US Plant Patent PP8853
Chambly
June-bearing strawberry named Chambly
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 13, 2012. 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
- PP8853
- Filed
- July 13, 1992
- Granted
- August 2, 1994
- Expires
- July 13, 2012
- Assignee
- UNIV MCGILL
- Inventor
- BUSZARD DEBORAH; SHAHROKH KHANIZADEH
Abstract
A Nordic-type strawberry variety named "Chambly" combines the characteristics of cold-hardiness, adaptability to various soil conditions, vigor and strength, absence of suckering and its high yield of firm, deep red fruit with raised neck, elevated calyx and uniform well-colored flesh. Chambly yields strawberries characterized by an excellent taste (slightly sugary), a very fresh appearance and appealing texture, with a real strawberry aroma and no noticeable aftertaste.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Fragaria×ananassa, named Chambly, as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to uniqueness by the combined characteristics of cold-hardiness, adaptability to various soil conditions, vigor and strength, absence of suckering and its high yield of firm, deep red fruit with raised neck, elevated calyx and uniform well-colored flesh.
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