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in Mt. Vernon, Maine, developed 

 and tested the mix (25% eacii of 

 salmon, mussels, wild blueberries, 

 and peat). The attractive ingredients 

 and packaging has made Penobscot 

 Blend a success and Quijano now 

 plans to make other "blends" as 

 well as a potting mix. 



For information, call 1-800-345-9315. 



An Increase in 

 Harmonization 



(from AAN News, April 29, 1996) 

 The American Association of Nurs- 

 erymen (AAN) has reported the ap- 

 proval of a significant change to the 

 quarantine rules governing US/ 

 Canada trade by USDA's Plant 

 Health inspection Service (APHIS) 

 and AgriFood Canada (AAFC). 



Japanese beetle (JB) quarantine 

 negotiations began in 1990. At that 

 time, plants gown in most states 

 east of the Mississippi could be 

 shipped to Canada only if they'd 

 been dipped in a pesticide solution 

 or were free of soil. 



in March, 1994, the two countries 

 signed a |B Harmonization Plan that 

 allowed field-grown and container- 

 ized plants to be certified for ship- 

 ment if growing practices unfavor- 

 able to the pest were followed. Sta- 

 tistical sampling was also required. 

 "The plan also allowed for green- 

 house-grown plants to be certified if 

 strict double-door entry and screen- 

 ing protocols were met." 



The recent change allows con- 

 tainer-grown plants grown under 

 good nursery/greenhouse practices 

 to be shipped without further sam- 

 pling. While phytosanitary certifi- 

 cates for export are still required, 

 growers on both sides of the border 

 now face less regulation. 



(Other legislation that may be of 

 interest to nursery growers is the 

 1996 Farm Bill. This seven-year leg- 

 islation explicitly recognizes nurser- 

 ies as "agricultural lands," formally 

 placing the industry on an equal 

 footing with food and fiber crops 

 when wetland regulations are de- 

 signed and enforced the Farm Bill 

 also directs that a pilot program be 

 established to make field-grown 

 nursery stock eligible for federal 

 crop insurance. 



Minor-use pesticide legislation 

 also passed Congress this session. 

 This bill "injects flexibility into 

 ERA'S registration procedures and 

 provides incentives for chemical 

 manufacturers to maintain and de- 

 velop safe, effective pesticides 

 needed to produce nursery and 

 greenhouse crops and to meet the 

 many federal and state regulations 

 governing their shipment") 



For more information, contact Ben 

 Bolusky at 202-789-2900. 



I's On! 



(from the Maine Landscape & Nursery 

 Association News Bulletin, |uly 22, 1996) 



The 1997 Maine Flower and Garden 

 Show — yes, it is going to happen. 

 The MeLNA Executive Committee 

 selected Citrine Resources, based in 

 Portland and one of New England's 

 leading special events and festival 

 producers, to produce and direct 

 what will be Maine's eighth show. 

 The show will be expanded to in- 

 clude a wide variety of related 

 green industries and associations by 

 offering sponsorships and educa- 

 tional space. 



For information, contact Edith 

 Ellis at 207-225-3998 



Maybe Elms on Main 

 Street Once Again 



Following 20 years of research and 

 evaluation — supported by the Amer- 

 ican Association of Nurserymen 

 (AAN) and its research division, the 

 Horticultural Research Institute (HRl) — 

 a disease-resistant American Elm 

 was unveiled at a recent Capitol Hill 

 tree planting. According to AAN, this 

 introduction is tolerant of Dutch elm 

 disease, which has killed 90% of 

 American elms since the 1930s. 



Over 100 rooted cuttings of "Val- 

 ley Forge" and the other new vari- 

 ety, "New Harmony," were distrib- 

 uted in the last two years to nurser- 

 ies, experiment stations, and arbo- 

 reta. The new elms should be avail- 

 able to consumers at the retail level 

 by 1999. 

 Information: 202-789-2900. 



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