. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. A LETTER TO THE EDITOR Much has recently been written about Costa Rica and the many American "Pensionados" (retirees) who have settled there. Had it not been for a bout with breast cancer since I last wrote you, we would already be among them. Now, though, because of the excellent medical facilities in Costa Rica, I have been given the okay to start planning our move to Guana- caste Province, near Liberia city. We will soon be building our home in Ranchos Maricosta, where we will have a few cattle for the freezer, horses
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. A LETTER TO THE EDITOR Much has recently been written about Costa Rica and the many American "Pensionados" (retirees) who have settled there. Had it not been for a bout with breast cancer since I last wrote you, we would already be among them. Now, though, because of the excellent medical facilities in Costa Rica, I have been given the okay to start planning our move to Guana- caste Province, near Liberia city. We will soon be building our home in Ranchos Maricosta, where we will have a few cattle for the freezer, horses for our two children, a garden and fruit and nut trees. It is a long-awaited dream-and we can hardly wait! Cost of living is still so low and taxes there so nearly nonexistent we can live comfortably on my husband's mosest Navy retirement pay. We can hunt in the nearby mountains, fish in the Pacific and, if we ever tire of that, we can play golf and tennis, or just laze around in the sun (as we used to be able to do in now-many-times-more- expensive Hawaii). We are really very excited about this. So much so, in fact, that if any readers would like more informa- tion about this beautiful, amazing little country and its Retirement Law, they can write to me. I will be happy to share what I know with them. Mrs. Lewis M. Bird 7000 South Dent Road Hixson, Tennessee 37343 USDA NEWS Continued from page 15 number of generations that the variety may be certified. The re- quired information would be pub- lished in the "Official Journal of the Plant Variety Protection Office," which is widely distributed to interested persons. Under present regulations, such information from pending applica- tions cannot be published without the specific approval of the appli- cant. Officials of USDA's Agri- cultural Marketing Service said the failure to consistently publish the information creates confusion among farmers and seed certifying agencies. They need the informa- tion to comply with th
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