To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] developing hardy trees
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:47:16 -0700 (PDT)
> trying to develop a plant ...in a backyard venture is like hitting the
>Lotto.
This may be true, but I hope it doesn't discourage us amateurs from trying
anyway. Even if we each have only a one in a million chance, if there are a
million of us trying, one of us is probably going to find something good.
If the odds discourage us, then we leave plant breeding in a few, centralized
hands, that are not necessarily selecting for traits we care about.