Re: [tomato] green zebra developer?
William Dellinger (Tomato@GlobalGarden.com)
Thu, 18 Jan 2001 11:22:19 -0600
Sorry for the poor grammar and misspellings. I'm n too much of a hurry.
Bill
William Dellinger wrote:
> 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
> >
> > >>