US Plant Patent PP11277
Captiva
Strawberry plant named `Captiva`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 19, 2017. 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
- PP11277
- Filed
- May 19, 1997
- Granted
- March 7, 2000
- Expires
- May 19, 2017
- Assignee
- DRISCOLL STRAWBERRY ASS INC
- Inventor
- GILFORD KRISTIE L; MOWREY BRUCE D; FUENTES ARTURO; ESPEJO JR JOSEPH I; SJULIN THOMAS M
Abstract
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named `Captiva`, botanically identified as Fragaria×ananassa Duch. The closest known variety is `Key Largo`. The new variety is partially everbearing. The new variety is characterized from `Key Largo` by its flat plant habit, dense plant density, rounded teeth on the terminal leaflet, short fruiting trusses, light red fruit flesh, and very early to early to season of harvest.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant, substantially as shown and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11277 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.