. 4. Contaminated seed can be cleaned by hot water seed treatment of 122 F for 30 minutes. 5. The varieties `Defender' and `Guardian' are resistant. Other research from N.Y. classifies varieties in regards to their susceptibility as follows: Susceptibility to Black Rot Low Medium High Bravo Green Winter Superdane Hinova Superelite Superkraut Zerlina Atria Titanic 90 Renova Protector Roundup Stonar Krautking King Cole Little Rock Krautpacker Rodolfo Bartolo Polinius Lennox --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CABBAGE -- CLUB ROOT Cause: Plasmodiophora brassicae, a fungus. This fungus can survive in the soil for years following an infected crop. Symptoms: Young plants wilt in hot weather, but recover partially at night. Older plants are stunted, and leaves may drop off. Roots develop clubs or swellings up to 5 or 6 inches in diameter. The largest clubs are usually just below the soil level, on the larger roots. Control: A. The cabbage variety `Badger Shipper' offers resistance to some races of the disease. B. Disease-free plants and disease-free soil: Since young plants can be infected and not show any symptoms, e.g., swelling of the roots, it is important that only plants grown in soil known to be free of the casual fungus be planted. If possible, plant only in club-root-free soils, but when in doubt, it is better to treat. C. Disease-free plants and diseased soil: If it is not possible to use disease-free soil, the following practices and chemicals will aid in keeping club root under control. 1. Lime field heavily, which discourages spore germination. Even if the infected soil is alkaline, e.g., has a pH 8, at least 1500 lb of hydrated lime must be added to the soil each time cabbage is planted. Use long rotations to prevent a buildup of lime in the soil. The hydrated lime should be added to the soil at least 6 weeks before planting. 2. Preplanting soil treatment with PCNB (Terraclor). PCNB does not give complete control of club root, but it will reduce the number of clubs and secondary rotting of roots so that a nearly normal sized crop may be produced. Broadcast: For transplant or direct-seeded fields, use 40 lb actual PCNB/A, depending on soil type. Disc or rototill the PCNB into the top 4 inches of soil. The treatment is effective for two seasons if the soil is only rototilled and cultivated, not plowed. Bands: For transplant or direct-seeded fields. Although a savings in chemical may be made the first year by applying it in bands previous to planting and cultivating it into the top 4 inches of soil, the second year benefit from this application of chemical is lost. 3. Use starter solutions (use at rate of 1 cup/plant at time of planting). a. PCNB (Terraclor) .5 to .75 percent suspension (4 lb of 75 percent WP/100 gal water). This treatment is recommended only for commercial growers. 4. Delay planting to avoid wet soil. Residues: Terraclor--cabbage: Tolerance 0.1 ppm (Interim). Row application prior to transplanting (maximum 40 lb actual PCNB/A). Broadcast prior to planting (maximum of 40 lb actual PCNB/A). Transplant solution--.75 pt/plant of transplant solution containing 4.5 lb actual PCNB/100 gal. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CABBAGE -- DAMPING-OFF AND WIRESTEM Cause: Several fungi including Rhizoctonia and Pythium sp. These fungi are common soil inhabitants. They are widespread and can be very destructive under cool, moist conditions. Symptoms: Damping off results in killing of seedlings before or soon after they emerge from the soil. Beneath the soil a general rot is observed. Seedlings which emerge from the soil develop a lesion near where the tender stem is in contact with the soil surface, and the seedling collapses. In some cases, the seedling may continue to grow even though the lesion has girdled the stem. The lesion is quite sunken, and the stem resembles a wire, hence the name wirestem. The girdled seedling eventually dies. Control: 1. Delay planting as long as possible to avoid cold, moist soils, which favor disease development. 2. Avoid excessive irrigation. Irrigate in the morning. 3. Grow transplanted seedlings in sterilized soil. 4. Improve the texture of heavy soils. 5. See Cabbage -- Treatment. 6. When Pythium spp. is a problem, apply Ridomil 2E. Broadcast: Apply 4 pt Ridomil 2E/A at planting in 20 to 50 gal water. Banded: Apply 0.5 to 1 pt Ridomil 2E/13,000 linear ft of row in a 7-inch band. Broadcast and incorporated: Apply 1 to 2 pt/A as a broadcast soil application in 20 to 50 gal of water and incorporate in the top 2 inches of soil. If plantings are made on bed, broadcast and incorporate before forming beds. To minimize the development of fungi resistant to Ridomil, do not make foliar applications if Ridomil was used at planting (see Cabbage and Cauliflower -- Downey Mildew). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CABBAGE -- DOWNY MILDEW Cause: Peronospora parasitica, a fungus. Nearly all cultivated and weed plants of Cruciferae are affected by downy mildew. The several strains of the fungus, however, are specific to certain groupings of crops, e.g., the radish strain causes little damage to cabbage. The fungus overwinters in roots or old diseased plant parts. Spores of the fungus may be spread as contaminants on seeds. There is no proof that the fungus enters the seed. High humidity, fog, drizzling rains, and heavy dew are conducive to disease development and spread. Optimum conditions for development of the disease are night tempera tures of 46 to 61 F for four or more successive nights, and day temperature approximately 75 F or lower. Symptoms: Seedlings: White mildew principally on underside of leaf with yellowing on upper side. Later the leaf may become papery and die. Cabbage heads: Sunken black spots which may be minute or larger than 1 inch in diameter. Lower leaves: May become severely infected. Control: The following practices are effective: 1. Increase the ratio of phosphate to potash in the fertilizer to 2:1 or 3:1. 2. Use one of the following spray alternatives: a. Spray seeding beds with Bravo 6F 1.25 pt/A with water to cover or Ridomil/Bravo 8lW at 1.5 to 2.0 lb/A. b. Several formulations of fixed copper are available with labels for this disease. Fixed copper can cause phytotoxicity on some varieties at high rates. c. Spray maneb at 1.2 to 1.6 lb ai/A. Do not apply more than 9.6 lb ai/A/season. Do not apply within 7 days of harvest. d. Spray fosetyl-Al (Abette) at 1.6 to 4.0 lb ai/A. Do not apply in less than 15 gal water/A. Do not apply more than 7 times a season or within 3 days of harvest. 