US Plant Patent PP9173
Earli
Apricot tree--Earli Sun cultivar
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 9, 2014. 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
- PP9173
- Filed
- September 9, 1994
- Granted
- June 20, 1995
- Expires
- September 9, 2014
- Assignee
- STARK BROTHERS NURSERIES AND O
- Inventor
- HOWARD GEORGE T
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of apricot tree is provided which originated as a single bud sport or limb mutation of the `Castlebrite` cultivar (non-patented in the United States). The new cultivar has been named `Earli Sun`, and can be distinguished by its freestone fruits which are substantially similar in color and appearance to those of `Castlebrite` cultivar, yet are significantly larger in size, being ripening approximately two days later than those of the `Castlebrite` cultivar, and are markedly lower in the acidity of the flesh at harvest.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of apricot tree having the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms early-maturing fruit on a consistent basis that is larger in size than that of the `Castlebrite` cultivar, (b) forms fruit of low to mild acidity that is of a significantly lesser acidity than that of the `Castlebrite` cultivar, and (c) exhibits a growth habit that is more vigorous than that of the `Castlebrite` cultivar; substantially as shown and described.
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