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US Plant Patent PP12842

Harry Black Gala cultivar

‘Harry Black Gala cultivar’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 15, 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 1 of US plant patent PP12842, the photograph of Harry Black Gala cultivar printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12842, 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
PP12842
Filed
May 15, 2000
Granted
August 13, 2002
Expires
May 15, 2020
Assignee
INTERNAT PLANT MAN INC
Inventor
BLACK ROBERT EUGENE

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Gala apple tree originating as a limb mutation of the Malus sylvestris variety of Gala, ‘McKenzie’ cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 3,637). This new variety is unique from its parent and other Gala cultivars because the fruit ripens 5 weeks later than the parent and Gala cultivars. The new variety is firmer than other Gala cultivars, averaging 18 to 23 pounds pressure at maturity.

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, Malus sylvestris , substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by the unique combination of a medium sized, vigorous, rounded tree with fruits that ripen 5 weeks later than other Gala cultivars and with substantially firmer fruits.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12842 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.