Re: nursery

Mr. Epstein. In our past discussions you have mentioned the idea of buying a nursery in Florida. Would you be interested in having your own nursery here in St. Thomas? A local nursery would have some key advantages over one in Florida. If you have your own local nursery (built for you) then you get and pay for exactly what you want. Local materials are already acclimated to this environment, there is no limit with shipping on 40 ft. containers and no shipping damage to plant materials. let me know if this interests you and I will put something together. I already have an area in mind with a well and pumps in place. It could be up and running in 25 days.

Best regards.
Mat

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what would we grow.. I still want a hundred or so trees

We could grow anything that you like; Fruit trees, bougainvillea, any ornamentals, large flowering trees(especially drought tollerant flowering trees) and any type of palm trees. I would reccomend growing materials that are difficult to ship either because of damage, (bougainvillea, plumbago and other flowering ornamentals) or because of size, (you can only get x number on a 40 ft. container). Many of the materials you seem to like are easy and fast growing for a nurserymen. I'll put together some numbers as examples based on materials you have purchased in the past from Florida. Im guessing the hundred trees are the coconuts? I'll talk to my partner again and see what we can do. At least the conflict of interest out of the way Best regards Mat.