Re: Seed swaps

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

>I think there have been attempts to weaken some of the restrictions in USA
>restrictions, but most of the impetus for the recent strengthening of the
>laws in the USA is G. Bush's war on terrorism.

I thought this "white paper" stuff started under President Kennedy. Perhaps 
he was more prescient than we thought.

>It might turn out to be a help to small scale nurserymen who are willing to
>go through the hoops to bring in new cultivars and then propagate them.

Many countries do not even have phytosanitary certificate capability. 
Mexico is one of the larger countries that do not.  A certificate in NZ 
costs $90.  You can't go through the hoops if there's no resolution at the 
end.

>   It
>seems to me that the number of small retail operations has grown lately and
>garden writers who have large audiences should mention those more, even if it
>is handled with SASE.

What, handled with self-addressed, stamped envelopes?  Margaret Lauterbach

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