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Re: Caladium tubers

From: Lester Kallus <lkallus at earthlink.net> on 1999.03.19 at 00:36:45(3117)
Please forgive my ignorance. Is a #2 tuber second from the largest or
second from the smallest?
The price is right and I'm now house poor so if they're adequate sized,
I'll be submitting a large order as long as it can wait till the frost is gone.
Les
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At 11:54 AM 3/17/99 -0600, you wrote:
> Greetings to All:
>
>As many of you will remember, for the last two years I have been able to
>get Caladium tubers from a grower here in Florida and have offered the
>to subscribers of aroid-l. I visited with the grower today and he
>indicated that he would have an ample supply of #2 tubers and that he
>would again provide these at wholesale cost. If there are any of you
>interested in having some of these plants to grow, I will again offer
>them at the grower's price ($.25 cents per tuber) plus postage. The
>tubers will be shipped Priority Mail and in the past we have had very
>good service.
>
>The plants can be viewed at the address below:
>http://nosferatu.cas.usf.edu/~mansell/calad/ in addition, there are a
>number of tubers of the old line Florida Caladium that goes by the name
>of Florida Clown. These are the same price and a photo can be found at
>
>http://www.vwc.edu/wwwpages/presslar/greenhouse/caladium/bicolor/bcmansel
>l.htm
>
>Since the field will be replanted about the 1st of April for next years
>production, it will be necessary to have all requests in by that time.
>PLEASE RESPOND TO ME DIRECTLY AND NOT TO THE LIST. DO NOT USE YOUR
>REPLY TO AUTHOR BUTTON.
>My address is: mansell@chuma1.cas.usf.edu
>
>Richard L. Mansell, Ph.D. 813-974-1588 (Univ.)
>Professor Emeritus 813-961-7072 (H)
>Biology Department
>University of South Florida 13508 Little Lake Pl.
>Tampa, FL 33620 Tampa, FL 33613-4134
>
>
>In addition, the grower has offered Florida Clown
>
>
>Richard L. Mansell, Ph.D. 813-974-1588 (Univ.)
>Professor Emeritus 813-961-7072 (H)
>Biology Department
>University of South Florida 13508 Little Lake Pl.
>Tampa, FL 33620 Tampa, FL 33613-4134
>
>

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