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US Plant Patent PP19341

Farthing

Southern highbush blueberry plant named ‘Farthing’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 1, 2027.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP19341, the photograph of Farthing printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP19341, 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.

The record

Patent number
PP19341
Filed
October 1, 2007
Granted
October 14, 2008
Expires
October 1, 2027
Assignee
UNIV FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Inventor
LYRENE PAUL M

Abstract

A southern highbush blueberry ( Vaccinium corymbosum ) cultivar particularly distinguished by having a low chilling requirements (300 hours below 7° C.) with prolific early-spring leafing, a vigorous, dense bush with numerous canes, dark green leaves and good survival in the field, early ripening (50% ripe berries in north Florida by May 5) and a high yield of berries that are sweet and firm with a small, dry picking scar.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of southern highbush blueberry plant as shown and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP19341 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.