3. Apply first spray as soon as seedlings appear and repeat three times per week until plants are set out in field. Spraying for mildew requires complete coverage of the plant. In general, high gallonage ground application has been more effective than air application. Resistance is being incorporated into commercial varieties, but at present there are no resistant commercial varieties available. Residues: Bravo--1.125 lb ai/A in water to cover. Tolerance 5 ppm. No time limitation. Ridomil/Bravo 8lW - do not apply within 7 days of harvest. Warning: Resistance to Ridomil has been confirmed in the Northwest. To minimize further development of resistance, use as follows. If Ridomil is used at planting (see Cabbage and Cauliflower -- Damping-Off), do not make foliar applications. Do not use it as a curative spray once disease has developed. Use only as a preventive spray and only in combination with another registered fungicide. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CABBAGE -- DROP, WATERY SOFT ROT, OR WHITE ROT Cause: Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, a fungus. This disease survives in crop refuse and in the soil as sclerotia (hardened fungus bodies), averaging about the size of a pea. This fungus attacks a wide range of crops and weeds. It produces microscopic spores that grow first on dead organic matter (often spent flower petals) and then attack the plants. Symptoms: The disease occurs for the most part above the ground level a cottony, white mold. As the cabbage leaves decay, small, dark bodies appear in the mold. Finally the white mass is replaced by numerous hardened sclerotia which gradually change in color from white to black. On seed crops, stem attacks cause severe losses. The diseased tissues eventua lly bleach white, giving the disease its name "white blight." Sclerotia that are black on the surface and white inside, associated with this bleached tissue, are diagnostic. Control: (1) Rotate using nonsusceptible crops such as grass or grains. (2) Permit maximum aeration between rows. (3) On seed crops (broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, Chinese cabbage, collards, kale, kohlrabi, mustard, rutabagas, and turnips) the most effective control for this disease is by aerial spray application of benomyl as Benlate (Pacific Northwest only). Apply as a thorough-coverage spray using 2 lb in 5 to 10 gal water/A. Add a spreader for coverage. Make first application at first petal fall make two additional applications at 14-day intervals if conditions favor development of the disease. For seed production only, Chipco 26019 is registered in Oregon and Washington. Apply 2 to 4 lb/A in 20 to 100 gal of water. Use at least 10 gal/A for air applications. Apply at full bloom. Do not feed treated crop or graze treated area. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CABBAGE -- LEAF SPOT Cause: Alternaria brassicae and A. brassiciola, two fungi. These fungi survive from year to year on seed and cabbage leaves and roots. Symptoms: Chlorotic yellow spots develop enlarging to circular areas coated with black spores. Infection ranges in size from areas barely visible to those more than 2 to 3 inches in diameter. On infected cabbage seed pods, violet to tan-colored spots develop, becoming worse in wet weather. Control: (1) Rotate crops and use clean seed. (2) Seed not known to be clean may be treated in hot water at a temperature of 122 F for 25 to 30 minutes. Make a seed germination test following hot treatment. (3) Spray material listed under downy mildew will help control this disease. (4) For seed production only, Rovral 50 WP is registered in Washington and Oregon. Apply 2 to 4 lb/A in 20 to 100 gal of water. Use at least 10 gal/A for air applica tions. An appropriate spreader-sticker is recommended. Apply at full bloom, pod set, and prior to harvest if disease pressure is severe. Do not use treated crop debris or screenings for food or feed. Do not graze treated area. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CABBAGE -- NEMATODE (Sugarbeet Cyst) Cause: Heterodera schachtii Symptoms: First field symptom indicating nematodes is the appearance of small, conspicuous areas where plants are stunted. Later in the season, areas of nematode infestation often are marked by absence of plants and presence of weed patches. In severely infested fields, areas of decline usually can be identified by excessive leaf wilting during hot weather. Affected areas increase in size with continuous cropping of host crops. Infected plants are much smaller than normal ones. Frequently they have a dense system of secondary roots, called a hairy-root condition. Examination with a hand lens usually will show numerous small, white, beadlike structures on roots of infected plants. These structures are lemon-shaped and later become cysts containing eggs that develop into future generations of nema todes. Dwarfed plants that have a tendency to wilt during warm weather should be pulled and examined for small, white, beadlike females. Soil intended for cabbage production can be examined for this pest by a simple field test: Place a teaspoonful of soil i a glass of water, stir briefly, and allow debris to float to the surface. It is then possible to see and recognize any brownish cysts that adhere to the sides of the glass. Discovery of nematodes by this test will not predict severity of infestation but will show that the field has a nematode history. Control: 1. Crop rotation is an effective method for reducing nematode population since this pest has a small host range. In addition to sugarbeets other hosts are mangel-wurzel, table beet, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, rape, turnip, rutabaga, and radish. Weed hosts are dock, knotweed, lambsquarters, mustard, nightshade, purslane, saltbush and red root. Any of these plants that survive from year to year may act as reservoirs in maintain ing the pests and may counteract much of the value of crop rotation. These crops may be used in a short-term rotation; beans, sweet clover, corn, grains, peas, potatoes, and tomatoes. Alfalfa is suitable for a long rotation period. Length of rotation period should vary with severity of nematode infection. Slight infestations may require only a 2 year program whereas severe infestations require a 5 to 6 year interval. 2. Do not return tare to fields. 