SOD on camellias traced to Monrovia Nursery

**G* R* <g*@tiscali.co.uk>**

Sudden Oak Death has been found on camellias at Monrovia's nursery in
California.
The story is here.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004
/03/11/BAGL55IF011.DTL
Unfortunately this is a pretty shoddy piece of reporting... making
assumptions for which evidence is not provided as early as the
seccond paragraph and including histrionics for which no evidence is
presented. And although various people are quoted as saying how
terrible this is - which may very well be true - Monrovia are not
even given a "cannot comment at this time" quote... so presumably
were never questioned or their responses simply left out
If anyone follows this up, please be sure to talk to Monrovia about
it. For example: How long had these cammelias been on the nursery?
Were these plants propagated on the nursery? Or had they been bought
in from elsewhere and only been on site since the day before? If
Monrovia are at fault, fair enough... let's see the evidence and let
them take the flak. If not, let's see the full picture.
Graham Rice
Milford, PA
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