Bull MacIntosh

Bull MacIntosh

Apple tree named ‘Bull MacIntosh’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 4, 2020. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12900, the photograph of Bull MacIntosh printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12900, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of MacIntosh apple tree, ‘Bull MacIntosh,’ originating as a whole tree mutation of the Malus sylvestris variety of ‘Starling’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,617). This new variety is unique from its parent and other MacIntosh cultivars because the fruit begins coloring 35 days earlier than the parent and 45 days earlier than other MacIntosh cultivars. The new variety ripens to a 100% red blush as opposed to its parent, which ripens to a red striped coloration. The ‘Bull MacIntosh’ cultivar reaches maturity with the ‘Starling’ cultivar and 10 to 15 days ahead of other MacIntosh clones.

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, Malus sylvestris , substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by the unique combination of a vigorous, upright, spreading, medium density, regular bearing tree, producing fruits that develop color 35 days before the parent and finish coloring as a 100% bright red blush with no striping at maturity which occurs at the same time as the parent.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12900 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

The record

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