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tonyg:
Here is the most important information about The Crocus Group - more will follow.
To join the Crocus Group you need to send a cheque or cash for £5GB (Or 10 euro cash) to Mr Tony Goode. 3 Woodland Road, Hellesdon, Norwich NR6 5RA. UK.
The fee is a one off which is only repeated when group funds run low, (perhaps every 5 years.) We are an independant and very informal group with no constitution or rules! Just a group of folk with a shared interest. Overseas members receive one newsletter per year, in the autumn.
The seed exchange takes place in summer and to take part all you have to do is send a request for a list to the seed exchange organiser. Full details will follow once you join. Please feel free to contact me via email or Personal Message if you need more info.
EDIT: Please see new notice re the Crocus Group 31st October 2015 :https://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2643.msg343924#msg343924
ranunculus:
I wish the Crocus Group a long and influential future and commend the organisers on their energy and enterprise.
Lesley Cox:
All the above is true because it happened to me very recently. The only glitch was at this end because I ordered seed of very common species, as I was late in joining and the seedlist had been out for a while. Everything I ordered came, with numbers not names so MAF asked for a list of names (I'll include a list of species ordered next time). I photocopied the seedlist and sent it and they released everything except 2 packets of C. tommasinianus as not on the Bio Index. Of course it is, but mis-spelt, with just one M! More correspondence to MAF and I hope my two packets will arrive here soon. I referred them to "Crocus" by Brian Matthew, but they are a curiously thick-headed lot.
Paul T:
Lesley,
Did you get your misnamed tommies? I find the Australian quarantine people really helpful myself, releasing things once it has been explained where the problem occurred. Maybe I've just dealt with the good ones though! ;D I hope you got the rest of yours through. 8)
art600:
Lesley
I helped this year with the Cyclamen Society seed distribution, and for the Australian members we included a list of seeds with an asterix against those in the envelope.
I will endeavour to get this method for Crocus seed distribution next September and then there should be no problems with the autorities.
Arthur
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