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Bulbs => Galanthus => Topic started by: jamouatt on August 02, 2009, 09:38:37 PM
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Just received via email a preliminary 2010 availability list from Colin Mason (Fieldgate Snowdrops).
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Asked many times but I'm not on his list
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The Snowdrop Company catalouge arrived this morning.
The front (and back) cover has a picture of G. Ronald Mackenzie clearly showing the double yellow markings are not on the outer petals as quoted in last years catalogue.
John M
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Now that is early
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£50 for the new yellow 'Ronald McKenzie' :o
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Cheap at half the price Mark. :P
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£50 for the new yellow 'Ronald McKenzie' :o
What does truffle smell like?
Mark :
now you have to decide if you want test a black truffles or this new yellow snowdrop ;)
Hans
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Black truffles (preserved whole) are £6/jar in Tesco. That should make enough truffle sauce for two fillet steaks (usually one or two truffles about 2 - 3 cm diameter in the jar).
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:o Anthony :o
Dont buy black Truffles in a jar ...thats really a waste of money....you have to try good fresh truffles :D
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well going by descriptions of the smell I would buy a snowdrop
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Mark ,
....maybe you like this smell :-\
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well going by descriptions of the smell I would buy a snowdrop
.... and me ;D
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Much better a (bit of) fresh white Truffles in my stomach, than a fresh yellow snowdrop in the stomach of a narcissus fly grub... ;D ::) ;)
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Our Colesbourne ordered landed in Canada today. Three weeks in the UK mail due to the rotating strike. Now I must wait for them to be mailed to Nova Scotia.
Excellent talk by Philip MacDougall here last night. He has promised to post some photos of his recent travels to Hokkaido and Taiwan, possibly the Siskyous as well.
johnw
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If someone would like to split on a Ronald MacKenzie and send me an offset in the future I'd be happy to do so. That is as long as I can have a half an order of pasta with truffles. ;D
johnw
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Good news that the Colesbourne package is at least safely over the water, John.
Tell Philip that we are looking forward to his posts! 8)
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:o Anthony :o
Dont buy black Truffles in a jar ...thats really a waste of money....you have to try good fresh truffles :D
They are actually OK. It's what you do with them that affects the flavour.
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Good news that the Colesbourne package is at least safely over the water, John.
Tell Philip that we are looking forward to his posts! 8)
And more good news, they all apparently look good and mine are already posted to arrive here on Monday.
john
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:o Anthony :o
Dont buy black Truffles in a jar ...thats really a waste of money....you have to try good fresh truffles :D
They are actually OK. It's what you do with them that affects the flavour.
Have you tried a good quality truffle oil? It really adds class to a pasta dish. Shelf life is rather limited.
johnw
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They are actually OK. It's what you do with them that affects the flavour.
Have you tried a good quality truffle oil? It really adds class to a pasta dish. Shelf life is rather limited.
johnw
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I have some in the cupboard John.
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Risotto with truffles --- yummmm
Paddy
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If y'all spent less on truffles you'd be able to afford Flocon de Neige on Ebay.....
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If y'all spent less on truffles you'd be able to afford Flocon de Neige on Ebay.....
Steve - We are buying truffle oil by the bottle - a tiny bottle -not by the pallet. ;D
johnw
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If y'all spent less on truffles you'd be able to afford Flocon de Neige on Ebay.....
Nah! It is usual to eat three meals a day in our society.... that gives three opportunities per day for considerable enjoyment, every day of life..... a snow drop, or any other single flower, only gives a fleeting pleasure....... I'm with the foodies! 8)
From John: Steve - We are buying truffle oil by the bottle - a tiny bottle -not by the pallet.
Tee Hee! ;D
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Hans, now I see you are very impressed with truffles smell. :)
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If y'all spent less on truffles you'd be able to afford Flocon de Neige on Ebay.....
Steve - We are buying truffle oil by the bottle - a tiny bottle -not by the pallet. ;D
johnw
How will you find the truffles when we have converted all the pigs to (cheaper) bacon sarnies?
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Going back to the catalogue - who has or hasnt received the list? Two of my friends havent got theirs
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Mine arrived on Wednesday. But I can't afford to buy any this year :(
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Mark
The postie brought mine yesterday (Thursday).
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Mine arrived on Wednesday too.
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Snowdrop Company catalogue arrived Friday here in east germany.
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I had two copies arrive on Wednesday morning :-\
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I had two copies arrive on Wednesday morning :-\
You don't think your interest is becoming an obsession with these excesses, do you , David?? ;) ;D
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Monksilver catalogue arrived this morning, it includes E A Bowles for those with a spare £150.
John (M)
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It's a great list with good old standards and new bulbs with Eranthis and Narcissus
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Monksilver catalogue arrived this morning, it includes E A Bowles for those with a spare £150.
