Not all breeders work the same and they have different goals. I learned from Ralph Moore's work that it sometimes take a number of generations to achieve goals, especially when integrating species.

Most breeders simply breed one commercial variety to another. It's the easiest most direct route to getting something commercial looking, but it amounts to "stirring the pot" when it comes to genetics. That doesn't particularly interest me.

Hobbyists are often the one's that really make a difference long term. Look at the work of some of the English breeders, Scrivens for instance. He made some wonderful contributions.

This said, once a breeder passes most work disappears unless he's lucky enough to get a variety that achieves wide distribution and that's what usually happens.

The great thing about HMF is that we can document. I gave up documenting everything at HMF long ago but it allows a platform if we choose to do so.