You could also argue that as honeycrisp were created by randomly crossing other varieties, and then picking the one appple with the most desireable qualities ou

You could also argue that as honeycrisp were created by randomly crossing other varieties, and then picking the one appple with the most desireable qualities out of hundreds, this is not really patent-worthy as nothing was designed by the breeder. The glowing petunias on the other hand were a proper invention, inserting a working, novel biochemical pathway into a plant is quite hard.