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  • From: "S & E Hills" <ehills7408@wowway.com>
  • To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Sending/Receiving seeds from outside US
  • Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:39:50 -0500

Does she have contact information? (Jan Kola)



-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Jim Fruth
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 7:27 AM
To: NAFEX
Subject: [NAFEX] Sending/Receiving seeds from outside US

I receive seeds from Canada with no problem. Today I'll be sending an
order to Czechoslovakia for some Actinidia kolomitka seeds that produce 2"
fruits from NAFEX member Jan Kola.

Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, MN 56472
For jams, jellies & syrups:
www.bberryfarm.com
(877)265-6856 [Store]
(218)831-7018 [My Cell]

hangermayer@isp.com wrote:

>Hi folks,
>
>I had a question I wonder if someone could help me with. I have been
>considering ordering some seeds from a company in Canada:
>http://solanaseeds.netfirms.com/welcome.html
>
>My question is, is it legal for United States citizens to receive seeds
>from
>outside the U.S., through the mail? I remember somebody posting an article
>sometime back about a man who brought in some citrus scionwood from the
>Orient in a suitcase and it was illegal (It turned out the wood had some
>terrible disease and the guy was in big trouble). Do seeds have to go
>through customs? Is there some agency that has to check them for diseases?
>I know they are generally safer than scionwood, but still as I understand,
>some diseases like plum pox can be communicated through seeds.
>
>Also can I legally send some of my seeds outside the U.S. via the postal
>service?
>
>Thanks,
>Mark
>Kansas

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