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  • From: "Alan Haigh" <alandhaigh@gmail.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [NAFEX] breeding the russett out
  • Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:21:30 -0500

Perhaps breeding wasn't the right word.  Many varieties vary by way of mutation when I single branch on a given tree has fruit of a significantly different quality.  This is called a sport.  When such a mutation is considered a useful improvment the discoverer can patent it and market it as his own.  There are scores of seperate patents on different strains of Red Delicious for example. 


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