Melissa

Melissa

Strawberry plant named ‘Melissa’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 30, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 28, 2035. This patent earned 63 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28081, the photograph of Melissa printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28081, 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 short-day strawberry plant is provided. Attractive early-ripening substantially uniform medium red primarily conical to slightly rhomboid fruit having a firm flesh is formed in good yield that is longer than broad in configuration. White inflorescence is formed on an early basis that tends to be disposed above the foliage. A calyx commonly is displayed that extends slightly beyond the corolla when open. A semi-dense semi-upright growth habit is displayed.

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I claim: 1. A new and distinct short-day strawberry plant that exhibits the following combination of characteristics: (a) exhibits a semi-dense semi-upright growth habit, (b) displays on an early basis white inflorescence at a level generally above the foliage, (c) commonly displays a calyx that is slightly larger than the diameter of the corolla when open, and (d) forms in abundance attractive early-ripening large medium red primarily conical to rhomboid fruit having firm flesh that is longer than broad in configuration; substantially as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28081 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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