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PureHarvest · December 31, 2015

So let's say you cross 2 open pollinated named varieties.
You now have a hybrid. When can it be named a new variety?
Do you have to go through research protocol to find out that there are no others like it?
If so, how do you do that?

December 31, 2015	#1
PureHarvest Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Mid-Atlantic right on the line of Zone 7a and 7b Posts: 1,369	When can you name a F1 hybrid? So let's say you cross 2 open pollinated named varieties. You now have a hybrid. When can it be named a new variety? Do you have to go through research protocol to find out that there are no others like it? If so, how do you do that? Last edited by PureHarvest; December 31, 2015 at 11:00 AM.