US Plant Patent PP11348
Caitlin
Apple tree named `Caitlin`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 8, 2018. 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
- PP11348
- Filed
- January 8, 1998
- Granted
- April 11, 2000
- Expires
- January 8, 2018
- Assignee
- STARK BRO S WHOLESALE CO
- Inventor
- MCSPADDEN JR CHARLES L
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Gala-type apple tree is provided which originated as a partial tree mutation of the `Tenroy` cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,121) growing at Cleveland, Tenn. The new cultivar forms considerably larger fruit that ripens earlier than that of the `Tenroy` cultivar. It also blooms earlier than the `Tenroy` cultivar. The five swollen areas or bumps at the calyx end of the fruit tend to be more pronounced than those of the `Tenroy` cultivar. The tips of the current year's growth tend to be thicker than those of the `Tenroy` cultivar. The leaves tend to be generally smaller and more rigid than those of the `Tenroy` cultivar. Also, the leaf stems tend to be shorter than those of the `Tenroy` cultivar. The fruit is flavorfully mild and of good quality similar to that of the `Tenroy` cultivar.
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 cultivar of Gala-type apple tree which exhibits the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms larger fruit than the `Tenroy` cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,121), (b) forms fruit wherein the five swollen areas at the calyx end of the fruit tend to be more pronounced than those of the `Tenroy` cultivar, (c) forms blooms earlier and forms fruit that ripens earlier than that of the `Tenroy` cultivar, (d) forms current-year growth tips that are thicker than those of the `Tenroy` cultivar, (e) forms generally smaller leaves than the `Tenroy` cultivar that tend to be thicker and more rigid, and (f) forms leaf stems that tend to be shorter than those of the `Tenroy` cultivar; substantially as herein shown and described.
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