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US Plant Patent PP18787

Lady in Red

Apple tree named ‘Lady in Red’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 31, 2026. 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 PP18787, the photograph of Lady in Red printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18787, 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.

The record

Patent number
PP18787
Filed
May 31, 2006
Granted
May 6, 2008
Expires
May 31, 2026
Assignee
RB AND EF MAWLEY FAMILY TRUST
Inventor
MAWLEY ROBERT BASIL; MAWLEY ELAINE FLORENCE

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of apple tree is described and which produces a highly colored red fruit which is mature for harvesting and shipment about one week earlier than the Cripps Pink cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,880) when grown under the ecological conditions prevailing near Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct variety of apple tree substantially as illustrated and described which is characterized principally as to novelty by producing a highly colored red fruit which is mature for harvesting and shipment about 10 April to 30 April under the ecological conditions prevailing in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18787 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.