US Plant Patent PP4740
N.J. 49
Apple tree--N.J. 49 cultivar
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 28, 2000. 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
- PP4740
- Filed
- February 28, 1980
- Granted
- June 9, 1981
- Expires
- February 28, 2000
- Assignee
- STARK BROTHERS NURSERIES & ORC
- Inventor
- BAILEY CATHERINE H; HOUGH L FREDRIC
Abstract
A new and distinct apple variety which originated by the crossing of an unnamed New Jersey seedling No. 109055 (non-patented) with pollen from the Mollies Delicious cultivar (non-patented) is provided. This new apple variety can be distinguished by the early maturing characteristic of its large conic shaped fruit which has an attractive bright red skin color (as illustrated). Also, the new variety produces more uniformly sized fruit than the pollen parent Mollies Delicious cultivar. The fruit flesh is white to cream in color and similar to Mollies Delicious cultivar in flavor.
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, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its general similarity to the pollen parent Mollies Delicious cultivar, but being distinct therefrom by the ability to form fruit which (1) ripens substantially earlier, (2) is of a more uniform size, and (3) is of a more attractive bright red appearance.
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