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US Plant Patent PP8082

Snowflake

Rabbiteye blueberry cultivar Snowflake

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 10, 2011. 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
PP8082
Filed
January 10, 1991
Granted
January 5, 1993
Expires
January 10, 2011

Abstract

Description and specifications of a new and distinct rabbiteye blueberry variety which originated from seed produced by a hand-pollinated cross of Florida K and NC 1830 is provided. The new rabbiteye blueberry variety can be distinguished from all others by its low chilling requirement and its combination of late flowering with early ripening.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of rabbiteye blueberry plant, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its late flowering, early ripening, vigorous, disease-resistant bush, and low chilling requirement.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8082 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.