Nursery or breeding house
METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO
3 US plant patents, granted between 1987 and 1995.
Filed under the METROPOLITAN name. Related entities are listed separately on the METROPOLITAN search, because a company and a person are not the same filer even when the name matches.
Already in the public domain — 3 cultivars
Most recently freed first. Anyone may propagate and sell these plants — though the name it is sold under may still be a live trademark.
- Scarlet SunPP9264Nectarine tree--`Scarlet Sun` cultivarPUBLIC DOMAINDecember 2, 2014
- Ebony SunPP6153Plum tree, "Ebony Sun"PUBLIC DOMAINApril 17, 2006
- David SunPP5874Peach tree--David SunPUBLIC DOMAINMay 29, 2005