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Old March 2, 2012   #4
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Originally Posted by Cecilia_MD7a View Post
Here's that list of varieties owned by Monsanto. It includes many familiar varieties. I don't know how they can "own" Black Beauty eggplant, though - I thought it was open-pollinated. Bye-bye Lemon Boy, though (sniff):

Forewarned is Forearmed: list of growing Monsanto-owned veggie seed and plant labels
Veggies Owned by Monsanto February 21, 2012 courtesy of Kevin Lee Jacobs
http://www.agardenforthehouse.com/20...d-by-monsanto/

...That’s quite a catalog, huh? No wonder Monsanto paid $1.4 billion in cash to acquire it.
Thank you for posting this - I am not buying any hybrids this year but as you say, forewarned is forearmed. Actually I wish you would post this in the general discussion so people don't miss it. I only caught the post because it was in the list of recent five when I logged in.
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