Country of Origin question

Keith, I am working on my spreadsheet listing my daffodils and I thought
about a question Intended to ask you. In the show and. grow book, it list
all countries by their proper names except the Netherlands. It refers to
that country as Holland, which is a part of the Netherlands, but not the
name of the country. Why? GB

I got this question from a daffodil grower and thought some of you all might
have a good answer. I will pass them on. Keith Kridler Mt. Pleasant Texas

15 comments for “Country of Origin question

  1. I would venture this is also true for other countriesand I wager that the reason is that someone thought this was clearer ato those of us in the USA (myself)who are globally naive. I can think of several peoplefrom The Netherlands who could have changed this inminutes if they had considered it an issue.John Beckps- as a former stamp collector I recall that we usea different name for Ireland than the irish use- butI may be incorrect
    >

  2. Hi Keith,
    I suppose the short answer is that’s how the RHS refers to Dutch growers
    (List of Originators and Registrants in the Register), and since in the
    beginning days of the ADS databank all the information came from the RHS
    (and still does), that’s why we use Holland.

    In a broader sense, Wikipedia says the term Holland is also frequently used
    to refer to the whole of the Netherlands. Interestingly, the website for
    the Netherlands Board of Tourism and Conventions is http://www.holland.com.

    Mary Lou

  3. I look forward to visiting Holland so I can see all the people wearing wooden shoes.

    Tom Roche

  4. I have never seen anyone in Holland actually wearing clogs.
    Harold

    At 07:31 AM 2/26/2012, Tom Roche wrote:

  5. Well, maybe they’re a thing of the past then. My father was from Germany, and when he took my Mom and me on a trip back to Germany in the early 50s, he brought back a pair of wodden shoes to wear in his garden. They were apparently still used in fields at that time.

    Mary Lou

  6. I saw plastic versions with the same shape and style as the traditional wooden shoes in use. They were kept on a mat at the head row of Hyacinth growers fields. Street shoes were not allowed in their fields to prevent any potential transfer of bacterial diseases. Every time the grower walked the rows or entered the field, his street shoes were placed on a plastic mat and the plastic clogs were put on his feet.

    Steve

    PS – Would a dwarf Hyacinth be called a Lowacinth??? Sorry another groaner of a horticultural joke I couldn’t resist………

  7. All,
    Jan Pennings gave me a pair of his wooden shoes that he wore to an ADS Convention; he assured me that they wear wooden shoes at times in the fields while looking at the flowers etc. Of course he could have been “pulling my leg”. LOL
    Phyllis Hess
    now Jan or Joost just jump in here and tell us the truth.

  8. I was just leg pulling (or foot pulling) when I mentioned the wooden shoes, but it is
    interesting to hear the stories.  I am embarrassed to say that I have been to over a dozen European countries, but not to the Netherlands yet.  I have been to the Dutch part–if I can say that–of Belgium, including the wonderful city of Antwerp.  Perhaps I can receive partial credit for that.
    Tom Roche

  9. I actually did, as our bus turned a corner while we were touring
    during the time of the last Floriade, see an old gentleman standing
    beside the road wearing wooden shoes! Perhaps he was hired to stand
    there looking picturesque? And didn’t Jan Pennings wear a pair during
    his talk at an ADS convention? Ethel Smith

  10. Harold,
    I think they are still in regular use but you’d hardly notice them nowadays – they all have rubber soles attached to the wood so they don’t clonk as of old. I use them all the time in the garden – just great for our climate and wet heavy clay soil. I need to buy a new pair after about 5 years – they are hard wearing, waterproof and warm.
    Brian

  11. Actually he gave them to me; my Great Granddaughter loves to wear them. They clunk around the house so well!! They are yellow too.
    Phyllis Hess

  12. A beautiful, lacquered pair graces one corner of our living room. We brought them home from an ADS meeting after we bought them at the bulb auction. They were worn by Jan Pennings while he gave us a slide show tour, I think. I paid much less than for a pair of Jordan Airs and much more than the Keds of my youth.

    geo

    Sent from my iPad

Comments are closed.