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PureHarvest · December 31, 2015

Travis, my thought arose from contemplating doing a cross of two heirlooms i like. That, and reading up more lately on the rage with hobby breeding you mentioned (ive grown many years and never done a cross. How did I not get sucked into this earlier??!).
Basically, my thought was: "self, what if the resulting F1 was really cool looking, tasty, and productive? Can I now name it? That would be cool. Of course I could, b/c who could stop me."
But I wanted to know if that is uncool around here because it could cause confusion if I share seeds and this F1 has already been done by someone.
I assume that selling it commercially would mean proving that you have a distinct CV that could be registered somewhere and published.

December 31, 2015	#6
PureHarvest Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Mid-Atlantic right on the line of Zone 7a and 7b Posts: 1,369	Travis, my thought arose from contemplating doing a cross of two heirlooms i like. That, and reading up more lately on the rage with hobby breeding you mentioned (ive grown many years and never done a cross. How did I not get sucked into this earlier??!). Basically, my thought was: "self, what if the resulting F1 was really cool looking, tasty, and productive? Can I now name it? That would be cool. Of course I could, b/c who could stop me." But I wanted to know if that is uncool around here because it could cause confusion if I share seeds and this F1 has already been done by someone. I assume that selling it commercially would mean proving that you have a distinct CV that could be registered somewhere and published.