US Plant Patent PP9723
Scarlet
Cherry tree `Scarlet`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired October 17, 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
- PP9723
- Filed
- October 17, 1995
- Granted
- December 3, 1996
- Expires
- October 17, 2015
- Inventor
- MANCUSO CIRO
Abstract
The new variety of cherry tree, named `Scarlet` blooms six days ahead of `Van` and eight days ahead of `Bing` and produces fruit uniformly very large, very firmed textured, with excellent flavor, exceptionally resistant to cracking and resilient to damage by wind and hail. The fruit matures evenly and exhibits mature qualities at an unusually early age. The fruit is short stemmed and has exceptional eating quality.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. I claim the new and distinct variety of cherry tree having the characteristics described and illustrated herein.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9723 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.