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US Plant Patent PP12816

Millennia

Blueberry plant called ‘Millennia’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 10, 2020. 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 PP12816, the photograph of Millennia printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12816, 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
PP12816
Filed
October 10, 2000
Granted
July 30, 2002
Expires
October 10, 2020
Assignee
FLORIDA FOUND SEED PRODUCERS INC, STADSKLEV THOMAS D
Inventor
LYRENE PAUL M

Abstract

A new and distinct low-chill tetraploid highbush blueberry (Vaccinium) variety of complex hybrid ancestry, based largely on V. corymbosum L. with some genes from V. darrowi. Because of its interspecific hybrid origin, ‘Millennia’ does not correspond exactly to any botanical species, but is closest to Vaccinium corymbosum . It belongs to the commercial class of blueberry called “southern highbush”. Its novelty consists of the following unique combination of features: 1. Produces a vigorous bush that is upright but somewhat spreading. 2. Has high resistance to cane canker ( Botryosphaeria corticis ), medium resistance to phytophthora root rot ( Phytophthora cinnamomi ), and low to medium resistance to stem blight ( Botryosphaeria dothidia ). 3. Flowers and fruits well in areas of central and north Florida where the mean temperature of the coldest month is 57° F. or colder. 4. Ripens its fruit 60 days after flowering in north-central Florida (latitude 29.5). 5. Ripens 80% of its fruit between April 15 and May 10 in north-central Florida. 6. Produces berries that are large, firm, light blue in color, have a good picking scar, and a mild, pleasant, flavor. 7. Propagates readily from softwood cuttings.

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 highbush blueberry plant, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its semi-upright bush, low chill requirement, large, high-quality fruit and blue fruit color that is lighter than normal for highbush blueberry.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12816 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.