3. Soil fumigation with Telone II. For rates of application see Soil Fumigation Guide Chart in the Pesticide Use for Disease Control Section. Sampling: Cyst nematodes are sedentary endoparasites (see Nematodes--Life History). Infective second-stage juveniles, adult males (rarely), and cysts (the dead body of the female which contains eggs) can be obtained from the soil samples. However, cyst extraction requires a special extraction proce dure, and if a cyst count is desired it should be noted on the form that accompanies the sample. During the growing season it is helpful to send roots as well as soil to assist the diagnosis. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CABBAGE -- OEDEMA (Edema) Cause: Physiological Symptoms: This nonparasitic disease may occur on any plant part but is usually found on the lower surface of leaves. The first symptom is a watery blister or gall that can be few or numerous. The more succulent tissue appears to be more susceptible. Blisters or galls will turn a dark brown, yellow, or rust color and give the appearance of a rust or bacterial infection. The disorder is more prominent when ambient temperatures are lower than soil temperatures, soil moisture is high, and relative humidity is high. Low transpiration rates with an increase in water absorption increase cell pressure, erupting epidermal cells and allowing the inner cells to enlarge and protrude. This protrusion of the inner cells causes the cells to die and discolor (yellow, brown, or rust), giving the impression that a parasitic organism is involved. Any mechanical injury to epidermal cells causes a similar effect. The most common causes of oedema in the Pacific Northwest are insect feeding injury (particularly aphids), injury from windblown soil particles, and damage from chemical applications. Control: 1. Control insects, particularly aphids. 2. When cabbages are small, control windblown soil particles by sprinkler irrigation during periods of high wind. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CABBAGE -- PHYTOPHTHORA ROOT ROT Cause: Phytophthora megasperma is a fungus that serves as resistant spores in the soil and infects its hosts with swimming zoospores under wet conditions. Symptoms: Above ground portions of the plant wilt. When the root systems are examined, lateral roots are absent or entirely decayed. The top roots are entirely decayed or show large, dark lesions along their entire length. Symptomatic plants are found in wet areas of the field. Control: 1. Plant only on well-drained soil that has a minimum of low areas where water can accumulate. 2. Avoid excessive irrigation. 3. Treat seedbed with Ridomil 2E as a surface broadcast of 4 pt/A in 20 to 50 gal/A, or as a 7-inch band application of 2 pt/13,000 linear ft row in 20 to 50 gal/A, or as broadcast incorporated to 2 inches at 4 to 8 pt/A in 20 to 50 gal/A. If plantings are made on beds, broadcast and incorporate prior to bedding. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CABBAGE -- SEED TREATMENT Aids in controlling black rot, Alternaria leaf spot, and damping off. Apply captan or thiram according to label directions. Hot water seed treatment -- 122 degrees F for 30 minutes. Where Pythium is a problem, Anchor flowable at 1.5 fl oz/cwt seed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CABBAGE -- TIP BURN Cause: Physiological disorder. All cabbage varieties grown in Oregon are susceptible to some degree to tip burn. Some difference between varieties is recognized. This disorder is aggravated by high fertility and high tempera tures. Some research indicates that it may be influenced by an imbalance of nitrogen, potassium, and calcium. Water stress followed by a period of excessive growth and low humidity is conducive to development of tip burn. These conditions influence calcium uptake and distribution in the cabbage head. Amount and frequency of irrigation appear to influence incidence of tip burn. Symptoms: A marginal necrosis of internal leaves. The symptoms can extend from a few, small, brown spots on the edges of the interior leaves to large areas of the leaf margin turning brown and eventually decaying. External symptoms are usually absent. Control: Research in Wisconsin has attributed the disorder to a deficiency of calcium in the inner leaves research in New York has implicated imbalances of nitrogen and potash. Other research indicates that high temperatures following periods of excessive growth can cause tip burn. No effective controls are known. Holding nitrogen levels to the lowest level possible commensurate with adequate yields is helpful. Nitrogen rates should not exceed 100 lb/A. The form of nitrogen may be important with ammonium forms less desirable than nitrate forms. Do not apply excessive rates of potash or other chemicals that would compete with calcium uptake. Soil samples should show adequate base saturation and adequate levels of calcium. Use adequate irrigation to avoid water stress conditions which would restrict calcium movement to inner leaves. Harvest when the cabbage is at the optimum maturity to avoid allowing the cabbage to become excessively firm. Research from Cornell University describes variety susceptibility to tip burn. Slightly susceptible: `Superdane', `Flacon', `Hinova', `Atria', `Rudolfo', `Superkraut', `Krautpaker'. More susceptible: `Titanic 90', `Roundup', `Bravo', `Krautking', `Little Rock'. Quite susceptible: `King Cole', `Quisto', `Superette'. Very susceptible: `Green Boy', `Rio Verde', `Condor', `Izalco'. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- This information was adapted by the Oregon State University Extension Service from Oregon and Pacific NW publications as well as other vegetable production guidelines from public institutions in the U.S. and Canada. These guidelines are intended as a general guide for Oregon commercial vegetable producers. Address comments or questions to your County Extension Agent or Dr. N. S. Mansour, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 9733l. --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- From london@mercury.interpath.comThu Mar 28 00:12:07 1996 Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 21:38:09 -0500 From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." To: sustag-public@amani.ces.ncsu.edu Cc: london@helios.oit.unc.edu Subject: Carrot Fly FAQ (fwd) Carrot Fly FAQ V. 1.0 by Ronald Lowe [ Part 2: "Attached Text" ] DejaNews Document 827979548.15007:dnserver.db96q1:<421981591wnr@we118can.demon.co.uk> Post Reply

