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US Plant Patent PP15109

Savory

Blueberry plant called ‘Savory’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 7, 2023. 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 PP15109, the photograph of Savory printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15109, 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
PP15109
Filed
July 7, 2003
Granted
August 24, 2004
Expires
July 7, 2023
Assignee
FLORIDA FOUND SEED PRODUCERS INC
Inventor
LYRENE PAUL M

Abstract

A new and distinct low-chill rabbiteye blueberry ( Vaccinium ashei ) cultivar. Its novelty lies in the following unique combination of features: 1. Has a low chilling requirement. 2. Has a vigorous bush. 3. Produces large, medium-blue berries with small, dry picking scars and with good firmness, flavor and texture. 4. Ripens its crop early for a rabbiteye blueberry, averaging 7 to 10 days before ‘Climax’ (unpatented), or starting about May 22 in Homerville, Ga.

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 rabbiteye blueberry plant, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by having a vigorous bush, a large, high-quality berry, and a ripening season that is unusually early for rabbiteye blueberry.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15109 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.