US Plant Patent PP6955
Galaxy
Apple tree -- Galaxy cultivar
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 24, 2008. 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
- PP6955
- Filed
- May 24, 1988
- Granted
- August 1, 1989
- Expires
- May 24, 2008
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of apple tree is provided which originated as a limb mutation of the Tenroy variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,121). The new variety produces attractive fruit having a solid cherry red coloration unlike that of the Tenroy variety. More specifically, the new variety possesses a solid intense cherry red coloration with often indistinct darker red overstriping. The red coloration of the new variety is present over the entire surface of the fruit and develops earlier than the coloration of the Tenroy variety.
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, which can be distinguished from the Tenroy variety by (1) the ability to form fruit which bears over its entire surface a cherry red coloration with an often indistinct darker red overstriping, and (2) the ability to produce fruit coloration on an earlier date.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6955 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.