Re: more NOIDs

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The Aril Society International has a yearly rhizome sale from donated plants. A few years ago California wouldn't allow plants to be delivered because they had not been inspected at the point of origin. Supposedly the California Department of Agriculture routinely inspects shipments with dogs trained to detect plants. Other states also have inspection requirements, but few check for violations as rigorously as California.

It's easy for me to get plants inspected because there is a county Agriculture office nearby and they do a free inspection of an occasional small shipment when I take the rhizomes to the office. Inspections will be harder for some people to get. I know some ASI members get nursery permits which involve garden inspections.

Other than the problem of inspections, I think an auction of rhizomes would be a great way to distribute some clones that aren't carried by North American nurseries.

Ken Walker
Concord, CA

On 12/27/2010 8:09 AM, C*@aol.com wrote:

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Has there been any thought given in recent years to having an actual rhizome exchange or by by-mail auction to benefit SIGNA? These things were done in past to benefit the MIS. I'd like to see some of these bearded clones and species get wider distribution.Â

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