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US Plant Patent PP12783

Windsor

Blueberry plant named ‘Windsor’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 30, 2020. 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 PP12783, the photograph of Windsor printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12783, 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
PP12783
Filed
October 30, 2000
Granted
July 16, 2002
Expires
October 30, 2020
Assignee
FLORIDA FOUND SEED PRODUCERS INC, STADSKLEV THOMAS D
Inventor
LYRENE PAUL M

Abstract

A new and distinct low-chill tetraploid highbush blueberry (Vaccinium) variety of complex hybrid ancestry, based largely on V. corymbosum with some genes of V. darrowi . Its novelty consists of the following unique combination of features: 1. Produces a vigorous bush that is upright but somewhat spreading. 2. Has high resistance to cane canker ( Botryosphaeria corticis ) and medium resistance to stem blight ( B. dothidia ) and phytophthora root rot Phytophthora cinnamomi ). 3. Flowers and fruits well in areas of central and north Florida where the mean temperature of the coldest month is 60° F. or colder. 4. Ripens its fruit 60 days after flowering in north-central Florida (latitude 29.5). 5. Ripens 80% of its fruit between April 10 and May 5 in north-central Florida. 6. Produces berries that are very large, firm, dark-blue in color, have a large and sometimes humid picking scars, and a sweet, pleasant flavor. 7. Propagates readily from softwood cuttings.

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 highbush blueberry plant, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its vigorous, semi-upright bush, low chill requirements, and large, early-ripening fruit.

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