US Plant Patent PP6965
Jersey General
Asparagus plant -- `Jersey General`
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
- PP6965
- Filed
- February 24, 1988
- Granted
- August 1, 1989
- Expires
- February 24, 2008
Abstract
There is disclosed a high volume producing Asparagus plant having a very good tolerance to Fusarium infestation, where other commercial asparagus cannot be grown profitably, very high production of marketable spears and excellent volume of jumbo spears with quality maintained even in hot weather, the plant being vigorous, high headed and well adapted to light sandy soil.
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 variety of Asparagus plant as hereinbefore shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by the unique combination of particular adaptation to light sandy soil, substantially overall greater yield than other prior varieties, excellent production of jumbo spears, high marketable total yield, spear tips which remain tight even in hot weather, and good production in Fusarium infested heavy sandy loam.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6965 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.