Re: 1092

John writes:

>   I just talked to Gary Burkes wife and she told me that the seeds from the
>   1092 were $20 plus SASE.
>   I thought the seeds could not be sold.

That's what I thought too... the Plant Variety Protection grant 
meant that only Dill-approved places could actually sell them *or import 
or ship them* into the US.  "Them" being the Atlantic Giant variety of pumpkin.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/7/2541.shtml and 
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/7/2567.shtml makes interesting reading.

Some possibilities:
Perhaps they've obtained permission from Howard Dill to sell it.
Perhaps they're only selling it in Canada, which doesn't seem 
to violate the US PVP.
Perhaps they are unaware that they grew an Atlantic Giant, or
that it's a falls under the US PVP (see loophole? at second link above)
Perhaps they're going to put $20 of additional postage on it for 
really, really quick delivery.
This is my uneducated (in this matter :-)  ) opinion only!

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Rick Inzero, grower of dwarf Atlantic Giants
      "Why *ANYBODY* can grow a BIG one!!"
Rochester, NY, rdi@cci.com
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