US Plant Patent PP10675
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Low-chill highbush blueberry "Star"
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 5, 2015. 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
- PP10675
- Filed
- September 5, 1995
- Granted
- November 10, 1998
- Expires
- September 5, 2015
- Inventor
- LYRENE PAUL
Abstract
A new and distinct low-chill highbush blueberry variety. Its novelty consists of the following unique combination of features: 1. The ability to flower and leaf vigorously in an area where the mean temperature of the coldest month is 58 degrees F. 2. The ability to produce ripe fruit 60 days after flowering in north-central Florida 3. The ability to ripen 80% of its crop between April 20 and May 10 in north-central Florida. 4. Produces fruit that are large and firm with good flavor and firmness and a small pedicel scar. 5. Produces a plant with tolerance to Phytophthora cinnamomi and Botryosphaeria dothidia. 6. Can readily be propagated from softwood cuttings.
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 highbush blueberry plant, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its low chilling requirement, large fruit, high fruit quality, early ripening, and resistance to Phytophthora root rot and Botryosphaeria stem blight, having the ability to be asexually propagated by softwood cuttings.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10675 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.