US Plant Patent PP7419

James Early

Pecan tree named `James Early` variety

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 13, 2009. 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: PP7419
Filed: November 13, 1989
Granted: January 15, 1991
Expires: November 13, 2009

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of northern pecan tree (i.e., Carya illinoensis) is provided which can be distinguished from previously known pecan varieties by the extremely early maturity date of its pecan harvest. This permits the successful growing of a pecan crop at more northerly locations than has heretofore been possible, and facilities an earlier pecan harvest at existing pecan production regions of the north. The new variety forms on a regular basis quality kernels which release well from the shells. The tree exhibits a sturdy upright and spreading growth habit as well as excellent hardiness.

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 variety of pecan tree having a sturdy upright and spreading growth habit and excellent hardiness which bears in abundance quality nuts which mature 10 to 15 days earlier than the James variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 1,361), substantially as illustrated and described.

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