Gene Schurg wrote:

Yesterday I picked up a bunch of old copies of the AOS Bulletins..........
The first think that jumped out when I was reading 30 year old issues (1974)
was there was no web sites or email addresses...............
The second thing that I noticed was how many vendors that no longer are in
business 30 years later.................
...................It seems funny to see plants for $2 each and
some awarded ones for hundreds of dollars.
.............
If you get a chance to get some old copies of the magazine pick them up and
take a look. They do make fun reading.


I started getting the AOS Bulletins in 1976. I was finally out of
college and had a job so I could afford to join the AOS and be
tempted by the ads. I still have every one of them stored away. It
seemed like a good idea at first but now I'm not so sure. When I
moved into this house in 1980, they fit nicely in a medium sized
box. When/if I move again, I don't think they will be coming with me.
I still own some of those $2 plants, mostly from vendors that are
long gone. (maybe they should have charged a little more??) I loved
the good ol' Beall Company. They had some nice plants that were in
my price range at the time. Three Cymbidiums from them still going
strong and several others.

Steve