It can be said of the former as well, with highly prized hybrid strains of, say, tomatoes with strictly controlled patented seed supplies; the plants do not bear true (being hybrids) so trying to harvest seeds from the fruit itself doesn't help.
For example, I like the kumatoes from the grocery store, but I can't grow any myself, and probably never will: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumato
It can be said of the former as well, with highly prized hybrid strains of, say, tomatoes with strictly controlled patented seed supplies; the plants do not bear true (being hybrids) so trying to harvest seeds from the fruit itself doesn't help.
For example, I like the kumatoes from the grocery store, but I can't grow any myself, and probably never will: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumato
Good point. They're like vegetable mules.