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Old January 5, 2016   #56
goodwin
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It irks me when a big seed company takes a known open-pollinated variety and gives it a new name and labels it a hybrid. We've seen that with several heirlooms, but I wonder if it is happening with some more recently developed varieties.
There are two hybrids in the catalogs this year which appear to be dead ringers for Danube, a variety I released in September of 2014.
I'll get some seed and see before I spout off anymore. It probably is just a coincidence - sort of convergent evolution - but has anyone else wondered about this?
Lee
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