Lucia

Lucia

Blueberry plant named ‘Lucia’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 24, 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 PP20818, the photograph of Lucia printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20818, 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 and fruits at late-season. Attractive firm light blue berries are formed which exhibit an excellent sweet flavor. The plant is not self-fertile, and displays a vase-shaped growth habit with deciduous foliage. Cross-pollination is required. A low chilling requirement also is exhibited. No special sensitivity to common blueberry diseases has been encountered during observations to date. The new cultivar is well adapted for growing in well-drained soils outside tunnels.

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1. A new and distinct Blueberry plant that possess the following combination of characteristics: (a) flowers and fruits at late-season, (b) displays a vase-shaped growth habit and defoliates during the winter, (c) is not self-fertile, (d) displays a low chilling requirement, and (e) forms in abundance attractive firm light blue berries that exhibit an excellent sweet flavor; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20818 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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