Romero

Romero

Blueberry plant named ‘Romero’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 13, 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 PP20373, the photograph of Romero printed in the patent.

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Abstract

A new and distinct Blueberry cultivar is provided that is the product of a controlled breeding program followed by selection. The cultivar flowers very early and forms fruit that ripens very early. The attractive dark blue berries exhibit a pleasant acid flavor and commonly are amenable to harvest without stem retention. The plant is self-fertile, is an excellent pollen producer, and displays a strong and vigorous generally upright growth habit with attractive evergreen foliage. A low chilling requirement is also exhibited.

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1. A new and distinct Blueberry plant that possess the following combination of characteristics: (a) flowers very early and forms fruit that ripens very early, (b) displays a strong and vigorous upright growth habit with attractive evergreen foliage, (c) is self-fertile, and is an excellent pollen producer, (d) displays a low chilling requirement, and (e) forms in abundance attractive dark blue berries that exhibit a pleasant acid flavor which commonly are amenable to harvest without stem retention; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20373 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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