Orleans

Orleans

Strawberry plant named ‘Orleans’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 19, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 6, 2024. This patent earned 136 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17670, the photograph of Orleans printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17670, 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 June-bearing strawberry cultivar named ‘Orléans’ is primarily adapted to the growing conditions of Eastern Central Canada and shows resistance to soil born diseases. Its upright growing habit, its small flowers with as-long-as-broad petals, its firm light-red fruit with same-sized calyx, its fruit sweetness, long shelf life and high levels of antioxidants essentially characterize ‘Orléans’.

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1. A new and distinct strawberry plant named ‘Orléans’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17670 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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