Magna

Magna

Blueberry plant named ‘Magna’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 25, 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 PP20806, the photograph of Magna printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20806, 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 forms fruit that ripens at mid-season. The attractive large light blue berries exhibit a strong acid flavor at harvest becoming sweeter a few days following harvest and which possess a very good post-harvest shelf life. The plant requires cross-pollination for abundant fruit production. The growth habit is vase-shaped and the foliage is evergreen. A low chilling requirement is also exhibited. The plant grows well in a dry climate in well-drained sandy soils.

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1. A new and distinct Blueberry plant that possess the following combination of characteristics: (a) flowers and forms fruit at mid-season, (b) displays a vase-shaped growth habit with evergreen foliage, (c) requires cross-pollination for abundant fruit production, (d) displays a low chilling requirement, and (e) forms in abundance attractive large light blue berries that exhibit a strong acid flavor at harvest becoming sweeter a few days following harvest and which possess a very good post-harvest shelf life; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20806 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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