I got some apple takes on USDA budwood last summer, which survived two trips- to the original requester, then on to me. The wood still looked great. I think they took the leaves off right away, which probably helps. This is the wood I mentioned in another thread earlier today which worked better in cleft grafts, than in my clumsy chip buds.
It’s possible you are referring to me, except that my handwriting is actually the opposite of perfect, as every teacher I ever had would attest. It was made worse on a few of the scions I sent out this year when the ink from one pen gradually blurred. Thankfully, that only went out on a few scions, but I need to be more careful to use tried and true sharpie and masking tape, instead of paper covered in clear tape (which worked fine for most of the pens I used).
The wood I received from Olpea was very nice- great sizes and quantities and I was able to make out all the hand-writing without issue. In fact, I’ve received high-quality wood from so many people in the forum that I don’t want to list all of them, for fear of forgetting someone. But I will say that Bob Hawkins sent me the most impressive collection of jujube wood. He packed a gallon bag for each of 9 varieties and sent it in a box you could fit a watermelon in. It was so much more than I could use that I was re-gifting it for the rest of the spring.
