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US Plant Patent PP6970

Jersey Gem

Asparagus plant--Jersey Gem

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 24, 2008. 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
PP6970
Filed
February 24, 1988
Granted
August 1, 1989
Expires
February 24, 2008

Abstract

An Asparagus plant having all male characteristics, particularly productive under conditions found in North Carolina and Oklahoma where it was highest yielding hybrid over long periods of time and among the top ten in yield in two areas in Michigan, having tolerance to rust (Puccinia asparagi) and producing good quality spears.

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 Asparagus hybrid as hereinbefore shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by the unique combination of exceptionally high yield of good quality spears under widely diverse conditions of soil and climate, as compared with a large number of other hybrid Asparagus, its all male characteristics, and resistance to rust (Puccinia asparagi).

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6970 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.