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Given below is version 1.0 of the Carrot Fly FAQ.
The author would like to offer sincere thanks to all those who took time 
and trouble to read the Draft. Their comments, criticisms, suggestions, 
(and indeed praise), were just what was needed to spur him on to finish 
this FAQ.
It is the intention of the author not to update this FAQ until the autumn. 
He hopes that at that time he will receive shoals of mail from anybody 
and everybody telling him how good / bad their Carrot crop was, and how 
effective / ineffective were the preventive measures they took.
In the meantime comments on v1.0 will always be welcome.
-- 
Ron Lowe (arlo@we118can.demon.co.uk)   
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The tenth is brevity of language.
(Old Scottish proverb).

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CARROT FLY FAQ. VERSION 1.O  (6TH FEBRUARY 1996)

This FAQ will be maintained by Ron Lowe, 
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Before you start remember the old military maxim
"Know your Enemy"

GOOD READING
(1). Organic Gardening. 1988 version. Author Roy Lacey.
      Approved by the Soil Association.
      ISBN.0-7153-9175-5

(2). Which? Guide to Pests and Diseases. 1991 version.
      ISBN. 0-340-55000-7

(3). Know and Grow Vegetables. 2 paperbacks.
            ISBN. 0-19-857547-5 (book 1)
                      0-19-286017-8 (book 2)
     ( My copies now quite old, 1979 & 1982. May be out of print).

(4). Garden Pests and Diseases. R.H.S. 1992 version. Soft back.
      ISBN. 1-85732-906-6

(5). Which? Guide to Gardening without Chemicals. 1990 version.
      ISBN. 0-340-52796-X

Excluding (3) all may be available in your local library.
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CARROT FLY
(Psila rosea)

1.  WHAT IS A CARROT FLY ?
An adult carrot fly is a very small black fly which has been described as 
"a low flying miniature cruise missile". The fly is reputed to be attracted 
to the Carrots by smell. It lays it's eggs in the soil adjacent to the 
Carrot(s). The grub of the fly over-winters in the ground gorging itself on 
your Carrots, pupates and lays eggs in early spring. Eggs will ideally be 
laid near to Carrots but Parsley, (and Cow Parsley), Celery, (and 
possibly Parsnips), are also liked. After the spring generation have 
hatched they lay eggs in June and July and this generation hatches and 
matures in enough time to have another frenzy of egg laying August / 
September time.

2.  HOW DO I KNOW MY CARROTS HAVE GOT THE FLY ?
Basically you will not know until you lift the crop. In severe infestations 
the first sign is that the Carrot leaves look an orange / reddish / rusty 
colour. They then turn yellow. On lifting an affected Carrot it will be seen 
that the root end will be black or dark. Close examination of what appear 
to be good Carrots may reveal small holes in the Carrot. If Carrots are 
put in a bucket of water badly affected ones will come to the surface. 
This however does not mean that those which do not float are totally
unaffected.

3.  I THINK MY CROP IS AFFECTED. WHAT DO I DO ?
Lift the crop. There is no point in leaving them in the ground as all you 
are doing is giving the carrot fly maggot ideal board and lodgings. Give 
the Carrots the bucket of water test and discard any which come to the 
surface. Of the others you may, with a bit of judicious cutting and 
scraping, be able to salvage something. Any you consider eatable open 
freeze for 24 hours, or blanch and freeze, then bag and store.

4.  CAN I PREVENT CARROT FLY ATTACKS ?
There are 5 options you may wish to try...
  1. Companion planting.
  2. Prevent the fly getting to the carrots.
  3. Apply an insecticide to the soil to prevent eggs hatching.
  4. Use a fly resistant variety.
  5. Careful timing.
Lets look at the options...
  4.1. It is thought that if a screen of strong smelling vegetables is 
planted around the row(s)  of carrots it will deter the fly. Onions or Garlic 
are usually used. However Carrots are an all the year crop whereas 
Onion and Garlic are usually of sufficient height for a couple of months of 
the year only. Most gardeners will have lifted their Onions and Garlic well 
before the fly is at it's most numerous in the early Autumn. You could try 
the newish spring onions of the Ishikuro type that can be picked at 
almost any stage from small to leek size.      
(gareth@swansea.demon.co.uk).
4.2. This is a fairly satisfactory method. The author grows his early
       Carrots in a cold frame which is about 28" tall at the rear and 12"     
       tall at the front. A  percentage of the crop is usually affected, (very 
       roughly 10 - 15%).
       Good Reading (1) suggests building a screen approx 18" high         
       around the Carrot rows using stakes and polythene sheeting.
       Other suggestions are...
       1.  This year I used fleece on a number of crops - very impressed.
        If you can bear to have your garden looking like a snowscape, this  
        will give much earlier crops and will protect from most flying insects 
        such as carrot fly and cabbage white butterflies.         
        (gareth@swansea.demon.co.uk).
       2.  I grew carrots under loose agryl fleece with the carrots pushing it 
        up as they grow and I got pretty clean carrots This was in the vale  
        of York where carrot fly is terrible. The only problem was taking it   
        off to weed  properly which was a hassle. (uhba023@rhbnc.ac.uk).
       3.  Have you tried growing them under that gauze matting type of     
        thing, it has a name, but I can't remember it.  It lets enough light    
        and rain through, but keeps the pesky carrot flies out.  It is also     
        used to bring on early crops etc.  (R.C.Dobson@ncl.ac.uk).
      4.  Marshalls are selling a new product "Enviromesh" for crop           
        protection. It can be laid over hoops. It's more expensive than         
        fleece (?15.75 for 15ft x 7ft) but is supposed to last at least 5         
        years. (mjl@jet.uk).
         Suggested Suppliers of Fleeces.
          Netlon Ltd
          Kelly Street
          Blackburn
          Lancs
          BB2 4PJ
          (01254) 262431
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          Nortene Ltd
          Linenhall House
          Stanley Street
          Chester
          CH1 2LR
          (01244) 346193
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          Pan Products Ltd
          Faraday Road
          Aylesbury
          Bucks
          HP19 3RY
          The first two I believe do both screens and fleece, the last only
          ground cover materials.  (rob@mgctech.demon.co.uk).
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          Agriframes - (01342)319111 7.95 UKP for 40*5 ft roll. A local        
          nursery sells it by the metre off a huge roll. I can't remember the   
          price, but it was the cheapest by far and you can get it cut to the 
          length of your beds - overlapping smaller bits is a pain.
          (gareth@swansea.demon.co.uk).

