Especially as the flag of Jamaica is green-and-yellow & black with a strong diagonal, and many postal workers are probably from Jamaica (either interpretation), so there's plenty of room for error. ________________________________ From: James Waddick <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 2:37:54 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Importing Bulbs and Seeds > there was no country on the yellow/green label and the NY address >was Jamaica. The UK Post Office clerk added USA to the address. Dear Brian, Rumor has it that some of these shipments made it to Jamaica, the country, before being routed to the US. Newer labels have the USA designation. I suppose USDA didn't realize there was a country with this name. Duh. Best JW -- Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F + _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/