Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 06:52:50 EDT From: aquilla2@juno.com To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1611$foo@default> Subject: Re: Home Depot great buys
Dustin,
Just about anywhere that you go in any super store where they
sell mass produced CP, I have never seen any that did not say, that they
were produced from tissue culture. Just look at the limited variety that
they have. Usually VFT, S.purp. D. adelae afew pings and a nepenthes or
two.
These large chains cant be bothered with small quantities of CP. They
buy for mass distribution. Last year they were selling all red VFT.
Dont know of any growing in the wild. However if you are worried about
foreign imports, I have heard that in India they can produce a VFT and
import it to the USA cheaper than it costs to produce domestically.
Michael A Sankovich
York, PA
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>
>Topic No. 11
>
>Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 05:24:50 -0400
>From: "Dustin Howarth" <howarth@pulsenet.com>
>To: <cp@opus.hpl.hp.com>
>Subject: Re: Home Depot, etc.
>Message-ID: <199805112124.RAA08566@dns1.mlsys.com>
>
>Hi all -
>
>I've been wondering about something to do with the great buys at the
>superstores:
>
>Has anyone considered or, better yet, investigated the origin of the
>plants
>they sell? I think that most of us are generally concerned about the
>ethics of growing and selling these plants -- and some of us (like me)
>are
>downright fanatical about it. Three dollars seems like a pretty low
>price,
>and I don't have the impression that these stores are going to
>painstakingly investigate the ethics of all of their suppliers.
>
>I like a great buy as much as the next guy, but not at the risk of
>supporting unscrupulous suppliers. Can anyone shed any light on this?
>
>Thanks,
>Dustin Howarth
>howarth@pulsenet.com
>Pittsburgh, PA, USA
>
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