4.3.1.  There are a great many brands of insecticide on sale in garden     
      centres and ironmongers. The author spent quite a bit of time in 3     
      local centres reading labels and not once did he find the words         
      "carrot fly". It would appear that using chemicals may be a bit hit      
       or miss. However Good Reading (4) suggests the following...           
      When sowing treat the seed drill with diazinon and chlorpyrifos,        
       phoxim, (however see para 4.3.2. below).
      This will protect the plants for about 6 - 8 weeks. Carrots not to be    
       lifted until the autumn should also be watered thoroughly in late       
       August with spray strength pirimiphos-methylin
      2.  There are few insecticides available to amateur gardeners for the
         following reasons. Firstly to do the job strong products are needed
         which are generally too toxic for amateurs to use. Secondly          
        Carrots have a habit of accumulating pesticide in the root and         
         therefore only chemicals which are poorly systemic are generally  
        used. Normally the soil is treated and not the Carrot. Thirdly           
        amateur usage often requires different residue trials to be carried    
        out and under EU rules for North Europe only this can cost over      
        100,000 per product per crop. Minor uses such as carrot fly is        
         unlikely to be supported in the future.
         At present only a few products have carrot fly as an approved use.
         Chlorophos (PBI) containing diazinon & chlorpyrifos
         Soil Pest Killer (Miracle) containing pirimiphos-methyl
         Both are dusts used at sowing or transplanting. Pirimiphos-methyl
         (Sybol) drench can be used afterwards but is bound onto organic   
        matter and will not penetrate far into the soil.
        Caution...There are no other actives approved for amateur use that I 
        am aware of. Phoxim approvals (Murphy Soil Pest Killer) were        
        revocated in 1994 with a sell out period to the end of 1996 (I           
        believe). (rob@mgctech.demon.co.uk).

 4.4.1  Marshalls sell a variety called Sytan that is claimed to be less     
      attacked by carrot fly than other varieties.  In the past 2 years, my    
      experience is that their claim is fully justified.  It doesn't taste quite   
      as good as a true Nantes, but is close.
       I recommend it. Sytan is 1.16 for a medium packet, 1.75 for a         
       large one, but there is also postage - see the catalogue for details.  
       (nmm1@cam.ac.uk).
       2. The resistant varieties like T&M 'Flyaway' (I think!) are getting      
       quite good press. (gareth@swansea.demon.co.uk).
       3. Good Reading (5) suggests the quick maturing variety Nandor.

5.1     If using fleece or other barrier method the seeds can be sown in    
      Feb / March and lifted in July leaving clear soil before the major        
       problem of second generation larvae develops.
       Secondly delay sowing until early June and sow thinly. The carrots  
       are then quite young at the second generation egg laying time and  
       are less attractive. If sown thinly they will  not need to be thinned     
       and therefore not produce the odour of damaged carrot which will     
       really attract the fly. If the carrots are then lifted in October /            
       November (they will be small but relatively uninfested) any          
       remaining larvae are  left without a source of food and die over         
        winter.

