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US Plant Patent PP17725

BG-1975

Strawberry plant name ‘BG-1975’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 9, 2025. 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 PP17725, the photograph of BG-1975 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17725, 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
PP17725
Filed
September 9, 2005
Granted
May 15, 2007
Expires
September 9, 2025
Assignee
BERRY GENETICS INC
Inventor
NELSON STEVEN D; NELSON MICHAEL D; STOECKLE LEE W

Abstract

This invention relates to a new and distinct short-day variety of strawberry plant named ‘BG-1975’. This new strawberry variety ‘BG-1975’ is primarily adapted to the growing conditions of the southern coast of California, and is primarily characterized by foliage medium to small in size and light to medium green in color, production is early, beginning as early as late December, producing upwards of 50% to 60% of it production by the end of March, produced fruit is attractive and of excellent quality, produced fruit is orange red to red in color, medium to large in size, very firm, conical to cylindrical in shape with a smooth surface lacking creases and ridges, and seeds may be slightly sunken below the surface.

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

1. A new and distinct strawberry plant named ‘BG-1975’, as herein described and illustrated by the characteristics set forth above.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17725 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.