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US Plant Patent PP29437

ZF06-051

Blueberry plant named ‘ZF06-051’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 23, 2037.

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 PP29437, the photograph of ZF06-051 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP29437, 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
PP29437
Filed
May 23, 2017
Granted
July 3, 2018
Expires
May 23, 2037
Assignee
THE CONARD PYLE CO, THE CONRAD PYLE COMPANY
Inventor
BRAZELTON DAVID M; WAGNER ADAM L; BOCHES PETER S; BERMUDO ANTONIO A ALAMO

Abstract

A new and distinct blueberry plant variety, herein referred to by its cultivar name ‘ZF06-051’, is provided. The variety is produced from a cross of ‘Gulfcoast’ and ‘Cape Fear’. The new variety is an attractive shape which is round, compact, and hedge-like and forms dark green leaves and medium sized fruit. The flowers produced are cylindrical to campanulate with moderate amounts of pink anthocyanin before they fully open. The new variety is a low chill ornamental variety and is well suited for nursery, landscape, and home garden use.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

The invention claimed is: 1. A new and distinct blueberry plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) displays a compact and rounded plant, (b) provides attractive foliage with dark green, elliptical leaves, (c) shows cylindrical to campanulate flowers of moderate pink anthocyanin coloration before they fully open; (d) provides medium to small fruit which is abundant and sweet, and (e) is adapted for lower chill climates, substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP29437 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.