If you are successful in propagating a offspring for a "almost extinct"
tree, could you hold the patent rights to it, or how does that work?
I am trying to save an old apple tree along a highway by grafting buds
onto bud9 stock, and I recently got a good "take" from one of the
grafts. No idea what variety it is, but it's very old and not in good
shape, but it was covered with blossoms a week ago and is self-pollinating.
bruce
On 5/22/2006 5:15:55 PM, Heron Breen (breen@fedcoseeds.com) wrote:
> Hi All,
> Just to report in:
> A final word on the Maine originating variety "Cherry Pippin". It has
> officially
> passed from this earth, and is in no
> one's collection I know of. Speak now or
> forever hold your peace. The owners of the property/family that had
the tree
> reported it died maybe 10 years ago with no attempts to propagate it.
This tree was
> over 100 years old. Its passing took place before my involvement with
heirloom
> fruit. Others knew of it, but did not propagate it. There is some
dislike among
> certain "collectors" and "explorers" in Maine for each other, so that
one person's
>
> work is not taken up by another. I believe it is called a peeing
contest?
> A lesson learned again: If you hear of an old tree,
> don't hesitate, put your BS
> aside and propagate it, even if it turns out to be a false lead.
> Another one bites the dust.
> But along the way, and here is the silver lining, I talked to a
random older person
> who knows where another Maine cultivar has been hiding...right under
my nose on a
> road I drive 100 times a year. I'll
> be there this week, you can be sure.
> Heron Breen
> zone 4b, Maine