Oz Hunter

Oz Hunter

Ozark chestnut tree named ‘Oz Hunter’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 16, 2040.

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 PP33246, the photograph of Oz Hunter printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP33246, 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

‘Oz Hunter’ is a new and distinct North American Castanea cultivar that is blight-resistant, precocious and a producer of heavy annual crops of one to six nuts per bur. It produces a heavy crop of nuts each year with a small-sized nut containing the highest protein and carbohydrate percent of any chestnut. Nut drop begins around September 10 and continues for a seven- to eight-week period. Most of the nuts produced drop in the first five weeks of the period of nut drop from this cultivar. ‘Oz Hunter’ is a medium-sized tree that has an elliptic-shaped canopy with high upright to spreading and diffuse lateral branches. This ten-year-old cultivar is 7.92 meters tall with a canopy covering an area 21.22 square meters. Its heavy nut crop occurs from early September through mid-November, providing the highest protein and carbohydrate nut crop of any chestnut for people and wildlife.

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I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Ozark chestnut tree named ‘Oz Hunter’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP33246 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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