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US Plant Patent PP7923

Spencerville Red

Apple tree named `Spencerville Red`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 12, 2011. 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
PP7923
Filed
March 12, 1991
Granted
July 28, 1992
Expires
March 12, 2011

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of apple, the `Spencerville Red` was discovered growing from seed in a cultivated field in Spencerville, Md. The tree and fruit are similar in some respects to the York Imperial but the tree flowers and ripens about a week later. The fruit is hard, tart, and fine in texture.

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 as described and illustrated above, a tree grown from seed in a cultivated field in Spencerville, Md. and named `Spencerville Red`.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7923 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.