US Plant Patent PP10115
Jackson
Apple tree named `Jackson`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 8, 2016. 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
- PP10115
- Filed
- April 8, 1996
- Granted
- November 11, 1997
- Expires
- April 8, 2016
- Inventor
- JACKSON WILLIAM T; JACKSON SHIRLEY W
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of `Jonathan` apple tree originating as a limb mutation of the Malus sylvestris variety of `Jonnee`, Robison cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,934) This new sport is unique from its parent because the fruit starts coloring 30 days earlier and the color develops as a solid, rich red blush with no striping. The color finishes virtually 100% solid as a deep ruby red. Fan 1, Red Group 46A to 45C. The commercial harvest maturity is 7 days earlier than its parent. At harvest, the internal flesh color is much creamier yellow color that the parent. Fan 1, Yellow Group 11 D. The fruit skin is significantly smoother and much less prone to stem end russet and scarf skin than its parent.
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 herein shown and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10115 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.