5.  ANYTHING ELSE I CAN DO ?
As the fly is reputed to be attracted to Carrots by smell it would suggest 
that care should be taken when harvesting to prevent as far as possible 
any bruising of the foliage. Good spacing may help in this respect. As 
Carrot seed is notoriously difficult to sow perhaps trying pelleted seeds 
may help.
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From klier@cobra.uni.eduSun Apr 9 22:50:55 1995 Date: 14 Mar 95 17:46:37 -0600 From: klier@cobra.uni.edu Newsgroups: rec.gardens Subject: Re: Info in growing carrots from seed? In article <3k491g$bko@netnews.upenn.edu>, swirsky@umis.upenn.edu (Ted Swirsky) writes: > > My daughter likes carrots and insisted we buy some seeds. Are carrots > difficult to grow? Any special requirements besides deep, loosened soil? > > We are in South Jersey. Thanks! Carrots are very easy to grow.... easiest in sandy or peaty soils, because the roots brush penetrate the soil easily and "grow straight", and the soil brushes off easily for harvest. If you've got a heavy, clay-ey soil, you can either grow little round carrots (these are special cultivars), or you can dig a pit, fill it with sand and compost mixture and grow in that. Look around and you'll probably see several cultivars of carrots: why not try several kinds? Some I particularly like are: Nantes Coreless, a classic "big carrot", like from the store Bolero, with a cylindrical root and good flavor Planet, a baby carrot, one of the ball shaped ones for heavy soil, but excellent flavor Little Finger, a small carrot, of the "gourmet baby carrot" persuasion. Carrots do take a while to germinate, and sometimes carry a seedcoat virus that wreaks havoc on the crop. To help both problems, soak carrot seed in milk for 24 hours before planting (use a shallow dish, like a saucer, and any milk... skim or whole. The milk proteins inactivate the virus). Plant the presoaked seed in moist soil, and keep the seeds moist until they germinate, about 2-3 weeks in cooler temperatures. Cover the seeds in the row with a couple of layers of gunny sack if you're concerned with soil drying out... remove it when the plants sprout. Don't forget to thin the rows of young carrots, since most of us plant the seeds much too closely together. An inch or so apart is the spacing I aim for when I plant carrot seeds, but I usually seem to wind up with 2-3 carrots per inch... and you've got to (whining sound!) pull the extras so that the remainder can develop properly. Mixing the seed with sand when you're planting it can help get the seeds a bit more spread out initially. Kay Klier klier@cobra.uni.edu From mem7c@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU Tue Nov 29 19:37:07 EST 1994 Article: 48571 of rec.gardens Newsgroups: rec.gardens Path: bigblue.oit.unc.edu!concert!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!caen!hearst.acc.Virginia.EDU!murdoch!fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU!mem7c From: mem7c@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Michael E. Matthews) Subject: Making Compost FAQ (long) Message-ID: Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Organization: uva Date: Mon, 28 Nov 1994 20:48:48 GMT Lines: 641 The following is a collection of composting advice from Jim McNelly, aka Mr. Compost. Long-time readers of rec. gardens will know him well. It is a compilation of some of his replies to various questions from this group. It contains the essentials of composting. If anyone has other of his posts saved, I would sure like to recieve them. Michael Matthews in central VA *************************** Newsgroups: rec.gardens Subject: Composting 101 From: jim.mcnelly@granite.mn.org (Jim Mcnelly) Message-ID: <36.2009.2817.0N42A21F@granite.mn.org> Date: Thu, 19 May 94 02:51:00 +0600 Organization: Granite City Connection St. Cloud MN 612-654-8372 As requested, here is my recipe for home composting. Mulching (leaving things in layers) is easier than "piling" organic residues, but there is a place for passive compost piles as well. But for those who desire to make an active, hot, compost pile that is ready for curing in three to four weeks, here is my tried and true formula for cooking hot compost. Active composting is a BATCH process. It differs from passive piles that just sit there or continuous flow systems where stuff is periodically dumped on top of the material already in the bin. 1. PREPARE THE AREA: Avoid walls and fences that can rot and discolor. Stay within reach of the hose. Choose a spot away >from drainage swales and roof overflow. Avoid low spots where water can stand or pond. Leave plenty of room to access with pitch fork and wheel barrow. The area should be from 6'x6' up to 12'x9'. 2. CHOOSE YOUR BIN. Small yards use enclosed plastic, preferably insulated bins. Large yards use larger open air designs without covers. Large doors are better than small ones. Three stage systems are best, but only one, maybe two bins are active at any given time. The three stages are stockpiling, active composting, and curing. Curing piles do not need bins. 3. STOCKPILING: Since active composting is a batch process, it requires a full bin of material and this usually requires stockpiling. Materials easy to store include leaves, wood mulch, pine needles and cones, old compost, and shredded paper. 4. INOCULATING: Active composting is helped by adding old compost or leaf mould as an inoculant. This can range from 10% up to 50% from the curing pile or the still-cooking, last batch. Avoid soil except as a last resort. Use bagged compost or manure if starting for the first time. Packaged inoculants do no harm, and may even help, but are not a substitute for old compost. 5.MIXING and 6. WATERING: Layer your various ingredients OUTSIDE THE BIN, watering each layer as you go. Think "Green and Brown". Add 10% bulky matter like wood chips to keep the pile loose to avoid matting. THEN fork the layers into the bin, mixing as you go, blending wet with dry, watering as necessary. Water like a seed bed, avoiding runoff. The mix should end up 50% moisture like a damp sponge. Now and during the 3 weeks of active composting is the time to add table scraps. Avoid adding lime, it can disturb the natural pH shift and delay decomposition. 