US Plant Patent PP12264
Robert Livermore
Persian walnut tree named ‘Robert Livermore’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 30, 2019. 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
- PP12264
- Filed
- December 30, 1999
- Granted
- December 11, 2001
- Expires
- December 30, 2019
- Assignee
- UNIV CALIFORNIA
- Inventor
- MCGRANAHAN GALE; LESLIE CHARLES; PHILLIPS HERBERT A
Abstract
A new and distinct Persian Walnut Tree (i.e., Juglans regia) is provided. Jumbo walnuts are produced having thick well-filled hulls. There is little walnut size variation in a given harvest. The kernels are easy to remove and display a distinctive atypical red-purple pellicle. The resulting walnut crop commonly can be harvested from a young tree prior to that of the "Chandler' cultivar U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,388) at Davis, Calif. The walnut kernels in view of their distinctive naturally-occurring festive red-purple pellicle are particularly suited for consumption at parties, holidays, or other special occasions.
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We claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Juglans regia tree having the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms jumbo-sized walnuts with little size variation in a given harvest which possess strong thick well-filled shells and easy to remove kernels, (b) forms kernels which display a distinctive red-purple pellicle, (c) bears fruit laterally, and (d) yields a walnut crop that commonly can be harvested from a young tree prior to that of the ‘Chandler’ cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,388) at Davis, Calif.;
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