US Plant Patent PP6184
Maypole
Columnar apple tree--Maypole variety
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 15, 2006. 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
- PP6184
- Filed
- April 15, 1986
- Granted
- May 24, 1988
- Expires
- April 15, 2006
- Inventor
- TOBUTT KENNETH R
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of ornamental crab apple tree is provided whichxhibits an extremely columnar growth habit which generally resembles that of a vertical pole. The foliage is dense and compact and side branches are substantially absent. The new variety yields attractive crimson fruit which is suitable for making jelly. The young leaves are purple tinted.
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 variety of ornamental apple tree, substantially as illustrated and described, having (a) an erect, dense and compact growth habit which is substantially free of side branches, and (b) the ability to form attractive small symmetrical crimson fruit.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6184 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.