US Plant Patent PP10412
Caroline
Raspberry plant named `Caroline`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 10, 2016. 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
- PP10412
- Filed
- April 10, 1996
- Granted
- May 26, 1998
- Expires
- April 10, 2016
- Inventor
- SWARTZ HARRY JAN; FIOLA JOSEPH A; STILES HERBERT D; SMITH BRIAN A
Abstract
This invention relates to a new and distinct fall bearing red raspberry cultivar named 'Caroline' which is capable of producing a large amount of larger, more flavorful and more cohesive fruit on primocanes 1-3 weeks earlier than standard cultivars. The cultivar is characterized by its moderate to high suckering ability, its conic, smooth and symmetrical fruit. Additionally, its thorn characteristics and its upright canes with fall fruit appearing on the upper half of the cane.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct fall bearing red raspberry plant known as `Caroline` as described herein, illustrated and identified by the characteristics set forth above.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10412 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.