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[Heron Breen <breen@fedcoseeds.com>]

Hi Folks,
My small experience with budwood and semi-lignified cuttings makes me a firm 
believer in next day air 
or similar shipping. In terms of weekend issues, the USPS is the only way to 
go. Although they do not 
garuntee that your package will stay cold, they do garuntee it will not 
freeze. UPS does not! Anything 
shipped UPS WILL sit on a dock all weekend, and maybe freeze. I have seen 
this three years in a row 
with rootstock and learned my lesson. Always ship early in the week (MONDAY!) 
and 3 day select at 
least for any distance if UPS. Proirity can be as many as 5 and sometimes 7 
days if going from the 
east coast past Denver. The ADC (distribution center for USPS) there is 
notoriously slow and you can 
add an extra day. The areas of NM UT and AZ are very difficult to Priority in 
less than 3 days. I have 
had packages take 9 days to these areas.  
Scionwood is all good with three day delivery, Select or Priority. Any longer 
and I would make sure 
any cut ends had been sealed with wax right after cutting. Sorry if this 
seems my writing style is 
quick tonight, busy time of year!
Forgive the lack of literary graces,
Heron Breen
Zone 4 Maine 

On Wed Feb 23 15:49 , 'Bruce Wittchen' <herenorthere@lycos.com> sent:

>Tanis asked if Priority Mail shipped late in the week is going to sit in a 
>warehouse on Sunday & any 
holiday.  My answer reply is that Priority Mail can keep moving on Sunday.  
My preferred day for 
shipping is Saturday.  But that's only because I have a nearby PO that gets 
its packages into the 
system if dropped off before noon.  Priority Mail I send Saturday almost 
always arrives in Monday's 
delivery in the lower 48, except in southern Oregon.  Monday shipments seem 
to take three days more 
frequently.  But I know of others who find priority mail dropped off on 
Saturday arrives no sooner 
than packages mailed on Monday.  Maybe it depends on the local PO.  As to 
whether it matters whether 
plant material is delivered in two days instead of three days; I've never 
noticed any difference.  But 
I've never tried shipping or receiving leafy budwood or anything like that.
>Bruce Wittchen
>Zone 6, 1/2 mile outside Hartford, CT
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