7. AERATE: Like any other form of livestock, your "herd" of bacteria needs food, air, and water. You have added food with a balance of carbon and nitrogen, which is the green and brown. You just added water. Now the bacteria need air. Old compost theory suggests that you "turn the pile for aeration; recent studies show that a pile uses up its oxygen in as little as 1/2 hour after turning. Like a barbecue or a fireplace grate, a pile needs ventilation. This is provided through a passive aeration base. Some use brush, stalks, screen on boards, rocks, wood chips, flat aeration pipe, other mechanism to let air infiltrate at the base from outside. The air will rise up due to the convection, chimney effect, of warm air rising. With wood chips added, the pile will self aerate with an aeration grate without turning. Poking the pile from the top down to the base with a piece of rebar or 1/4" rod every 6" will break up mats and provide extra air channels. The pile will begin active composting within 48 hours and cook by itself. You can help the process by mixing at least once after a week, sort of like stirring the coals, adding moisture as necessary. When it is not frozen outside, I make a compost batch every 2 weeks, often using half cooked compost from two weeks previously to mix with the fresh grass clippings. Personally, I bag my grass because I like making and using compost, but letting the clippings lie is a fine way to avoid the effort of active composting. Follow these steps toward batch composting and you will see the pile heat and cook, giving off the steam of life as it decomposes. I think everyone should experience the pleasure of having a compost pile cook well at least *once* in their lives. Two last tips, *underwatering* is the largest single cause of slow composting. Piles in *standing* water is the number one cause of odors. Have fun! Mr Compost~~~ Jim~ McNelly Granite Connection 612-259-0801 jim.mcnelly@granite.mn.org --- * May 19th - What's all this fuss about endangered feces? DF>Problem: I have a "by the book" compost heap that is not generating heat. Sounds like you should compost that book Dave. (g) DF>Contents: Lawn clippings, kitchen scraps, wood chips from my shop(possible problem since they contain redwood, aromatic cedar, and fiberboard, which contains formaldehyde) and plant food (Miracle Grow). You need some old compost as an inoculant first off. Secondly, tell us what proportions of each. My guess is that you are heavy in the wood chips, of which I do not recommend more than 10% unless composting heavy muck like sewage sludge or wet chicken manure. Why did you add the chemical fertilizer and how much? Don't worry about the compounds in the wood products. DF>I keep it wet and cover it with black plastic. The frame is a box (3` x 3`) made by stacking cinder blocks. It is in the north side of the house. I turn it daily with a fork. Turning daily is never recommended. After the initial mix, I don't turn my piles at home at all. In commercial operations, I turn maybe three times in three weeks, twice in the first ten days. Turning lets out the heat. I assume that the two dimensions also mean that the box is 3' deep too, for a total of one cubic yard. Wood chips add structure, but little available carbon since it is still locked up in the wood fiber. Adding wood chips to a compost pile is like giving a thirsty child an eight pound block of ice. Why did you cover it with black plastic? That is like throwing a wet cloth on a fire, halting ventilation. Covering a pile also keeps moisture from coming in. I recommend plastic sides to keep too much air from coming in from the sides where it dries the pile and cools it. Air should come in from the base, like a kettle barbecue or a fireplace grate. It should then rise out the top, with the chimney effect. Keeping the pile covered halts the natural ventilation. DF>Each time I add the lawn clippings it heats up a bit, but it is short lived. Yep. The pile is suffocating, and probably lacking nitrogen >from more green stuff. Mr. Compost~~~ --- * May 8th - I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done. Subject: Is this a compost pile? # Papa Pilgrim writes: JK>Or What? I have a pit in the far corner of my backyard. (great stories deleted) All in all, what I am doing seems to be right and is certainly too much fun. But--is it compost or just rotted stuff? Yo bro! Your pile is a decomposing pile of rotting stuff, not a true composting pile. True compost is made in batches where the organic matter heats up, feeds abundant organisms that like the hot environment, then they cool down. But most people call any old dark organic stuff "compost". I saw a commercial for the Troy Built chipper that claimed that a man can put brush in one end and "compost" comes out the other! Many of my clients in my composting consulting business bought large tub grinders thinking that they "made compost". When they start through the learning curve about making piles, adding moisture, keeping it turned, they gradually come to appreciate true compost. But many people get upset when I tell them that they do not have true compost, so I maybe have to think of a new word that means *only* organic matter made from hot, active piles. But there is no *better or worse* as far as the plants are concerned. Nature does not make piles, she makes thin layers. God does not teach bears and other animals to use pitch forks, carry water, and turn piles. Nature is simple, doing her thing in layers, a bit each year. The worms do the dirty work. Humans seem to *need* to make piles. Once we do, we start composting. When we are done, we put nature's life back to the soil in layers. I say do what works for you. Let it grow. We all should be fruitful! Mr Compost~~~ * May 23rd - Let me see.... Now how does that twit filter work? Subject: Sawdust in compost Michael asks an excellent question: M>What advice can anyone give in using sawdust (oak and birch >primarily) in composting. Can sawdust be the "brown" and grass >the "green" effectively or do I still need to add larger wood >chips for areation purposes? The distinction between carbon as bulking material for aeration and carbon as food was largely lost in the early 1970s when many sludge composting sites failed due to foul odors. Wood chips are not "available" carbon whereas sawdust is. Sawdust tends to compact, however, and too much can "smother" a composting pile. Too little or too much of a good thing can be a problem. Composting is largely a process of finding a balance of various ingredients. I read something about "fuzzy logic" where numerous variables in cooking, brewing, and composting can be managed via computer programs, something akin to master chefs, brewmasters, or composting gurus. I know that it took me many years and trials and errors before I became confident in what and how much of various materials to add. A computer program will rarely tell you *why* it is recommending a particular mix. Back to your question, sawdust varies as to its age and moisture content, but adding around 20% by volume is a lot. I add about 10% wood chips, usually older compost "overs" screened out from previous batches. I add anywhere from 10% to 50% old compost as an inoculant, less if the compost is mature, more if it is fresh. Most piles are deficient in Nitrogen, not carbon. M>Finally, although I do keep sawdust generated from plywood >separate from that generated from hardwood, is it OK to use >plywood sawdust in the compost pile? I wish I could give a pat answer to this question like I can paper products, where I say use them all you please. But not all plywoods are made the same, and I have seen some disturbing levels of formaldehyde which have me a bit wary at the moment about particle and plywood boards. There are so many other sawdust products which are not under question so I suggest that you follow my general rule, which is "when in doubt, keep it out." These sawdusts may be perfectly fine, and I would use them in a mixed waste compost, but in my own garden? Probably not. When I