KORONEIKI selection OLINT

Olive tree ‘KORONEIKI selection OLINT’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 29, 2025. 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 PP18599, the photograph of KORONEIKI selection OLINT printed in the patent.

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Abstract

This new invention of an olive plant is characterized by its similarity to the ‘Koroneiki Standard’ (unpatented) from the island of Crete (Greece) from which it is a clonal selection, but is distinguished therefrom by producing a very small fruit early in the age of the tree (3rd leaf), better vigor, and higher productivity. The plants are ideally suited for olive oil production, mechanical harvesting and high density planting. The fruit matures in northern California during the third week of October.

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1. A new distinct olive plant as described and illustrated that is characterized by having the general characteristics of the ‘Koroneiki Standard’ (unpatented) variety but is distinguished therefrom in that it has better vigor and higher productivity, the plants being ideally suited for olive oil production, mechanical harvesting and high density planting, with the fruit maturing in northern California in about the third week of October.

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KORONEIKI selection OLINT

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