US Plant Patent PP6623
Jersey Jade
Asparagus plant named Jersey Jade
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 6, 2007. 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
- PP6623
- Filed
- July 6, 1987
- Granted
- February 21, 1989
- Expires
- July 6, 2007
Abstract
A female asparagus hybrid carrying the persistent green marker gene "gg", which results in the retention of the green color in the fall until the plant is killed by freezing, the plant further having tolerance to rust (Puccinia asparagi) Fusarium oxysporum (root rot) and Fusarium moniliforme (crown rot), being long lived and producing high yield of 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 variety of asparagus plant as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by the unique combination of a female variety of substantial chlorophyll content, tolerance to rust (Puccinia asparagi), Fusarium oxysporum (root rot), and Fusarium moniliforme (crown rot), is long lived, producing high yields of good quality spears, retaining the dark green foliage through late summer and fall with a complete absence of yellow pigmentation, and carrying the persistent green marker gene "gg".
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6623 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.