Why is this plant illegal to get seeds for?
After reading this I find it strange how I've never heard any details about the development of the red savina. What were the parent plants and where is this full disclosure info located?It is a PVP variety (Plant variety protection)
"What is PVP? Plant Variety Protection (PVP) is a patent on a sexually propagated plant variety. PVP protects rights of ownership for the people who develop and release a cultivar for a period of 20 years. At the same time, there is full disclosure of how the variety was developed, making information available to anyone who wants it so that additional genetic advances can be made."
http://cropandsoil.oregonstate.edu/cereals/PVP/pvp.htm
If it was indeed a natural mutation then it probably shouldn't qualify as "a sexually propagated plant variety"
I've heard the mutation story and I've also heard they were keeping the parent plant names secret. Not sure of the truth.