First Canadian Golden

Citrus plant named ‘First Canadian Golden’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 19, 2038.

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 PP30590, the photograph of First Canadian Golden printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP30590, 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.

Abstract

A new cultivar of Citrus, ‘First Canadian Golden’, that is characterized by its low light tolerance when grown in a home windowsill without supplemental lighting in small containers, its fruit that is similar in quality to high quality commercial limes and essentially seedless, its fruit with a skin thickness of 5 to 6 mm and an average Brix of 10°, its exhibits small leaves and a dwarf, bushy plant habit that is ideal for small container windowsill culture in homes and commercial buildings in cold climates and suitable to be grown as a bonsai tree, its ability to grow well and produce quality fruit in hydroculture, its mature fruit that typically has a conspicuous style and stigma, its dense flower clusters of 4 to 8 flowers and 12 fruit per year, and its multiple cycles of blooms and fruit set per year (3 to 4 cycles).

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct variety of Citrus tree named ‘First Canadian Golden’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP30590 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

First Canadian Golden

The record

Abstract