US Plant Patent PP10669
Chinook
Apple tree `Chinook`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired June 19, 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
- PP10669
- Filed
- June 19, 1997
- Granted
- November 3, 1998
- Expires
- June 19, 2017
- Assignee
- OKANAGAN PLANT IMPROVEMENT CO
- Inventor
- LANE W DAVID
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of apple tree, originating from a controlled cross of `Splendour` and `Gala`, substantially illustrated and described, which is most similar to `Fuji`. The variety is distinguished by the small to medium sized fruit with the skin having 80% to 90% pink/red blush over a yellow ground, and large white lenticels The flesh is yellow, crisp, firm, and juicy. The fruit is short globose conical in shape, with little or no ribbing, weak crowning of the distal end and a long stem. The variety was named `Chinook` in 1997.
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 variety of apple tree, originating from a controlled cross of `Splendour` × `Gala`, substantially illustrated and described and distinguished from other varieties in that the fruit matures mid-to late season, is short globose conical in shape, has pinkish red skin with prominent white lenticels, and is very sweet, firm and juicy.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10669 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.