US Plant Patent PP4824
Lautz
Early ripening Haralson apple--Lautz cultivar
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 6, 2000. 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
- PP4824
- Filed
- March 6, 1980
- Granted
- February 16, 1982
- Expires
- March 6, 2000
- Assignee
- BAILEY NURSERIES INC
- Inventor
- LAUTZ LOUIS R
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of apple tree is provided which is believed to be a whole tree mutation or sport of the regular Haralson apple variety. The new variety is distinguished from the regular variety by the ability to form apples which (1) ripen earlier, (2) are more uniformly red in color with the absence of striping, (3) are resistant to russeting, and (4) are slightly sweeter in taste.
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 which originated as a whole tree mutation of the Haralson apple variety, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its general similarity to the Haralson apple tree, but being distinct therefrom by the ability to form apples which (1) ripen earlier, (2) are more uniformly red in color with the absence of striping, (3) are resistant to russeting, and (4) are slightly sweeter in taste.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4824 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.