"Richard Brooks" wrote in message
...

I don't know if things have changed but I remember the 'shock horror'
many years ago of the EC declaring many old species of fruit and
vegetables illegal to grow for selling commercially.

....

As far as apples are concerned at least, the position is
that the EC introduced Common Marketing standards for
apples so that in principle ordinary consumers knew what they
could expect. All varieties of apples which were submitted
were graded according to colouring, russetting, and size,
and it's a condition of all grading whether "Extra" Class,
Class I, or Class II that the apples conform to the general
characteristics of the variety.

The problem may have arisen because it costs money to submit
individual varieties to the appropriate EC testing body for
registration, so that if only one or two growers are growing a
particular variety it becomes uneconomic.

However this is probably as much a protection for people being
fobbed of with "heritage varieties" which are being sold at a
premium - but which in fact may be no such thing - as anything
else.



michael adams

http://tinyurl.com/7mu46

for-

http://www.agribusinessonline.com/re...pplespears.pdf












Initially they
forgot to tell everyone the 'for selling' bit but then later stated that
it was okay for the home enthusiast to grow for own use.

Hopefully they've seen sense on this but I've not heard much since I was
a member of the HDRA.


Richard.


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