. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Quarantine 37 CRANBERRY GROWERS REALTY Listings of buyers and sellers welcomed on cranberry acreage and upland. Appraisals DOUGLAS R. BEATON E. Sandwich, Mass. 02537 (617) 888-1288 Imagine our importing thousands of new crop devouring, exotic pests md setting them loose on American agriculture. Can't imagine it, huh? Veil, that's precisely what could happen if the USDA okays proposals from five or six foreign governments to allow entry of over 9,000 additional species of plants in the potting media in which they were (rown. In the
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Quarantine 37 CRANBERRY GROWERS REALTY Listings of buyers and sellers welcomed on cranberry acreage and upland. Appraisals DOUGLAS R. BEATON E. Sandwich, Mass. 02537 (617) 888-1288 Imagine our importing thousands of new crop devouring, exotic pests md setting them loose on American agriculture. Can't imagine it, huh? Veil, that's precisely what could happen if the USDA okays proposals from five or six foreign governments to allow entry of over 9,000 additional species of plants in the potting media in which they were (rown. In the last four years, only six new species have been granted this mvilege. Yet, USDA is seriously considering opening up the floodgates "in Quarantine 37 and throwing pest exclusion doors wide open. The list of """^^^^^"^^^^^ lests that could hitch a ride on these new plant imports includes a wide ariety whose appetite is satisfied by grain, vegetable and deciduous fruit dJ a NRpR piTF"C rops. Government scientists have been sent searching for documented cases )f pest risk, with a common attitude being, "If it hasn't been documented s risky, then it must be ; It is estimated that in Columbia there exist )ver 1,000 species of leafminer who feed on everything from apple trees to elery to chrysanthemums. Only about 300 species have been identified. By JSDA's reckoning, the other 700 must be safe! Not too logical from where re're sitting. from This Week in Farm Bureau D H H H H H H H H H H H H H N H N N H H N N N H H H H N M Big Wheel Truck Sales 42 Quanapoag E* Freeto^vn, Mass. All types of medium and heavy duty trucks on hand from cab & chassis to dump trucks to road tractors. Largest used truck dealer in New England. All types of diesel repair. Largest tow trucks on the East Coast. (617) or (617)763-8745 I N H N H H H H H H H H H H Call Bol) or «Joe (6i/)/63»/43 % THE NA TIONA L CRA NBERR Y MAG 4 ZINE Send correspondence to:
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