Lon,
Thanks for the info.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 7:59 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Raspberry seed offer
and bananas
It's possible it WOULD cost that much. First, it would
have to be sent air freight, which isn't cheap. Dr. Parmar would have to
get phytosanitary certificate from the local department of ag, which is spendy
(last time I got one here it was about $40.00, and that was several years
ago). I'm not sure what else would be involved, but dealing with
the government is hardly ever cheap. I don't think you were quoted
an unfair price, given the results I've had with importing plants. I
usually check the U.S. thoroughly before doing that - it's a pretty good bet
that someone else has already imported the same thing years ago.
From: Mike Levine
<mlevine@umich.edu> Reply-To: Mike Levine
<crunchy@oldweb.com>, North American Fruit Explorers
<nafex@lists.ibiblio.org> Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 19:21:44
-0400 To: North American Fruit Explorers
<nafex@lists.ibiblio.org> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Raspberry
seed offer and bananas
Not wanting to stir the brew up too much, but I'll put my
two cents in.
I once contacted Dr. Parmar about obtaining a hardy
banana and he wrote "I shall send the plant material free of cost but you
will have to pay for the forwarding which will be about 100 US
dollars.
But before that you will have to obtain an import peremit
from the USDA as any material sent without proper permit from here shall
be destroyed by the quarantine. So please try to get the USDA
Yellow & Green Label."
Is that a small price (coming all the way
from India?) or is that exhorbitant? I guess it depends how
bad you want it. To me it sounded like a little too much money and hassle
so I dropped the matter until now.
Dr. Parmar did mention that he
had sent a hardy banana to a NAFEX member in the past and never heard any
feedback from him. Anyone out there get a banana from him?
I'd be interested to try hear any feedback on it and maybe try to
convince you to send me one since it's already here in N.
America.
Still wondering if there are blue raspberries out there
somewhere...
Thanks, Mike Levine Ann Arbor, MI zone
5b
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lon J. Rombough"
<lonrom@hevanet.com> To: "NAFEX"
<nafex@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 2:07
PM Subject: [NAFEX] Raspberry seed offer
>
Recently there was a thread from someone looking for
raspberries. In the > course of the discussion, Dr. Parmar
from India offered material (seed, I > believe) of a raspberry species
from India. Someone else objected to the > offer as a sort of
commercialization. > Since there are people on this
list who are not members of NAFEX, it's > worth pointing out that
NAFEX has had a long tradition of an Exchange Page > in it's journal,
POMONA, in which members can make plant material available > for
trade or for a small price, usually just about enough to pay for the >
postage and the member's time in sending it. > In
this case, it seemed that what Dr. Parmar was doing was in the same >
spirit as the Exchange Page, since he was hardly posting a huge ad
or > demanding an exhorbitant fee, and what he was offering was
relevant to the > thread to which it was connected. >
There are many members of NAFEX who have nurseries or
large collections > of certain species and I fail to see that there is
any harm in them being > allowed to make a modest mention of it.
Certainly it's unobtrusive enough > to note it in the signature.
Most members have enough common sense to know > not to
abuse the privalege, and we have a moderator for those rare >
individuals that do. > -Lon Rombough >
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