On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 00:16:48 -0400, Culturalenigma wrote:

"Ron" wrote:

I do not know about America in general but if one even buys only an apple
in
California, drives into Nevada then goes back into Cal.; they'll have your
guts for garters if the borders guards catch you at it!

I will check on this for you - but the buying of an apple thing isn't
true....we dont' have border guards between states and it's produce from
Mexico and outside the us that can be confiscated due to parasites and
diseases which we may have eradicated here but could be started again with a
bit of infected plant.

Let me check the federal laws on teh bulb sending. I'll get back to you .

California has agricultural inspection at all highway entry
points into the state. I'm pretty sure an apple would be
confiscated if bought in CA, taken to NV and brought back.
Agriculture is an very important element in the Californian
economy and the state government doesn't mess around in their
efforts to keep pests at bay. No hand-wringing bleeding-heart
crap in this regard! Geography largely isolates California from
other agricultural areas, so there are many pests that they don't
have there and they want to keep it that way.

Those with long memories may remember the aggressive campaign
against the Mediterranean fruitfly when there was an outbreak of
it in southern California 10 or 20 years ago.

Indeed, there are many nurseries elsewhere in the United States
that do not ship to Washington, Oregon, or California because of
those states' agricultural regulations.


--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada