Re: Hydrangea 'Bailmer' aka Endless Summer

At 04:10 PM 2/10/2003 -0600, you wrote:
> The breeders don't necessarily think of marketing when they are naming
> their plant and the marketers don't often like the names the breeders pick.
> :-) So, we get two names.

And cynical me, I thought they were picking names that weren't as
appealing for the general market so that their trademarked names
could bring in more money in a more 'monopolized' market when the
plant patent expires.

Of course, it also violates nomenclatural rules, but who cares. Those
are for stodgy old taxonomists anyhow, right? :)
Well, I've seen both sides of the fence on this one. ;-)) The cynic in most of us nursery people would have to agree with Tony A's article - unfortunately. I for one would like it to be different but...

Doug



A quick search turned up this article by Tony Avent:

   http://www.plantdelights.com/Tony/trademark.html

Chris

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