HYB: unamed seedl(ings) & pretty flowers

From: linda Mann <lmann@mailhub.icx.net>

It's one thing for AIS to choose not to <approve> of the sale of
un-registered seedlings by its affiliates, but individuals can do what
they want, & if they want to sell pretty flowers to their neighbors,
good luck in discouraging them from it.  And if a seedling doesn't 'meet
the standards' yet somebody wants to buy it because it's pretty and
grows well and is cheaper than the 'real thing', who are we to say they
shouldn't be allowed to?

I used to buy daylily seedlings from a local hybridizer - they were dirt
cheap and nice for landscaping, but not quite as nice as the real thing,
which were too expensive.  

I notice Joe Ghio sells (or did the last time I got a catalog) bulk
quantities of Pacific Coast Hybrid seedlings for landscaping.  Surely
AIS wouldn't object to that.

Which leads to another question along that gradient - what's the
difference between selling seeds (potential seedlings) and selling seeds
- shall we put SIGNA out of business :)

I see everybody's point on this topic, but I don't think it is a simple
problem and I don't think guidance from AIS will make it go away.  

Linda Mann east Tennessee USA



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