have more conclusive data like I have on the safety of paper, I will vary my position accordingly. Mr Compost~~~ * May 24th - Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. Subject: Composting grass Waldek writes: WT>Has anyone had a good experience with composting grass clippings? >When I put it in my compost pile it turns into a sticky mess which takes ages to decompose. I wonder if there is something the grass could be mixed with to help the breakdown process or should I join my neighbours in the weekly routine of hauling bags of the stuff to the curb? Help, help, I'm drowning in hay! I have composted literally hundreds of thousands of tons of grass clippings, and bag my grass at home too. I believe that composting clippings and applying compost to the lawn is better than letting the clippings lie. (although mulching the clippings is better than landfilling any day!) My recipe is the same for home and commercial alike. I have two active batches going and one curing pile. Each week, I stockpile the clippings in a holding bin. The next week, I add the current week's clippings with last week's along with some old compost (10% up to 50%) which is coarse with old wood chips. These materials are layered OUTSIDE the active bin, watered layer by layer. THEN they are forked into the active bin, mixing thoroughly, watering dry areas. My active bin has an aeration mat at the base allowing air to infiltrate from the base. Once the bin is full, since I make *batches* of compost, I "poke" the pile from the top to the base with a steel rod every six inches to help it breathe. Two weeks later, I take half of the older pile and put it into the curing pile with half going into the new batch as the compost inoculant. Once the material in the curing pile is dark and crumbly, I screen it and use the oversize material as a bulking material. Occasionally I add wood chips to help keep the pile loose. I never turn the pile, but splitting it in half to make old and new is a kind of turning. The piles are always sweet smelling. Have fun! Mr Compost~~~ --- * May 23rd - Please let me know if you did not receive this. Don asks, D>I would have to agree with the low yield from table scraps, vegetable peelings, coffee/tea wastes. I must have missed the first part of the post. Are you talking about low volume (total amount of compost) or the low nitrogen value of compost in general, or compost from these ingredients? Let me try to answer all three questions. The volume of finished compost is typically 1/3 of the original volume, more if there is free air space in the original mass. Brush shreds down to about one tenth the original mass, for example. Mass reduction is another matter. Net dry weight loss is typically one third. This is actual nitrogen and carbon conversion to ammonia, heat, and CO2. Most weight loss is from moisture reduction from 80% moisture original matter such as wet grass clippings or fresh garden scraps down to 40% moisture compost. As far as fertilizer values, I have yet to make a true compost that is over 2% nitrogen. Sure, I can have unstable compost which is higher, but a cured compost will not be over 2% due to the inherent biological restraints of the carbon to nitrogen equation which is essential for proper decomposition. Higher carbon ratios will result in lower net nitrogen values. Higher nitrogen in the original feedstock will result in the release of air borne ammonia and other nitrogen compounds and water borne nitrates and nitrites. Compost N values are stable so the can automatically be doubled when compared to chemical nitrogen values, of which 50% or more is lost in the first 24 hours of application. Compost N values also have an accumulated fertility quotient, of which 60% is available the first year, 20% the second, 10% the third, 5% the fourth, and so forth. Chemical N has no accumulated value. As far as the low volume of incoming table scraps as compared to the net demand of they typical yard, I can state with certainty that even if you bag and compost all of your yard trimmings, leaves, and table scraps, your organic matter demand for the yard is still greater. I recommend 1/4" of compost as a top dressing PLUS letting the clippings lie in order to keep a lawn organically sustainable. If you are trying to increase the lawn's humus content, that requires an additional 1/4 inch to make the soil richer. One quarter inch of compost is one cubic yard spread over 1232 square feet. The typical lawn at 3,500 square feet requires three cubic yards to be sustainable (with letting the clippings lie) and twice that amount to build the soil up, usually applied as a top dressing in the spring and fall. If a person was improving the soil *before* the sod goes in, then 32 cubic yards spread 3" deep would be called for. You can see why I believe that it is important to support municipal composting, as the single homestead is hardly capable of generating sufficient compost to keep up. As far as recommending good small composters, I recommend any of the small, plastic, enclosed bins such as the Earth Machine or Green Genie. I recommend round ones over square ones as square bins have cool corners. Table scrap bins should be covered to inhibit rodents and should not have too many openings on the side. I do not recommend open air designs for passive, table scrap bins as they let in too much air, dry out, and let in vermin. Pay no attention to the supposed door underneath to take compost out. They are hard to use and compost does not "flow" so well. Use instead bins which act like "jello molds" which can be lifted off when full and the composting process started new in a different spot. The old pile keeps its shape and will cure just fine in the open air. Remember to use some old compost mixed in with the fresh table scraps. This inoculates it with active bacterial cultures and helps cover it from flies and vermin. For the best home composter, I recommend indoor redworm boxes. Check out Mary Appelhof's book "Worms Eat My Garbage" for tips for the budding vermiculturist. Mr Compost~~~ * April 9th - Man, that lightning sounds clo#A#v!&^#v?##vNO CARRIER Heather writes: HB>My husband and I have been composting for over a year in a bin made from pallets (it is a cube about 3-4 feet on a side). We want to compost mainly so we don't have to throw away our vegetable scraps. For table scraps and vegetables, I recommend smaller enclosed bins. Large open air bins such as you describe are best suited for batch, not continuous flow composting. Your type of bin dries out too quickly, is hard to inoculate with old compost, has corners that stay cool, and is generally unwieldy for small amounts of matter. We generate about a large stock pot worth of vegetable >scraps a week or maybe a little more. We want to be able to add the vegetable scraps to the heap without much trouble, but we have had trouble with a bad smell and flies unless we cover the vegetables completely with dirt (even leaves didn't work). Your loading rate exceeds the microbial capability to decompose the material. You need to begin active composting or throw the scraps into the landfill. Flies are a sign that