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From: aaron floden <aaron_floden at YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Seeds
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Hello,

I have been ordering for years overseas from many
different places. Only once has a package ever had the
seeds taken out of it. And that was an Archibalds seed
package not labeled the way I tell people to label
things.

I ALWAYS label my packages as "BOTANICAL SPECIMENS,
SCIENTIFIC VALUE ONLY." And that is that. Has yet to
fail (Fingers crossed, knock on wood, and all that. I
have a package coming in from South Africa!) I tell
people to send things to me to label the boxes the
same way. I do have the benefit now of being
associated with
Kansas State University, but that has only been 7
months now. I hardly expect that any Paris species or
Lilium ledebourii will become a weed.

It could be that a gardener is now working the
checkpoint and is pocketing the seeds! They probably
have quota to fill to show they are working just like
police, but unlike police, the inspectors don't steal
anymore money for the government.

Some of the worst pathogens, insects, and weed plants
were all introduced by the USDA and Big industry. The
gypsy moth, Asian pine beetle, Wooly Adelgid, and many
others were introduced on 'cheap' lumber from outside
the US.  Just as the Aedes aegypti, the Malarial
mosquito, is assumed to have come in on a tire
shipment from elsewhere. Kudzu was brought in for
recolonization of railroad right of ways, and highway
banks. On the other hand you have Lonicera japonica,
maackii, Ligustrum ?(The common weedy one), Nandina,
Mahonia, and a few other plants that are still being
sold (why?) in many nurseries when all one really has
to do is go into the woods and dig up large specimens.


All the best,

Aaron Floden,
KS z5




--- Laura & Dave <toadlily at OLYWA.NET> wrote:

> Carlo raised a good point, that prompts me to ask a
> question (or many). He Wrote:
>    The seed regulations are not just for weed seed
> and insects. Fungal and
>    bacteriological pathogens are invisible to the
> eye but are also cause for
>    concern on the part of the regulators.
>
>    What I really don't know is what and how does an
> inspector who is issuing
> phyto-sanitary certificates conduct an inspection?
> I've received many from a
> number of different countries; is there a set of
> international standards that
> are applied? What education and/or training are
> needed to be an inspector?



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