I think that it is an inevitable result of so many more people involved in seed saving and seed sharing. Kind of a double edged sword - great to see the interest, but there will be great variation in discipline, attention to detail, etc. Kind of like this young boy in my neighborhood who is very interested in gardening - actually is starting and selling some seedlings himself. Problem is that he ends up with some of his plants mixed up - wrong leaf type, lost tags, etc. I think that you can't underestimate the effort it takes to keep things straight! (hence my countless spreadsheets, power point diagrams, notebooks, vials of seed, etc). I am just glad that I got into this early on and got a good look at items as they entered into the SSE or directly from the sources - I can keep straight what a particular variety should be like, so, like Carolyn, can help set records straight (though we also run the risk of being pains in the *#&!)
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