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US Plant Patent PP7396

Treco Spur Red Gala

Apple tree Treco Spur Red Gala No. 42

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 3, 2009. 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
PP7396
Filed
July 3, 1989
Granted
December 18, 1990
Expires
July 3, 2009

Abstract

A new variety of Gala apple tree discovered as a limb sport variety of Gala (Auvil cultivar) and characterized by: 1. Spur growth habit of tree. 2. Compact tree size resulting from spur growth habit. 3. Large fruit size. 4. Early and extensive red coloration while maintaining a distinctly striped color pattern.

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

I claim: 1. The new and distinct variety of apple tree Treco Spur Red Gala No. 42 (Cooper cultivar) substantially as shown and described and characterized by: spur growth habit of tree; compact tree size resulting from spur growth habit; large fruit size; and, early and extensive red coloration while maintaining a distinctly striped color pattern.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7396 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.