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[Del Stubbs <northernlights2n@yahoo.com>]

Having read a few of the pixie crunch posts...
 Here is an example of testing being of more value than a few cents of 
royalties. We had
our first taste of the 'Pristine' apple I grafted 4 years ago on a Bud9 - it 
is a product
of the 'Pri' series at Purdue Univ. I was so impressed with it for flavor 
texture and
beauty that I thought to try it on 10 different trees ( w/ different 
rootstocks and micro
environments).  Grafting one didn't bother me - but it didn't feel right to 
do 10 without
some attempt to locate the patent holder. 
It took me a whopping 10 minutes of googling to find the prof. and his email 
address. I
wrote him and asked how I pay for royalties, and of course I gave my 
impressions of the
apple and the cold testing I am doing here. I got back quite a letter . This 
was last
fall so I dont remember it exactly, but it was a bit like an artist's work 
finally being
recognized after years of being ignored. He told me the particular reason it 
had been
dropped from commercial production, whatever it was was insignificant to me 
as a small
time grower. In the end he asked if I would report back on my rootstock & 
cold testing of
it in lew of royalties. A fine exchange. Conclusion: try contacting the real 
person who
patented a variety you're interested in, it might be the first time anyone 
ever wrote
them!  Del


Del Stubbs  http://www.pinewoodforge.com   zone 3   N. MN

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