I recently got 2 seed catalogs, one form Henry Fiekds and the other
from Gurney. I started to browse them and it seemed that on identical
items they have the same price and catalog number. Are they the same
company with different branches?
Richard

I am not sure if they are affiliated or not.

At one time Gurneys was the premier seed catalog out there.

But something has changed. Last year, my order was very
unsatisfactory. The product was fine, but I received the order in
"dribbles", some seeds never arrived until after I had bought them
elsewhere. I ordered them online, and after 2 weeks I called them and
they said my order was being processed. Anyway, no more Gurneys for
me.

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 12:51:02 GMT, Richard
wrote:

I recently got 2 seed catalogs, one form Henry Fiekds and the other
from Gurney. I started to browse them and it seemed that on identical
items they have the same price and catalog number. Are they the same
company with different branches?
Richard

Richard wrote:

I recently got 2 seed catalogs, one form Henry Fiekds and the other
from Gurney.

Gurney's nearly went belly up and was bought by someone else... I don't
know if Henry Field's is the parent company, but they're as close as J. C.
Whitney and Warshawski & Co.

The seed business isn't exempt; fewer and fewer companies. Good reason to
save your own.


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

Spring Hill Nurseries, Henry Field Seed & Nursery, Gurney Seed & Nursery,
Michigan Bulb, the Garden Store, Flower of the Month and Breck's Bulb are owned
by Gardens Alive, Inc.

il 24 Jan 2005 18:04:52 GMT, (FarmerDill) ha
scritto:

Spring Hill Nurseries, Henry Field Seed & Nursery, Gurney Seed & Nursery,
Michigan Bulb, the Garden Store, Flower of the Month and Breck's Bulb are owned
by Gardens Alive, Inc.

'They' talk about consumer choice, but all the time that is negated
by business realities. I'm losing count of the times a choice I made
is negated by buy-outs.

I collect a lot of seeds from my plants and some I just let self
sow - then I never run out . ;-) I had perilla one year, then a
couple of years later one turned up after I had given up all hope of
it being regenerated. And the rocket is trying to take over the lawn.
I'm not so sure all my neighbours are impressed with the seeding
plants, they can get sooo ugly (the plants ;-))
--
Cheers,
Loki [ Brevity is the soul of wit. W.Shakespeare ]

"Loki" wrote:

I'm not so sure all my neighbours are impressed with the seeding
plants, they can get sooo ugly (the plants ;-))

I'll agree on beets... tall alien-looking branchy things. But leeks look
just like their refined flowering allium cousins:

http://home.earthlink.net/~garygarli...ekBlossom2.jpg

Now, if I can actually build the winnowing machine I've re-designed in my
head a half-dozen times!


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G