@Nutbush-VA Haha thank you for the information! I am still trying to decide on which direction to go on all of this.
@TomJ Thank you for your professional opinion on the matter. It sounds like it may be more work and expense than its worth but we will see where this project takes me.
@SethDoty Wow, that is interesting. Personally that sounds a bit abusive to me. I am not looking to make much off of this, I just want to recoup some losses.
@a_Vivaldi Good guess but not even remotely related.
Darn, maybe it’s some sea buckthorn/buffalo berry then.
Curious why the secrecy? If it’s so hard to acquire and to germinate, let alone market or popularize, I doubt you’ll have competition.
I myself am breeding cold hardy citrus. I’m at least ten years away from having anything I’d consider good enough to sell, but we’ll get there eventually.
Here’s some Clementine x Thomasville seedlings:
Super interesting, I hope your trials go well!
I’m actually not stating the species at the request of the original breeder. He has been breeding them over the past 40 years as a pastime. He specifically requested I don’t discuss the species until I can distribute the seeds (which I hope to do once I have enough stock) as he doesn’t want to have to regularly deal with international shipping and phytosanitary certificates.
Fair enough. Best of lock to you as well! It always makes me happy to see people putting a good effort into breeding or distributing new plants.
I own a wholesale nursery in Oregon, and I sell to the main PNW retail nurseries that people here purchase from.
I pay a licensing fee for gold Kiwi’s because I expect that in a few years, that I can sell many thousands per year.
There are very few plants/trees that I would pay a fee, because I would want it to be something that I could sell 10x as many as another variety to make it worth it.
I will give you an example. I crossed a Yuzu and a Green Finger Lime. The seedlings are 4 years old now, one flowered this year, but the flowers were incomplete, so I should get some fruit next year. I am not going to patent it because I don’t think enough people would buy it to make it worth it.
Very few people purchase “New” fruits or varieties. 99% of people that buy a fruit tree, want the familiar varieties.
Also you would need to put a lot of effort into educating the public about your better variety before nurseries would buy it.
Thank you very much for the information, this is much more complex than expected from a business perspective. More likely than not, once I establish plants, I will probably just distribute materials for people to enjoy.
