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["Mark & Helen Angermayer" <hangermayer@isp.com>]

Ales,

I am in agreement with Donna.  Sharka virus can be transmitted through
prunus seeds and the United States and Canada have recently gone through an
eradication program spending millions of dollars trying to rid the disease.
Lots of fruit trees were unnecessarily cut down to try to contain the
disease.  It is still unknown how the disease entered North America.

As an anecdotal story, I remember reading not too long ago, someone
illegally brought in some dormant citrus scionwood from Japan.  It turns out
the citrus wood had some disease that would have cost citrus growers
millions.  Fortunately the citrus wood was discovered and destroyed before
it was grafted.  However I believe the individual bringing it in suffered a
jail sentence as a consequence.

Please, at least, destroy the prunus seeds, and if you still want to bring
them in, work with the import authorities to help you.

Mark
KS

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna &/or Kieran" <>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] visiting "fruit peoples" in Canada


> Ales, I'm sorry to have to say it, but the stone fruit seeds are illegal
to
> plant here.  In fact, if you are on our side of the Atlantic already, I
> think you should drop them in a fire rather than throw them in the
garbage.
> I don't know how many of the others might carry some kind of disease.
> Technically they might all be illegal, but in practical terms we have MOST
> but not all the plant diseases you have.  We already have access to most
of
> your list, though it is possible you have some germplasm in your
collection
> that we don't have or can't get yet.  Most of the time seeds are safer,
much
> safer than scions, but plum pox goes through seeds.  I'd like to see more
> input on this subject from some of you who have experience with quarantine
> regulations.     Donna
>
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