Beineke 5

Beineke 5

Black walnut tree named ‘Beineke 5’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 27, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 8, 2022. This patent earned 50 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14829, the photograph of Beineke 5 printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14829, 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.

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of black walnut tree (Juglans nigra L.) which is distinctly characterized by extremely rapid growth rate, extremely resistant to anthracnose leaf disease, fair central stem tendency, and average straightness, thereby producing fair timber qualities. This new variety of black walnut tree (Juglans nigra L.) was discovered by the applicant near South Raub, Tippecanoe County, Ind. in a black walnut planting of seedling progeny from a previously selected tree for outstanding timber producing potential. This selection has been designated as BW501, a seedling progeny of BW 95 in records maintained by the applicant on the performance of the selection and grafts made from the selection and will be known henceforth as 'Beineke 5'.

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 black walnut tree named ‘Beineke 5’ substantially as illustrated and described, which has fair timber quality, is fast growing, has average central stem tendency, no sweep, few crooks, and is extremely anthracnose resistant.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14829 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

The record

Abstract