US Plant Patent PP7197
Honeycrisp
Apple tree: Honeycrisp
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 7, 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
- PP7197
- Filed
- November 7, 1988
- Granted
- March 20, 1990
- Expires
- November 7, 2008
Abstract
An apple tree having a slightly upright form with moderately vigorous growth; a superior fruit with solid to mottled red color over a yellow background and a crisp and juicy fruit texture; an extended season of harvest but with generally even ripening of fruit so that repeat pickings are unnecessary; good hardiness with little winter injury when grown near Excelsior, Minn. at approximately 45 DEG latitude; and having annual fruit production with no flower thinning required.
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 apple tree substantially as shown and described particularly characterized by a superior fruit with a crisp and juicy texture, an extended season of harvest but with generally even ripening of fruit whereby repeat pickings are unnecessary, a moderately vigorous growth, little winter injury, annual fruit production and with no flower thinning required.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7197 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.