Re: Canadians--Oops--can I do this?

In a message dated 96-09-19 22:28:22 EDT, you write:

>
>Canadian irisarians--I posted
>
>>I will bring a few pots of this fierce grower to the CIS meeting Sat., and
>some of you >can test it!I
>
>And now I realize I don't know how legal/illegal or advisable/inadvisable
>bringing (or trying to bring!) a pot of irises across the border is.  Can
>anyone comment?
>
>

Well, Dorothy... I now can since we've ...

Been there
Done that
Got the teeshirt... AND the little piece of paper from the Border goons

Our carload went from the MOST entertaining CIS meeting (report on a
different post with appropriate subject line and all) to an acclaimed alpine
nursery named Country Squire.  It's a fabulous place... on the order of
Blanchette's in Mass as far as selection goes... and since they were actually
closed, we had the place to ourselves.  Had lots of conversation... bought
some FINE plant material and headed for home.  We decided to take the Rainbow
Bridge back to the US since there was a hockey game going on in Buffalo so
the Peace Bridge would be backed up.

Well... the guys at the Rainbow Bridge have WAAAAAAY too much time on their
hands.  By the way... we did ask around about getting things over the bridge
and we were told it was not a problem.  Most people said "just don't tell
them" alternating with "tell them you have houseplants".  Well, we're too
stupid to do that, so when they asked us if we bought anything we said
"souveniers and plants".  To make a boring story less so... we had to hand
over the irises which were examined and found to have dirt on them.  We were
told you cannot bring dirt into the US from Canada... so we said "no problem,
we'll go wash them off"... so we had to go BACK across the bridge... pay
AGAIN, find a restroom... knock all our plants out of the pots (I had a very
cool miniature heuchera, a hosta, a pumila and a moss)... take them into a
stall and use the automatic plant washers... then to the sink for the final
wash.  Although we had not even mentioned the OTHER plant material, we
figured that we were surely going to end up spread-eagled across the
stationwagon hood while our floor mats were ripped up.  So... all these fine
plants were washed and back we went to the bridge... paid AGAIN... and got a
different guy (although we could see "our" guy lurking inside the building)
who said "just GO".  So I was glad that I had stuck my VERY cool moss under
my seat.

So... the answer folks is.... "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Kathyguest...E.Aurora, NY... home of the Roycroft movement
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