[nafex] Stark Bros. Gone
rmturley at aol.com
rmturley at aol.com
Thu Jul 5 17:00:32 EDT 2001
In a message dated 7/5/2001 1:25:20 PM Central Daylight Time,
lonrom at hevanet.com writes:
> I can't say how it was in the last few years, but Stark Bros. was a genuine
> nursery, even to having their own research and evaluation program. They
> inherited Luther Burbank's material when he died and they had a number of
> his unreleased varieties. They released some, and held a number as being
> virus-infected. I don't know what became of those items. I knew the R&D
> head, who was a NAFEX member, and even had a shot at the job when he died,
> but was uninterested in living in Louisiana, MO. Stark Bros. DID contract
> to other growers to produce some stock, since they couldn't have done it
> all themselves. In fact, there were nurseries in my area (western Oregon)
> that produced stock for Stark's, but Stark definitely produced a lot of
> their own material. They were the oldest nursery, if not company,
> continuously in the same family in the US. They were sold to F&G due to
> some mishandling of funds in the company that forced the necessity of the
> sale.
>
Lon,
That is sad news! I have always enjoyed my purchases from Stark Bros. over
the years.
Rob
Robert M. Turley, M.S.
Extension Horticulturist
Calcasieu Extension Agriculture Center
7101 Gulf Hwy.
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70607-7414
Ph: 337-475-8812
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