US Plant Patent PP11367
Minnewashta
Apple tree called `Minnewashta`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 25, 2017. 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
- PP11367
- Filed
- November 25, 1997
- Granted
- April 25, 2000
- Expires
- November 25, 2017
- Assignee
- UNIV MINNESOTA
- Inventor
- LUBY JAMES J; BEDFORD DAVID S
Abstract
An apple tree having a somewhat upright form with vigorous growth in early years and attaining a spur-type habit with moderately vigorous growth as it matures, good hardiness with little winter injury, and annual fruit production. The fruit, which ripens early in the season yet can be stored for a relatively long period of time, has a well-balanced flavor, crisp and juicy texture, and pleasing exterior color and pattern.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. A new and distinct apple tree substantially as shown and described herein and combining the characteristics of having a somewhat upright form with vigorous growth in early years and attaining a spur-type habit with moderately vigorous growth as it matures, winter hardiness and annual fruit production, with fruit ripening during the early season yet having a long storage life, well-balanced flavor, crisp and juicy texture, and pleasing exterior color and pattern.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11367 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.