Petty officials aren't allowed to critically inspect big box and other corporate entities,by their bosses,because of politcal pressure from the money which matters. When you start controling millions to election funds,you will no longer be troubled. I had a rose nursery in Florida for eleven years. A single leaf could cause threats of my plants being destroyed. I have never known of the big local box,which sells diseased plants year round,ever even being inspected Del. --- On Thu, 11/26/09, Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> wrote:
From: Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net>
Subject: [pbs] Agricultural hassling
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Thursday, November 26, 2009, 8:12 PM
I wasn't home when the agricultural inspector called the other day,
but he left a card asking me to contact him, so I did. Turns out he
was directed to my place by "the seeds you have received from foreign
countries," meaning, I suppose, the ones that came via the USDA Small
Lots of Seed permit program. He's worried that I'm introducing
contamination in the form of weeds, pests, and diseases. Why this
should be so when the USDA inspects these parcels, I don't know. I
have written him a very informative and supercilious e-mail and hope
it will conclude this matter.
Has anybody else had this experience, or is it just Oregon inspectors
that don't have enough to do? They don't seem to mind that all the
home stores and garden centers in the state have bins full of
virus-infected lily bulbs, or that at least one seed company sells
"medicinal" plant seeds that are on the state and/or federal noxious
weeds lists.
Jane McGary
Oregon, USA