lonrombough (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} lonrombough) wrote,@ 2007-08-31 22:02:00 |
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I Get Around
Sometimes without even meaning to.
Gurney's and Henry Fields' nurseries are offering some new grapes this year, including an old one named "America".
A fellow I know came to me about three years ago asking advice on grape varieties. One I recommended was "America" an old variety with excellent disease resistance and hardiness. He later bought all the cuttings of America I had to spare that year. Turned out he was doing consulting work for a group that bought up the two aforementioned nurseries, along with several others. They took the cuttings and had them mass propagated and are now offering vines of a variety that hasn't been in wide circulation for nearly a century.
Competing with me? Heavens, no. They've publicized the variety enough that I'm getting more orders for it than I've ever had before. And a worthwhile old grape is getting exposure it deserves.
Sometimes without even meaning to.
Gurney's and Henry Fields' nurseries are offering some new grapes this year, including an old one named "America".
A fellow I know came to me about three years ago asking advice on grape varieties. One I recommended was "America" an old variety with excellent disease resistance and hardiness. He later bought all the cuttings of America I had to spare that year. Turned out he was doing consulting work for a group that bought up the two aforementioned nurseries, along with several others. They took the cuttings and had them mass propagated and are now offering vines of a variety that hasn't been in wide circulation for nearly a century.
Competing with me? Heavens, no. They've publicized the variety enough that I'm getting more orders for it than I've ever had before. And a worthwhile old grape is getting exposure it deserves.
