Milford chronicle., 1930-06-06

have protected his name and ms
stock and have made millions out OF
one little apple tree. This case sure
ly will stimulate thousands of stu
dents in agricultural colleges TO
turn their minds to plant breeding
and improving fruits and vegetables.
AS Col. Mulberry Sellers would say:
"There's millions in ii"
DiscOVerer's Name Lost
Now consider the delicately flaw
ored Niagara grape. The name OF its
discoverer or breeder seems to be
lost. 1t emerges into history or COM
merce as the property of a corpora
tion which sought to protect -lts
property by contract. They would
not sell YOU so much as an inch OIL
vine. but would rent you all you
would plant. Under the contract they
had a proprietary interest IN your
vineyard and you dared not sell an
inch of wood But who could keep
the. nitrate from stealing all he want
ed? No one, and pretty soon Mag
ara grapes were being grown from
Maine to California and from Kala-
mazoo to Kickapoo.
If it were not for the niagara
crane. there would probably be no
Crane Juice and those churches
which, because of their hatred Oh
Demon Rum, refuse to serv wine at
communion. would be up against It
for a substitute. And Mrs. Doran's
famous cocktails had ne'er come IN
tn existence to give Washington
something to talk about after the
PiffIe went into dry dock. The man
who has made many fortunes out Oh
Crane Juice, which no one would
deny him, had this law been IN Ell
feet would have had to snare MS
millions with the unknown genius
who discovered the grape that gave
the iuice that gave the millions to
the Welch family.
And so we could go on with one
grape and one apple after aholhei
and show how unfortunate the planl
breeder has been, from the Garden
of Eden until now. But let us return
to roses once more. Everybody loves
them, many of us grow them anc
| any of us would snitch one if We
didn't fear the cop on the corner.
Called Smith Rose
Peter Henderson developed b!
breeding a rose that he named foi
MIR. William R. Smith, for so many
wears superintendent of the Botanic
Gardens in Washington. He intro
duced if through the we'll know
florists. Conrad & Jones Co., of Yves
Grove. Pa. Pretty soon another nor
ist. Dingee & Conrad, of the same
State. introduced another called tn
Charles Dingee. In little while tn
Maiden's Blush and the Presiden
William B. Smith made their ap
pearance.
On a little card down at the De
partment of Agriculture, where the,
keen an index of all known plants
, four of these names are set down a
ALIASES" Peter Henderson, bless hi
! fat old body, did not get cost plu
/ out Of his William r. Smith rose
and the aliases, which look an
! smell and act and perform otherwis
| like the William r. Smith, are wide
/ ly distributed.
RI There was no redress to Pete
Henderson in this case, but he di
= shake his fists at his competitors
I only to be told that the Jeannett
( Heller was different" rose, devel
}. oped from the very reverse metho
5 of pollenization and pistillation b
which all plants hitherto have bee
e developed. There was no answerin
4 this argument. If the patent law ha
, been in effect. Peter Henderso
S would have protected his rose an
= Dingee & Conrad their unique metz
of cross-fertilization. -..