Re: [tomato] green zebra developer?
William Dellinger (Tomato@GlobalGarden.com)
Thu, 18 Jan 2001 10:46:47 -0600
Tom:
What is a normal fee or percentage that should be paid to the developer. If I
sell or give away any seed from your varieties, I send you the money. Fair's
fair, and Green Grape and Green Zebra are varieties I appreciate.
Bill Dellinger (in Missouri)
>
> In a message dated 01/18/2001 12:55:01 AM Central Standard Time,
> Thoswagner@aol.com writes:
>
> <<
> To Byron and others,
>
> I wouldn't mind it so much if the Green Zebra will open some doors for
> me. I developed the Green Grape tomato too, but only a few places on the
> web or in catalogs will show that I have developed them through
> old-fashioned
> breeding.
>
> I could name people and companies that have used my material without my
> acknowledgement, but this is an on-going thing. You have to have money to
> protect yourself, and contracts of the past were broken numerous times. If
> you have no money, going to court is out of the question.
>
> I have tons of new material so much better than my old lines that I feel
> that the future still holds some promise. I have a Green Zebra that has
> Fusarium 1,2,and 3 tolerance, verticulium tol., TMV tolererance, nematode
> tolerance, chilling tolerance, and so on. If the public doen't need that
> then maybe the producers do. I have hybrid lines that would avoid the OP
> problem. I have too much invested in my work to send out seed again without
> some job or investment with an outside entity. With double digit
> unemployment in my area of the country, I have not had a full time job in 10
> years, and I try somewhat to survive with sub. teaching jobs.
>
> Tom of Bakersfield
>
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