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.