US Plant Patent PP9783
Earlisweet
Cherry tree `Earlisweet`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired October 31, 2015. 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP9783
- Filed
- October 31, 1995
- Granted
- January 21, 1997
- Expires
- October 31, 2015
- Inventor
- ZAIGER CHRIS F; ZAIGER GARY N; GARDNER LEITH M; ZAIGER GRANT G
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of cherry tree, Prunus avium, which has the following unique combination of features that are desirable in a new variety: 1. Early maturity of fruit. 2. Fruit with good flavor and eating quality. 3. Heavy and regular production of medium size fruit. 4. Vigorous, upright growth. 5. Fruit with an attractive red skin color.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of cherry tree, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its large size; vigorous, upright growth and being a regular and productive bearer of medium size, early maturing fruit with an attractive red skin color; the fruit is further characterized by being relatively uniform in ripening, having good flavor and eating quality, and ripening approximately 23 days before its parent Stella Cherry (non-patented).
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9783 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.