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[david liezen <chandos49@hotmail.com>]

Looking at Nick's list (bring me  a bib!) I detect a number of name variants 
that would be prime candidates for duplication. Not that cleaning up the 
identity of these would significantly decrease the size of this collection.

Dave Liezen

> From: pete_tallman@hotmail.com
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 19:41:50 -0700
> Subject: [nafex ibiblio list] Nick Bottner's collection
> 
> 
> One problem with an organization like Geneva picking up the Botner 
> collection is that there have been, occasionally, errors in the cultivar 
> identity, where cultivars grown from Botner scionwood turn out to be 
> (clearly) something besides what was labeled. A private collector with lots 
> of cultivars can be excused a few errors, but a large, formal collection 
> doesn't have so much of an allowance. The management of such a large number 
> of cultivars can be a nightmare, which might be possible only with a very 
> dedicated grower such as Botner. 
> Pete TallmanLongmont, CO  zone 5 or so                                      
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