Why most Americans have never had these berries

Опубликовано: 08 Август 2021
на канале: Phil Edwards

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Why did they take my sweet, sweet berries? I had to find out.

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I love you black currants. I will always love you.

Some sources:
Plant Quarantine Act:
https://archive.org/details/rulesregu...

White Pine Blister Rust book:
https://archive.org/details/whitepine...

Anti-currant propaganda (OK, it’s legit, fine):
https://archive.org/details/blackcurr...

Department of Ag letter:
https://archive.org/details/eradicati...

Funny NYT article:
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/time...

Some of the newsreels:
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7152
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7109