US Plant Patent PP6226
Trajan
Columnar apple tree--Trajan 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
- PP6226
- Filed
- April 15, 1986
- Granted
- July 19, 1988
- Expires
- April 15, 2006
- Inventor
- TOBUTT KENNETH R
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of apple tree is provided which exhibits an exmely 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 medium-sized asymmetric generally round-conical fruit having a yellow-green skin coloration which is partially covered with a red flush having prominent lenticels. The unique growth habit makes possible plantings of extremely high density with concomitant increased fruit yields per planting area.
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 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 medium-sized asymmetric generally round-conical fruit having a yellow-green skin coloration with a red flush having prominent lenticels.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6226 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.