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US Plant Patent PP7857

Beni Tsugaru

Apple tree Beni Tsugaru

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 23, 2010. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record

Patent number
PP7857
Filed
February 23, 1990
Granted
April 21, 1992
Expires
February 23, 2010

Abstract

An apple tree characterized by medium vigor and spreading tendency, producing a fruit which colors solid red earlier than the known "Tsugaru" variety. The fruit has an oblong shape, without crowning. The flesh of the fruit is creamy white, very juicy, lightly flavored, and moderately sweet with low acidity and very little browning.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of apple tree, substantially as illustrated and described herein, particularly characterized by fruit which colors solid red earlier than the known "Tsugaru" variety.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7857 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.