My apologies for these slip-ups:
Knock Out was officially released in 2000, not 1999.
Jacques Ferare said that Hybrid Teas were most popular in the West, not the South and West. (I think I might have written Southwest and West, and misread my note.)
Meilland sends Conard-Pyle 400 to 500 new varieties each year for evaluation, not 40-50. That’s a big difference and just goes to prove what a big job Mr. Ferare and his company have in evaluating new varieties for marketing.
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