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["Margie Luffman" <luffmanm@EM.AGR.CA>]

Hello Richard and Derry. The Centre for Plant Health (CPH) at Saanichton 
drastically reduced the size of its holdings about 3 years ago. For a brief 
time the collection was maintained by a private nursery but last year it 
reverted back to the CPH. They maintain a couple quince indicators but that 
is all. 

A major problem is that many nurseries in most parts of eastern Canada cannot 
ship tree fruit budwood or fruit trees to British Columbia because of 
oriental fruit moth. When the Genebank was located in Trenton Ontario this 
was not a problem as that pest was not found there. However, I did have to 
get a Domestic Movement Certificate to ship any tree fruit germplasm to BC. 
Now the only way I can do this is to have dormant wood fumigated prior to 
shipping. This is hardly convenient or a simple manner.

In the past I have dealt with Inner Coast Nursery in Cortes Island, British 
Columbia. The have quince so perhaps that is your best route. 

Website is: http://oberon.ark.com/~innersea/

E-mail: INNERSEA@OBERON.ARK.COM

Good luck.

Margie


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