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US Plant Patent PP14238

Harvest

Avocado tree named ‘Harvest’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 14, 2022. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14238, the photograph of Harvest printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14238, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP14238
Filed
March 14, 2002
Granted
October 14, 2003
Expires
March 14, 2022
Assignee
UNIV CALIFORNIA
Inventor
BERGH BERTHOLD O; MARTIN GRAY A

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Persea americana tree is provided. An open spreading growth habit is exhibited. The tree exhibits an alternate bearing character similar to that of the widely-grown ‘Hass’ variety (non-patented in the United States). The fruit is inverted high spheroid-shaped, is generally black-skinned, is well distributed around the tree, and commonly is larger than that of the ‘Hass’ variety. The leaves are generally oval-shaped. The fruit eating quality is good when fully ripe and the flesh is free of obvious fibers. The variety is suitable for the production of quality avocado crop under commercial growing conditions.

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 Persea americana plant having the following combination of characteristics: (a) exhibits an open spreading growth habit, (b) exhibits an alternate bearing character similar to that of the ‘Hass’ variety, (c) forms inverted high spheroid-shaped generally black-skinned fruit that is well distributed around the tree which commonly is larger than that of the ‘Hass’ variety, matures later than the fruit of the ‘Hass’ variety, and has yellow-green flesh of good eating quality when fully ripe that is free of obvious fibers, and (d) forms generally oval-shaped leaves; substantially as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14238 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.