Smith

Smith

Pomegranate tree denominated ‘Smith’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 29, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 30, 2023. This patent earned 60 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16578, the photograph of Smith printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16578, 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

A new and distinct variety of pomegranate tree which is somewhat remotely similar to the ‘Granada’ pomegranate tree (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,618), but from which it is distinguished by producing fruit which are mature for harvesting and shipment approximately September 11 and in which the fruit is of higher acid content when ripe, producing more juice and arils that are moderate red to deep red coloration and softer chewability than those of the fruit of other pomegranate varieties.

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1. A new and distinct variety of pomegranate tree substantially as illustrated and described which bears fruit having a deep red rind coloration, arils of color from moderate red to deep red color and with the texture of the arils of the mature fruit easily chewable, being softer than other pomegranate varieties and which has a higher acid content than the fruit of the ‘Granada’ pomegranate tree at maturity and which ripens for harvesting and shipment approximately September 11 in the San Joaquin Valley of central California.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16578 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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Abstract