"Emery Davis" wrote in message
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On Thu, 09 Jan 2014 13:38:06 +0000, Janet wrote:

You honestly don't find that this description and the AGM are intended
to be seen as applying to the seeds they're selling?

No. As a gardener, I wouldn't mistake tree SEEDS to have an RHS AGM
award because of the potential for crossfertilisation.

I'm afraid you'd be mistaken then. On the very same site they sell seeds
for Acer campestre, which has also recieved the AGM. Campestre only
extremely rarely hybridises and seeds may be expected to be true to type.

So to answer the original question, Janet, you don't believe this is
unethical practice?

No, I'd classify it as too obvious and trivial to be intentional
deception.

OK, noted.

-E



But surely "if it says that on the website, it must be true" for most
people who are not familiar with it!
And yes, I think it's unethical if they know it won't come true from their
seeds.
The question is, do they know that? If they do, I'd report them, if not
they need to be advised, but how to know if they are deliberately
advertising seeds to be deceptive?
Maybe they think that the seeds collected will come true. Maybe they won't.
I think it's deceptive if you advertise seeds that you are not sure about.

for my christmas present from Germany I got seeds from the seed bank Pole
bean "Snowcap" Dwarf french bean "aramis" (rare), Pea "Blauw-Schokler"
that has blue pods.
And lots of other rare seeds including a banana shaped tomato.
Great prezzie.

Tina