US Plant Patent PP11076
Huashuai
Apple tree named `Huashuai`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 2, 2017. 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
- PP11076
- Filed
- December 2, 1997
- Granted
- October 5, 1999
- Expires
- December 2, 2017
- Assignee
- FRUIT INDUSTRY PLANT IMPROVEME
- Inventor
- YU-LIN WANG
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of apple named `Huashuai` characterized by: (1) a tree of medium vigor that blooms in mid-season and has spreading branches due to early and heavy fruit production; (2) deep red buds opening to a blossom having white petals tinged with a light pink; (3) fruit having a variable conical to ovate shape with five points on the calyx end, a medium to long stem, a calyx bowl that is deeper than that of `Fuji`, creamy white flesh, a sweet flavor with low acidity and with a mild distinguishing aroma, and a yellowish green to golden yellow skin color overlaid with a very attractive pink to red blush made up of fine bright crimson red stripes; and (4) dark green leaves with sinuate, serrate margins, prominent veins on the upper side, and medium buff/green pubescence covering the underside.
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 herein shown and described.
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