[Growwine] lfw primary website goal for 2008

[Scott Dolson]

Hello Larry;

I am not the 'Official Messenger' ... so please don't shoot the messenger...

In my autumn of 2007 discussions with the University of Minnesota, they 
suggest that any of their plant stock in Canada is here as _'Unlicensed 
Product_'... that is, no one person or no one company in Canada ... or 
Quebec...  has been, to date, approved as a Licensed Agent to sell their 
product.

Having said that, the only  U of M plant product that I am aware of to 
be CFIA approved, is Frontenac.... but according to U of M, still not 
'Licensed to be Sold'. Therefore, all of the Frontenac Gris, Marquette, 
La Crescent... and more stuff, such as Swenson & Johnson plant stock, 
may be in Candida without CFIA official sanction and/or Plant Stock 
Breeder approval.

Anyway, in regards to what all this means down the road, this is beyond 
my scope of interpretation... I have simply requested from the U of M to 
be approved as a Regional 'Licensed Distributor' of their product, and 
therefore if approved, will submit Royalties to U of M.

I have attached the email addresses of the two U of M staff persons 
whom, to my knowledge, have authority over these issues. I am sure they 
would welcome any input from your self and others... and should be able 
to provide updates in respect to product release from phytosanitary 
testing in California.

I have started a small business, Scott's Grapes & Berries Co., to 
provide plant stock and growing information  to small hobbyist or 
emerging growers of hardy Grape & Berry varieties... you can check out 
my web site at :  scottsgrapesandberries.com

This web site is still under development because my computing skills are 
sorely lacking and ... pending certain approvals from U of M.


Scott

Larry Paterson wrote:
> Hi again everyone:
>  
> I'm going to try to redesign grape growing portions of the lfw website 
> this year, and am looking for information for one project associated 
> with this.
>  
> Can anyone give me (post to the list if you feel appropriate) a status 
> report on the varieties from the University of Minnesota that are 
> proceeding through quarantine into Canada in 2008?   Are there other 
> potentially useful cold-climate varieties working their way through 
> from other sources?
>  
> I'm hoping to use this information to put up some kind of guide to 
> planting a small vineyard in various cold climates on the lfw website, 
> and want to be sure that the recommended varieties are available.
>  
> I would also appreciate contributions to this project, maybe starting 
> in February.  It is a long-range effort to put up information that 
> will allow a person to have a personal vineyard in the range of 5 
> vines through 150 vines, with winemaking and other suggestions included.
>  
> Contributions from commercial operations will certainly be credited 
> within these articles, and links made.  This would include helpful 
> hints from commercial wineries or vine suppliers (funny thing I've 
> noticed is that the more serious a person gets about growing grapes 
> the more likely they are to visit and support a local winery...).
>  
> Help!!
>  
> thanks in advance to all,
>  
> Lardy
>  
> Larry Paterson, lfw, rd, adcc
> (Little Fat Wino, Roving Drunk, Alcohol Distribution Channels Critic)
>  
> http://www.littlefatwino.com/
>  
>  
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