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Old August 18, 2006   #6
LoreD
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I looked at some of the reviews of Amishland and wondered about the comments that she had tomatoes that were offered by no other company. If a variety is stable then the next year every person who saved seed is offering it. Usually a company will have a few years lead time on other companies when a new variety is introduced, but after that all the seed companies will have it.

I think Krasnador Titan is a good example. After the positve review in Mother Earth the few companies that offered it were sold out almost immediately. Next year every company will have it

I think that anyone could save seed from an early variety like Siberian and call it First of Season or some such nonsense and say they had an "exclusive." Sioux could become Apache or Comanche but it still would be the same variety. Especially for those breeding new varieties, provenance is important.

I appreciate that she is running a business but this certainly creates chaos in the tomato world.
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