How to register a new tomato type

[feldon30]

Originally Posted by John F Falzone

About 15 years ago we found a tomato plant growing in a field....year after year we have grown the plant from seed. We own Cherry Valley Garden Center in Illinois and now have developed the plant to where the yeild is about 26 pounds of 8 oz. tomatoes.....we call the plant Bens Red.......my question is how do I register the plant to protect it from someone else selling it......we sell a couple thousand each year.

In short, it's going to cost you a lot of money to get PVP, if you even can, and you're not exactly gonna be embraced for it here.

Finding a tomato plant in a field is not a remarkable accomplishment. Certainly not one that should prevent anyone else from ever growing it without paying you huge sums. Maybe if you had cross-bred varieties for years and done growouts until you found something unique.

Again just my opinion as a sort of heads-up of what you can expect here with your first post.