Strawberry Festival

‘Strawberry Festival’ strawberry plant

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 1, 2020. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14739, the photograph of Strawberry Festival printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14739, 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 strawberry ( Fragaria×ananassa ), which originated from seed produced by a hand-pollinated cross between ‘Rosa Linda’ and ‘Oso Grande’. The new strawberry, named ‘Strawberry Festival’, is distinguished by the numerous runners it produces in the fruiting field, the long pedicels attached to its fruit, and the production of fruit that are flavorful, firm fleshed, deep red on the outside, bright red on the inside, conically shaped, and have large, showy calyces when grown in Dover, Fla. or other areas that have a subtropical climate similar to that of Dover.

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 strawberry plant as illustrated and described, characterized by heavy runnering in the fruiting field, and production of fruit that are flavorful, firm fleshed, deep red on the outside, bright red on the inside, conically shaped, and attached to long pedicels, when grown in the Dover/Plant City area of Florida.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14739 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

Strawberry Festival

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Abstract