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["Hal Love" <lovehd@comcast.net>]

You can do easy patent searches here:

http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html

I searched for "peach" AND "contender" and found several crosses using
'Contender' as a parent. One from a patented selection 'China Pearl', had
the following information.

"The new and distinct variety of peach (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch)
originated as a first generation descendant from a hand pollinated cross of
`Contender` peach (non-patented).times.`Plant Introduction (PI) 134401` made
in 1988 at the Sandhills Research Station at Jackson Springs, N.C.
`Contender` was released and named as a peach cultivar by the North Carolina
Agricultural Research Service in 1987, and is available in commerce."

So 'Contender' does not appear to be patented. However, I don't know of a
source.

Hal


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rondi Anderson" <nafex@mokalive.com>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 2:27 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] contender peach scion wood


> I don't  know if this variety  is still under patent and if it isn't
> I'm interested in getting 4 sticks from someone.
> Where does one conviently find out patent info on fruit.
>
> Thanks
>
> Rondi
>
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