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["Steve N. Dulaney" <dulaney@wvi.com>]

Dear Yorrba,

I had something of a similar problem with them this past year.  I still have 
several holes waiting for my trees.  I called them early one morning
around the middle of May and talked to a nice lady who said that my trees had 
been shipped two weeks ago and that she would reschedule my shipment
for this fall, since their shipping season was over.  We both assumed that 
the trees got lost by UPS.  Now you have me worried.  I hope I get my
trees this fall.

Regards,
Steve Dulaney

Yorrba wrote:

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> Has there been a change of management or something at Southmeadow Fruit 
> Gardens during the last
> decade?  Are people generally happy with ordering from them lately or did I 
> have a freak experience?
>
>  I placed an order with them almost one calendar year ago.  My check was 
> cashed.  As the shipping season
> this Spring waned, I got anxious and started calling and emailing.  Often I 
> got no response.  When I did get a
> response, it was an assurance that my order was on its way.  I dug the 
> holes based on this assurance.
> Nothing happened.  I emailed again- no response.  I phoned again and was 
> matter-of-factly told that the
> shipping season was over.  Not even a hint of an apology or acknowledgement 
> that anything was amiss.
> Many people would have been irate at this point, but I just confirmed (by 
> voice) that my order would be filled
> this coming shipping season.  Then to be sure, I wrote them a note asking 
> them to send a written
> confirmation (I even included a SASE).  I have received no response.
>
> I used to order from them every year before I was forcibly urbanized for 
> more than a decade.  Can they still be
> relied on or have others had similar misfortunes recently with this 
> once-great resource for fruit gardeners?  If
> they are out, then it becomes much more difficult to find certain cultivars.
>
> Yorrba
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