Re: [GWL]: Resurrection of Irradiation

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• Subject: Re: [GWL]: Resurrection of Irradiation
• From: Carol Wallace gardenwriter@mindspring.com>
• Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 13:49:48 -0500
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Carla Allen wrote:

> In what appears to be the last definitive email on the topic,
> Rose Marie Nichols McGee said regarding the postal service
> that it seemed "reason will prevail, they don't plan to irradiate
> seeds."
>
> Yet in an email I received yesterday from Nona Koivula, the new
> president of GWAA and director of All America Selections, she said,"
> "Since you are in Canada, we have not determined the mail service we
> will use to ship seed to Canada.  Our post offices will irradiate
> mail, this will kill seed."
>
> Can anyone set me straight as to the present situation? Or are mail
> order businesses just sitting tight for now hoping for the best?

I've been posting updates as they become available in the article and discussion at
http://suite101.com/article.cfm/75/83700
Carol
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