Re: seed requests
Hi Everyone. I made the trip across the border today with over 100 envelopes
and was stopped by customs. I started asking questions about pumpkin seeds
in the mail and they really don't care. The only thing they said if you were
going to mail them from Canada that they be marked somewher on the
bubblepack that they are pumpkin seeds. Also as long as they are classified
a oversized envelope(bubblepack) that they would not be inspected as long as
they are correctly labelled. If they are classified as a package then they
would be stopped and inspected. Not sure what the weight limits are but
there is no problems. Just like the envelopes that are mailed from the US
into Canada they have a customs sticker on it and state what they are.
Needless to say I mailed all bubbles from the US post office and will be in
the hands of the growers in about 2 to 4 days. I will continue to mail from
the US because its cheaper and faster. So it is my hope that this puts the
issue of seeds crossing the border to rest. Yes the odd package gets
inspected and opened but that is on both sides, I have received seeds this
year and past years that have been open and I am sure US growers have
received seeds also that have been opened that were mailed from Canada, so
all we have to do is make sure we label the seeds as well when we cross
borders. Sorry for the rambling but us Canadian growers are getting a bad
rap and feel if this debate went on much longer that Canadian growers would
be at a disadvantage when trading seeds and like most ,we just want to see
the playing field level for everyone. Best of luck to everyone in 2004 and
don't forget our auction in BP on the 17th of January. And yes those seeds
will be mailed from the US side of the border so bid often and big to help
out the NPGPGA.
Thank you Drew
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Papez" <apapez@cogeco.ca>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 3:05 AM
Subject: seed requests
> A few growers have asked me if I have received their seeds yet. I have no
> problem receiving seeds. I have stuffed all requests with seeds some with
the
> 1373 some without due to limited numbers. I was unable to cross the border
> over the holidays to mail them due to the orange security alert and the
long
> waits at the border. I will be crossing on Friday and will mail all
requests
> from the states due to concerns at customs. Thank you for being patient
and
> best of luck in 2004.
>
> Thanks to everyone who sent seeds for the club, some will be given away at
our
> seminar and some are being auctioned off on the 16th please see post on
Big
> Pumpkins and others will be held to see their future value.
>
> Seeds from the auction will also be mailed from the States to ease
concerns of
> many growers as demonstrated with the many posts on the subject.
>
> Thanks again
>
> drew
>
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