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**Margaret Lauterbach melauter@earthlink.net>**

I wrote one column on it early last fall, when they were planning to 
implement the change in mid-September. There's a very large Basque 
population in this area (southern Idaho), and they want to grow Basque 
peppers. They've been in the habit of going back to Guernica to get fresh 
seeds every so often, and I thought they ought to know what they'd be 
facing.  I haven't heard reverberations yet.  Basque peppers are quite 
mild, incidentally, and not attractive to chile-heads.

I too have traded seeds in many parts of the world, and I'm extremely angry 
about this change.  That plus the so-called "white" list indicates to me 
that parts of the USDA are working counter to the best interests of the 
American people.  Margaret Lauterbach

>It's actually worse than all that. I've traded seed with people around the
>world for years--and won't be able to do it anymore. No one sending a small
>amount of seed will go through the bother and expense (far exceeding the
>value of the seed) of applying for a phyto. Efforts are already underway
>(even as opposition to the new policy is expressed) in some circles to
>bundle seed orders so that a group can get things in on one certificate.
>
>Keep in mind that imported seed is NOT banned. There's just a new level of
>annoyance involved in getting it through. This is a great issue to be given
>exposure in the garden press. No one's really had at it yet and it will
>affect many of us for a long time.
>
>Carlo
>
>Carlo A. Balistrieri
>Nemorosa Horticulture
>Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, USA
>Zone 4a-5b
>NARGS
>
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