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Re:The Awful Reign of the Red Delicious (2014) by jdietrich on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @06:45PM (#14353979)
The University of Michigan blundered by marketing the apple under the varietal name; varietals are considered inherently generic under trademark rules and so ineligible for protection.

A Pink Lady apple is actually a Cripps Pink, grown and picked in accordance with certain quality standards. Anyone can sell a Cripps Pink, but only licensees of Brandt's Fruit Trees Inc can sell a Pink Lady.

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Re:The Awful Reign of the Red Delicious (2014) by menssen on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @12:10AM (#14355585)
Alum here. Minnesota != Michigan. Boo.

Anecdotally, UMN has one of the best agriculture research programs in the world, and it's entirely based around figuring out how to grow really anything when first frost is early September (Minnesota).

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Re:The Awful Reign of the Red Delicious (2014) by caf on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @08:00PM (#14354441)
TIL about the "International Pink Lady Alliance"!
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