[kimpossible]

So, the question is, can anything actually be done to put an end to the blatant misrepresentation/fraud of O/P & Heirloom varieties? - other than educating the public through forums such as these? She obviously is pretty smart about getting lots of positive publicity for her business by soliciting newspaper and magazine articles, representing herself as an authority on the subject of Heirlooms, and consequently getting a whole new group of customers/followers that buy into what she says, because they believe what she says, since it appears in a publication.

We can have these threads in forums, but basically we are preaching to the choir. The first-time-growers, not-yet-knowledgeable about heirlooms - O/P's, probably aren't on these forums yet, reading these posts!