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US Plant Patent PP12449

Morning Princess

Flowering crab apple tree named ‘Morning Princess’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 3, 2020. 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.

Figure 5 of US plant patent PP12449, the photograph of Morning Princess printed in the patent.
Figure 5 from US Plant Patent PP12449, 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.

The record

Patent number
PP12449
Filed
March 3, 2000
Granted
March 12, 2002
Expires
March 3, 2020
Assignee
BAILEY NURSERIES INC
Inventor
KRAHN RICHARD G; KRAHN ROBERT E; KRAHN VICTOR J

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Siberian Crab Apple tree (i.e., Malus baccata ) is provided. The new variety can be readily distinguished from the ‘Royal Beauty’ variety (non-patented in the United States). A vigorous growth habit is exhibited with strong apical dominance combined with descending side branches that are disposed at approximately 90° to the trunk at the point of attachment. The leaves are purple with green shading. Attractive red-pink flowers are formed. Very small globose fruit is formed that is purple when fully mature. The new variety is particularly well suited for growing as a distinctive ornamental plant in the landscape.

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 Malus baccata tree which exhibits the following combination of characteristics: (a) Exhibits a vigorous growth habit with strong apical dominance combined with descending side branches that are disposed at approximately 90° to the trunk at the point of attachment, (b) Forms purple leaves with green shading, (c) Forms attractive pink-red flowers, (d) Forms very small globose fruit that is purple when fully mature, and (e) Is particularly well-suited for providing ornamentation in the landscape; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12449 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.