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Re: Trouble with the high notes

Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2010-10-03 21:56

No idea, I can say that a lot of the cane in France comes from the VAR section of Southern France. This cane most likely is just fine. They, however import cane from their cane fields in Argentina. Depending on the import laws of France they may fumigate. I really have no idea at this time.

Rico does get a lot of came here in the US, mostly in southern California. For whatever reason they spray this cane too. There is no logical reason to do this. In fact some of the cane is sprayed 2 or 3 times, in the fields and at the Rico plant.

I'm not against fumigation in gas form, because it dissipates. It's the additives that Rico uses thats oil based and mixed with the gas, which remains on reeds for many years. I've tested reeds that were 5 years old and had pesticides on them.

I don't really want to get into this any deeper, because I already wrote a lot about this subject. You can do search on the site.

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Post Edited (2010-10-03 22:00)

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