Dolores

Dolores

Blueberry plant named ‘Dolores’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 18, 2028.

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 PP20829, the photograph of Dolores printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20829, 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 Blueberry cultivar is provided that is the product of a controlled breeding program followed by selection. The cultivar flowers early and forms fruit that ripens early. Attractive large dark blue crisp berries are formed which exhibit a very sweet flavor. The plant is self-fertile, and displays a generally round growth habit with evergreen foliage. No cross pollination is required. A low chilling requirement is also exhibited. No special sensitivity to common blueberry diseases has been encountered during observations to date.

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1. A new and distinct Blueberry plant that possess the following combination of characteristics: (a) flowers early and forms fruit that ripens early, (b) displays a generally round growth habit with attractive evergreen foliage, (c) is self-fertile, (d) displays a low chilling requirement, and (e) forms in abundance attractive large dark blue crisp berries that exhibit a very sweet flavor; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20829 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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