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US Plant Patent PP7348

Hengst

Bill Hengst October Gem Plum

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 21, 2010. 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
PP7348
Filed
February 21, 1990
Granted
October 9, 1990
Expires
February 21, 2010

Abstract

A new and distinct Japanese plum tree is disclosed which is characterized by its late maturation. Compared with Casselman, the most similar variety, this new variety matures in Tulare County about 4 weeks later. The fruit is more oblong in shape and is larger than Casselman fruit. The fruit holds well in storage and at room temperature and is suitable for the fresh and dried fruit markets.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of plum tree as described and illustrated and identified by the characteristics enumerated above.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7348 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.