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Re: No tomatoes 1998

At 10:49 PM 4/2/97 -0800, Robert Beer wrote:
>> I, for one, thought it was real at first.  Perhaps because of the lengths
>> our state government went to when eliminating Mediterranean fruit fly
>> infestations. Like, for example, mass helicopter sprayings of med-fly bait
>> over entire towns in the middle of the night. And going door-to-door
to...<snip>

And I vaguely remember something from a few years back (forgive me for
starting unsubstantiated rumors on the Net) about complaints from
commercial growers of a disease resistant potato (I think) that the
continued growing of potatoes by home growers would maintain the disease in
the population and threaten their production. They suggested (Really!) a
ban on home cultivation of nonprotected varieties.

Good AF joke, Bob..

Gerry
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