US Plant Patent PP17063
G.935
Apple tree rootstock named ‘G.935’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 31, 2025. 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
- PP17063
- Filed
- January 31, 2005
- Granted
- August 29, 2006
- Expires
- January 31, 2025
- Assignee
- CORNELL RES FOUNDATION INC
- Inventor
- CUMMINS JAMES; ALDWINCKLE HERBERT; ROBINSON TERENCE; FAZIO GENNARO
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of apple tree rootstock Malus domestica×Malus robusta hybrid ‘G.935’ is described herein. The new variety is a dwarfing rootstock that is resistant to fire blight ( Erwinia amylovora ) and crown rot ( Phytophthora cactorum ). The ‘G.935’ rootstock is useful in that it can be propagated clonally and used as a rootstock or root system for apple trees as well as for interstems of apple trees.
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1. A new and distinct variety of apple tree named ‘G.935’ herein described and illustrated.
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