US Plant Patent PP7363
Tift Spur Rome #21
Rome beauty apple--"Tift Spur Rome #21"
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 31, 2008. 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
- PP7363
- Filed
- May 31, 1988
- Granted
- October 23, 1990
- Expires
- May 31, 2008
Abstract
The new and distinct variety of apple tree is a mutation of the Law strain of Red Rome Beauty Apple (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 1,550). The new variety of apple tree is characterized by: The tendency for a high percentage of the leaf axillary buds to develop into spurs and/or shoots; the tendency for the purse to become enlarged during fruiting; the tendency to produce uniformly large fruit; and improved fruit color characteristics.
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 Rome Beauty apple tree, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly by the tendency for a high percentage of leaf axillary buds to develop into spurs and/or shoots; the tendency for the purse to become enlarged during the time the fruit is on the spurs; the tendency to bear uniformly large fruit; and the tendency to bear fruit of higher red color factor and covering a higher percentage of the fruit surface than is characteristic of conventional Rome Beauty Apples.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7363 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.