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Verlin Schaefer, an assistant mail-order manager for Stark Brothers Nurseries and Orchards Company in Missouri, points out that if a plant carries a patent, there is something unique enough about it to make it worthwhile patenting. Patenting is an expensive procedure, and what the owner or company says about the plant is more likely to be based on substance than on marketing hoopla.
