US Plant Patent PP8970
X13
Strawberry plant called `X13`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 15, 2013. 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
- PP8970
- Filed
- December 15, 1993
- Granted
- November 8, 1994
- Expires
- December 15, 2013
- Assignee
- DRISCOLL STRAWBERRY ASS INC
- Inventor
- SJULIN THOMAS M; AMORAO AMADO Q; ESPEJO JR JOSEPH I
Abstract
This invention relates to a new distinct short day winter-planted variety of strawberry plant named `X13`. The plant of this variety is distinguished by its dark, glossy foliage and its ability to initiate flowers from early spring to late fall in the Central Coast of California and spring and summer in southern California. The fruit is distinguished by its consistently high flavor, long shelf life, good fruit color inside and out and glossy, smooth surface. Its fruit is adapted to being processed for the freezer trade, especially for the Individual Quck Frozen berry demand, as well as for the fresh market.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. The new distinct and variety of strawberry plant herein described and illustrated, and identified by the characteristics enumerated above.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8970 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.