John (M)
Well I was going to buy three but I see that's all there are spare ::) ::)
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Monksilver catalogue arrived this morning, it includes E A Bowles for those with a spare £150.
John (M)
E A Bowles for £1000 as an auction item for Haitian victims - no problem with that. For what possible reason so few at £150? Priming the market? The savvy nurseryman would hold on to those precious few available, twin-scale them and bulk them up. In a few years time there would be so many more to sell at £40 and most everyone would be happy. That would be real service to a dedicated clientele and the genus Galanthus.
I remember asking a nurseryman out west if the plants he would ship would be as good as the ones he showed me. He said "you know, I have to eat next year too". His plants were always exceptional.
Let's stay calm and not give in to highway robbery.
johnw
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....The savvy nurseryman would hold on to those precious few available, twin-scale them and bulk them up. In a few years time there would be so many more to sell at £40 and most everyone would be happy.
Hi John
I do remember a sad experience in the 80's when the first Aztekium ritteri cristate form appeared in a nursery - the owner was not willing to share any until he had built up the stock into larger numbers so that he could be the main supplier. A few years later the entire stock died. It was not until years later that another crested form of A. r. occurred elsewhere that was then made available to collectors of the weird, like me ;D.
I must agree that £150 is way beyond my price range. :o
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Hi John
I do remember a sad experience in the 80's when the first Aztekium ritteri cristate form appeared in a nursery - the owner was not willing to share any until he had built up the stock into larger numbers so that he could be the main supplier. A few years later the entire stock died. It was not until years later that another crested form of A. r. occurred elsewhere that was then made available to collectors of the weird, like me ;D.
I must agree that £150 is way beyond my price range. :o
John - Good grief, in the 80's I would have been ecstatic just to find straight Aztekium!
I have no problem with the fellow trying to be the sole supplier especially if he had to feed himself by selling cristate Aztekiums. His loss is another reinforcement that we should always give a back-up (s) to a friend (s).
johnw
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re: the Aztekium nurseryman
This and Alan's story about his halved Wendy's Gold remind me a story Gordon Bentham in Victoria once told me. Two ladies out west found a stunning witch's broom on Abies lasiocarpa in the mountains. They took it to a nurseryman to be rooted with the proviso that absolutely no cuttings be taken. He eventually rooted it and they arrived one day to pick up the little plant. When they got home they had a fight over who would keep it. Unbelievably they decided to chop it in half. Needless to say both halves promptly died.
Fortunately the nurseryman had snitched a cutting, that's how it was saved. It was one of the slowest growing truly dwarf confers - Abies lasiocarpa 'Duflon'. Gordon could never find one for me but when I visited Al Smith (Snocus fame) in Victoria he said I could buy one in a 4" pot. Al was always generous and his rarities never exorbitant but he said would have to charge me $15. Of course I snapped it up.
After 25 years Duflon was 6" across and maybe 4" high, the perfect bun. Strangely 3 years ago half of my plant died, the other half followed suit the next year. Plants don't forget. ;)
johnw
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much like what happened over here
person 1 always envied person 2's double flowered plant. Person 2 always resisted dividing it to give person 1 a piece. One day person one called at the house only to find person 2 not at home. s/he divided the plant, left a note in the letter box and went home. Person 2 was so angry. Both plants died. person 2 is still very angry
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£150 is only 5 good snowdrops costing £30 which I'm sure many will buy next month so it's nothing really if you have the money
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£150 is only 5 good snowdrops costing £30 which I'm sure many will buy next month so it's nothing really if you have the money
At £150 it is only about making money, not about serving your dedicated clientele equitably.
johnw
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On the topic of what's in the catalogues, I was intrigued by the description of 'Narwhal' as a whiter version of 'Walrus' that "continues on reliably into April". Can anybody vouch for this snowdrop as worth having?
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I think he means it has white tusks?
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I think he means it has white tusks?
......that would make more sense than a white flower that's whiter than a white flower :-\
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This is Walrus http://www.snowdropinfo.com/nivalis-walrus.html (http://www.snowdropinfo.com/nivalis-walrus.html)
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£150 is only 5 good snowdrops costing £30
...but I ask myself is it 5 times as good as one of them?
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Just had an email from Avon Bulbs with a list of additional galanthus which are available for dispatch right now it includes the yellow/green which has been much talked about of late "June Boardman".
John(M)
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I think he means it has white tusks?
One would think it would have to have only one tusk to live up to the name Narwhal! :-\
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Just had an email from Avon Bulbs with a list of additional galanthus which are available for dispatch right now it includes the yellow/green which has been much talked about of late "June Boardman".
John(M)
June Boardman is a little sweetie and you can tell her I said so.