US Plant Patent PP8222
Jersey Jewel
Asparagus plant named `Jersey Jewel`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 15, 2011. 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
- PP8222
- Filed
- November 15, 1991
- Granted
- May 4, 1993
- Expires
- November 15, 2011
Abstract
An F1 male asparagus hybrid which is moderately resistant to asparagus rust (puccinia asparagi), tolerant to root and crown rot (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. asparagi) as well as stem and crown rot (F. moniliforme), capable of producing high yields of high quality asparagus in many locations.
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 plant as shown and described herein, characterized particularly as to novelty by its ability to produce high quality asparagus spears for both commercial and fresh market use, also being suitable for good production of spears in home gardens, the hybrid being particularly well adapted to certain regions where climate is relatively dry and the growing season is long, the plant being moderately resistant to some of the known asparagus problems but producing unusually high yields of the quality aforesaid.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8222 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.