Aphrodite

Aphrodite

Japanese plum tree named ‘Aphrodite’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 4, 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 PP13121, the photograph of Aphrodite printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13121, 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.

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Japanese Plum tree ( Prunus salicina ) is provided that forms large well-colored fruit of excellent flavor that is larger in size than that of the ‘Santa Rosa’ cultivar. The fruit flavor is generally comparable to that of the ‘Santa Rosa’ cultivar. The fruit ripens a few days later than the ‘Santa Rosa’ cultivar and is firmer than that of the ‘Santa Rosa’ cultivar at commercial maturity. The tree is a regular bearer and has exhibited greater fruit productivity than the ‘Santa Rosa’ cultivar.

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 Japanese Plum tree having the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms large well-colored fruit of excellent firmness and flavor that is larger in size than that of the ‘Santa Rosa’ cultivar, (b) forms fruit that ripens a few days after that of the ‘Santa Rosa’ cultivar, and (c) is a regular bearer with greater fruit productivity than that of the ‘Santa Rosa’ cultivar; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13121 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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