jayb
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Post by jayb on Oct 26, 2014 6:43:58 GMT -8
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Post by toomanyseeds on Oct 26, 2014 8:57:51 GMT -8
The Chinese have been selling these seeds for a number of years. They are the number 1 producer of tomato seeds in the world, and have no copyright/ patent. So just like music CDs, they will copy them, and market them to anyone who will buy them. They have buyers purchase seeds from other countries and then mass produce them in China. They sell on Ebay all the time also. Not just tomato...pepper, squash, etc. Often renaming them, "just in case". When we were commercial farming thousands of acres, the cheapest seeds were imported from China(which we did not use). We have reduced our farming operations, and focus on heirlooms and developing varieties; and purposely purchase any new seed from North American growers only. Many online seed sellers buy bulk seeds from distributors that purchase these same seeds under their US name and re-sell them. Some do it knowingly, some unknowingly.
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Post by Tom Wagner on Oct 27, 2014 21:20:42 GMT -8
i.imgur.com/u0duZ9w.jpg This picture is the first tomato to be called Zebra Rita. This was an F-3 fruit from F-2 seed I sent to France and ended up as part of the seed sent to Belgium. Yeah, I named it for the host in Belgium, Rita, and though I get nothing for the seed, at least it is out there. I should have the original seed in a magazine page that I brought back with me back in 2009.
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