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["Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>]

$38.50 for plant and shipping from Gurneys?

---- Original Message ----
From: sherlocksmith@gmail.com
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Haskaps
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:07:41 -0500

>I think someone may have mentioned it before, but Gurneys lists
>Carmine
>Jewel as in stock for shipping in the US (don't forget to use one of
>their
>coupons). A lot of the comments complain about how small the plants
>are, but
>St. Lawrence lists 6" to 12" plants as well. My mom got one from
>Gurneys
>last year and it was small, but very healthy and grew at least 2'
>last year.
>
>http://gurneys.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_72500
>
>-Sherlock
>
>On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Melissa Kacalanos <mijwiz@yahoo.com>
>wrote:
>
>> On this page:
>> http://www.fruit.usask.ca/propogators.html
>> this is very clear: "Note To Americans: In 2010 many Canadian
>propagators
>> will be allowed to ship Haskap plants to the US.  Because of strict
>import
>> laws for cherries, only Garden's Alive and affiliated companies
>will be
>> importing our cherry varieties."
>>
>> It would be helpful if they named the propagators that can ship
>plants.
>>
>> Actually, the word "propagators" rather than "nurseries" might be
>telling.
>> Maybe the companies that can ship to the USA are big wholesale
>tissue
>> culture labs, that can ship wholesale lots of tiny tissue cultured
>plantlets
>> to American nurseries, which will grow them to a saleable size,
>then retail
>> them to Americans. Just a theory.
>>
>> Melissa
>> Admiring the 4 huge purple flowers on my passionflower houseplant,
>and
>> looking out at the snow.
>>
>>
>>
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