I called and talked to Darin yesterday. I will Report to this thread as promises are full filled.. He was very nice and apologetic. maybe I'm too passive.. I don't mind waiting.. I mean.. I called after I sent my payment. but that was to check that the postal money order I sent was received. The Lady that answered the phone seemed very surprised that I wasn't calling to ask where my plants were. I told her that I know they are busy that time of year.. I just wanted to make sure they received their payment... honestly.. the page says wait 3-4 weeks for delivery.. I would have given 4-6 weeks.. but I did receive them 4 weeks almost to the day. If you look at the bid page you can "review" the bidders history " who won". you can read their comments about buying these trees.. if you click on their name and click on feed back left for others.. I read all of them.. the only complaints were late trees. and a few that weren't happy with the size of the trees. but not one about being the wrong tree. I find it hard to believe that out of 40+ buyers that we are ALL so unknowledgeable about citrus trees as I am. (think I need a citrus for dummies book) LOL since the trees I got were wrong ones.. I can't comment on how good of condition they ship citrus. but the trifoliate were shipped well. He said I could dispose of the trees I got as I see fit.. so I am going to throw one outside and see if it is as cold hardy as I have been reading.. will look good out on my parents farm. need to figure out what I am going to do with the others. I've considered trying budding and grafting. if it doesn't work out.. I'm not out any thing.. wonder how long I should wait on my seedlings to try to graft them?? which of my seedlings would be good candidates to learn with?? which citrus have highest grafting success??? my surviving stock.. tangerine, tangelo, clementine, lemons, and nagami kumquat. which would benefit most from being grafted to dwarfing root stock? and then there is budding or grafting? so many questions.. (wonder about that citrus for dummies book again) I've looked and looked at T-budding web pages ( really like the ones with pictures) and that doesn't look too bad.. I haven't been able to find a decent page with decent pictures for grafting.. I am seriously considering taking a horticulture class.. Might be able to get my parents to foot that bill.. they are trying to "farm" and just moved here from New Mexico. Aside from their cherry trees that have been on the property for who knows how long their crops so far have been very small and unprofitable. Anyway.. I'll keep everyone updated.. Thanks for all comments and Help on this thread. Gina *BabyBlue*

Oh Gosh Dotmom, I have just been catching up reading posts and I am so sorry to hear about your DIL's stroke! I am happy to hear your latest report. Please tell Dirt_yfingernails that I am thinking about her and wish her a speedy recovery. Hugs to your son too, he must have been so worried. Anne

Dottie, I'm sorry your family is going through this. I used to (many years ago) work in a pathology/histology lab at a major VA hospital, running an electron microscope. The reason path reports take so much time is that it really does take a day or more to process the tissue, to prepare it for analysis. It then must be thin-sectioned, stained, photographed, and then finally analyzed by the pathologist. Pathologist might then order more sections from a different area - yada, yada. They aren't trying to prolong your anxiety - really they aren't. But the tissues we prepared for EM took up to two days to infiltrate with the fixative, and then the resin needed to be cured before we could make the thin sections. Some tumors are instantly identifiable as malignant, but not all are. I know you are anxious for the diagnosis, but an accurate diagnosis is much more important than a quick one. I'll be lighting a candle for your family tonight!

Oh wow, what a shock. I'm sending healing thoughts & prayers to you & yours. Thank you for letting us know.